June ULEZ News – a busy month ahead

So as we find ourselves moving towards the madness of mid summer, we are having to put the pressure on. The Anti ULEZ campaign is still going strong and there are many events and demos lined up.

We kicked off June with a Barking ULEZ Awareness Day on the 1st followed by a successful, well attended Anti-ULEZ Demo at Rosehill Roundabout on Saturday 3rd. This event was attended by many regulars along with local people, and the MP for Carshalton and Wallington Elliot Colburn who hosts his own Anti-ULEZ awareness event on 10th June.

The 9th June saw the court appearance of the two people accused of vandalising the ULEZ cameras, with a quiet group of supporters turning up to the court, the outcome isn’t yet clear, with insufficient evidence, delayed dates and a Crown Court appearance . Updates to follow.

Events this month include

Whilst the radio adverts for the Ultra Low Emission Zone continue unabated with their alarmist suggestion that we will all die without it, the BBC has, as usual, managed to upset us by allowing the Imperial College to get their point across with a letter written by 35(or 36) scientists apparently, but the content of the letter suggests “Mainstream politicians have been attending rallies run by conspiracy theorists”. This is simply propaganda and untrue, and doesn’t feel like the sort of thing a real unbiassed scientist would say, so I suspect that these “scientists” have an agenda of their own to push, or have been paid to do so. The BBC should really question their sources more closely.

Sadiq Khan continues to push his personal agenda wherever anyone will listen. This is covered in an article for the evening standard he seems to suggest that if ULEZ isn’t expanded to Greater London, it will affect air pollution in cities across the world. I worry that somehow his mental health is suffering I think he has delusions of grandeur and should stick with managing London , not worrying about the rest of the world. He seems to be trying to block any sensible debate and the quote about the ULEZ opposition debate is “dogma ahead of data, [and] ideology above evidence” can also be used the other way around

Similar Posts

  • The Clean Air Claims

    There has been a lot said about how the ULEZ extension will improve the air quality in Greater London, however these claims are not as clear as the Mayor would have you believe. Wild figures like 4,000 deaths a year have been brandished around and it just isn’t true, this link opens in YouTube and…

  • Uxbridge Election Update

    In the lull before the results of the Judicial Review we suddenly find ourselves in the middle of an important and rather exciting by-election. The resignation of Boris Johnson left a gap in London’s political landscape and the anti-ULEZ campaigners spotted a gap in the candidacy and put themselves forward for election. The timing means…

  • ULEZ Day and beyond…

    So here we are into September and with ULEZ coming in to force on the 29th August, the date was marked with a big Anti-ULEZ Death to Democracy protest outside Downing Street. This started with a procession carrying the Democracy coffin, and did feel quite sombre and funerial as it marked a day of death…

  • The ULEZ Judicial Review

    Four London Councils and Surrey have applied to the high court for a Judicial Review into the proposed expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide from August 2023. The coalition of Bexley, Bromley, Hillingdon and Harrow, along with Surrey County Council wanted five grounds to be considered: On 12th April the Court allowed two…