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a) because you're having an effect on the environment of the people who live and work there
b) because you're taking up road space which could be used more efficiently
c) because there's a perfectly good alternative
d) because the people who live there want you to, it's called democracy
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A,
I'm having an effect on the enviroment? Where does anyone who uses public transport get off saying I'm having an effect when the buses that drive on the streets of London that you use belch out clouds of noxious gases? Does it make you feel better because your not behind the wheel of a vehicle yet you choose to use one that polutes more than a knackered 20yr old escort.
B,
Road space huh? The bigger the car the more road tax you pay therefore you are effectivly paying for that little bit more space.
C,
Good alternative? What public transport can get me from my front door to my place of work and back again at a time that I need to.
D,
Democracy, Isnt that Labours way of saying were gonna tax you to within an inch of your life and then tax you some more after your dead.
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He's nowhere near the stereotypical Red Ken these days
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Does a leopard change its spots? He's red through and through and he's also someone in an authoritive position that needs a double scotch to kick start him in the morning.
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Try the tube. Guaranteed free of traffic wardens.
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Try telling my 73yr old mother that. No traffic wardens on the tube but for a frail old woman the bustle and rush on the tube isnt any help to her. Plus its way to hot in the summer.
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I see we have the US Embassys defence down pat. This is there arguement, it is a tax not a charge (and governments do not tax other governments). I guess they won't mind when the British Consulate in NYC does not pay the charges when they put a similar zone in Manhattan.
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Down pat? I suppose intelligent minds think alike. Its not only the US but many other embassys are refusing to pay due to the taxation they see it is.
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All this reduce emissions crap that people are going on about in the UK means jack all to me because we are a country that is minute compared to nations such as China and the USA - when they start giving a damn, I will because nothing we do, will stop the problems the world will face if the USA and China don't get their act together to reduce their massive emissions.
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I totally agree with that statement.
But then there will be some who will say that we have to start somewhere. Why should we be the ones to set an example when our overall emissions ATM are a lot lower than many 1st world countries and a hell of a lot lower than many more emergin 3rd world countries.