It’s not now and has never been, about your health
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London is forcing workers to shell out thousands of pounds to buy new cars or fill his tax coffers with the £12.50 daily fee for driving slightly older models. Some will have to give up their cars altogether — and for many it means a profound change of lifestyle. Yet what’s it all for?
The Mayor’s own team shows it will achieve almost nothing, yet he’s doing it anyway. It’s not now, and has never been about “the science”. The results of research are entirely optional apparently:
SADIQ Khan’s hated ULEZ expansion will add just 13 minutes to the average life expectancy, it emerged today.
Noa Hoffman, The Sun
Research by the Mayor’s own team in collaboration with Transport for London has found the scheme’s impact will be “minor” and “negligible”.
It’s predicted to only cause a 1.3% reduction in the average Londoner’s exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
And it would add just 13 minutes to the life expectancy of a Londoner in 2023, according to the Channel Four News Fact Check service.
A defiant Mr Khan insists the policy is critical to improving air quality.
An extra 13 minutes is “transformative”?
A spokesperson for the Mayor said: “The science is clear – the impact of the ULEZ expansion will be transformative.
Ulez is expected to make almost no difference to air quality in London. Click to enlarge. See Stop Ulez.com for more details.
The ULEZ (Ultra low emission zone) charges are projected to bring in £2.5 million a day to City Hall. That’s a nice bonus for Mr Khan to be used for all kinds of pet projects to “win friends and influence people”. Ulez will also add nearly 3,000 new cameras to the streets of London and get the riff raff off the road and onto buses where they belong.
Apparently there are two convoys protesting Ulez on Sunday in London — the PetrolHeads in vintage cars and hot rods are coming.
People are angry:
UK citizens are furious Sadiq Khan is installing ULEZ (Ultra low emission zones) recognition cameras throughout London…
This is a direct attack on the poor…
Citizens are fighting back by cutting them down as soon as they’re installed
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— Pelham (@Resist_05) August 31, 2023