Britain getting Screwed

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It's gimmick-time in old London town with a complete absence of concern whilst in the EU, the capital
-based media are crowing out a scare-tactic announcement regarding pollution in a small area of the
city.

How can we put we put a stop to lung-squeezing vehicle pollution, you ask...? Well, take money of people
that's how. This makes the vehicle fumes go away.
It's like magic... third-world magic to be precise. You pay £10 ($13.18) a day -including a congestion
charge (£11.50/$15.16) of course and the terrible fumes just... well, just disappears somewhere.

Mayor Khan was wandering the capital's streets with the BBC on Monday morning and explaining how
lickle babies are struggling with under-developed lungs and briefcase-carrying adults endure sufferance
wth asthma.

One can only presume that after discussing the sudden-appearance of this coughing killer with the medical
profession, the small-statured Sadiq realised that ten quid was the cure.
The hardest part was keeping a straight face with all of this when it was suggested 'rolling this out' across
the United Kingdom.

T-Charge: New London traffic charge comes into force.

'Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles will have to pay almost twice as much to drive in central London.
Mayor Sadiq Khan's £10 T-Charge, which mainly applies to diesel and petrol vehicles registered before
2006, has come into force.



It covers the same area as the existing congestion charge zone, bumping up the cost to £21.50 for those
affected. Opponents said the scheme would "disproportionately penalise London's poorest drivers"...'

F*ck 'em. They're poor, probably smell and probably don't understand Elon Musk's directive anyway.
After the appearance of the 'fat-berg' in London sewers, it will be prudent to stop England's only tourist
-trap from becoming Calcutta and Sadiq is on the case. Charge the rich -or few, as Jeremy Corbyn
calls them.

'...The measure is the latest attempt by Mr Khan to improve air quality in the capital and according to the
mayor's office, will impact 34,000 motorists a month...'

Oh yes, it'll impact them alright. Think about how much real truck-connected industry goes on in London
against how much banking and other office work is there. Plumber, builders and repairmen will all put this
added cost onto their bills and for the high-wage earners in the City, it will be inconvenient until they come
up with a tax-deductible scheme.

For the low-paid migrants that enjoy filling the drains with their kebab-waste, it means their businesses
will either close or they'll be forced to move out of London. Wait a mo... that couldn't be the plan from all
along, could it? Nah.

'...Speaking on the Today programme, Mr Khan said: "We've got a health crisis in London caused by the poor
quality air. "Roughly speaking each year more than 9,000 Londoners die prematurely because of the poor
quality air - children in our city whose lungs are underdeveloped, with adults who suffer from conditions such
as asthma, dementia and strokes directly caused by poor quality air."

However, Simon Birkett, from the campaign group Clean Air London, does not believe the move goes far enough.
"The Mayor has pledged in his manifesto to restore London's air quality to legal and safe limits and that means
he has to do a whole lot more.
"We want him to take steps which are bigger, stronger an smarter."...'

What about the push to move the public to buy diesel vehicles instead of petrol-ones, a few years back...?
Why -if diesel pollution is such a terrible thing, did the mainstream media not flag-up the problem then?!

'...Mr Khan has described the introduction of the T-Charges as "part of a package of measures" being
undertaken. Many people have taken to social media to express their views on the new levy.
Daniel McGuiness said on Twitter: "T-Charge, it's a start but there's still a long way to go in tackling the public
health emergency that is our filthy air. #CleanAir"...'

One view, eh BBC? One f*ckin' view and that one a positive! Whatever happened to corrupt Journalism instead
of today's incompetent, dispassionate set of hacks?

'...From Monday 23 October, there will be a £10 daily fee for those who drive more polluting vehicles in the
congestion charging zone, on top of the existing £11.50 congestion charge.
Vehicles which do not comply with the Euro IV exhaust standard must pay the charge.

The standard defines emissions limits for cars, vans, buses, coaches and lorries. Most vehicles registered before
2006 are likely to exceed these limits.
The zone will operate between 07:00 and 18:00, Monday to Friday.
Find out if your car is affected with TfL's T-Charge checker.

The T-Charge is the first of a series of new rates being introduced in London.
It is due to be replaced by a stricter Ultra-Low Emission Zone in 2020, although Mr Khan is consulting on bringing
this forward to 2019. This will mean diesel cars registered before September 2015 and petrol cars registered before
2006 will face a £12.50 charge...'

Musk must be rubbing his hands in glee!

'...The mayor hopes to expand the area covered for cars and vans up to the North and South Circular roads in 2021.
City authorities in Birmingham, Leeds, Southampton, Derby and Nottingham have also been advised to impose charges
for some polluting diesel vehicles by 2020, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

To tackle air pollution, Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council proposed a ban on petrol and diesel cars
from travelling in the city from 2020.

Paris, Grenoble and Lyon introduced an emission sticker scheme in January which splits vehicles into six different
groups depending on their Euro Emissions standard. Vehicles deemed too polluting - which includes petrol and
diesel-powered cars registered before 1997 - are not granted a sticker, banning them from driving in the city during
certain times.

Sue Terpilowski, from the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "The introduction of the T-Charge, comes at a time
when small and micro-businesses in London are already facing astonishingly high property, employment and logistics
costs.
"There is a fear that this will be the final straw that closes businesses and takes jobs."...'

Yep, it's to clear the immigrants out of Mega-City One and give them to the wastelands beyond Watford.
They say there's people still alive outside of London.

'...Shaun Bailey, conservative environment spokesman at the London Assembly, said: "As an asthmatic I'm well aware of
how critical an issue this is for London but we need policies that actually deliver progress.
"By boasting about a policy that so disproportionately penalises London's poorest drivers and puts jobs at risk, the mayor
 is simply blowing more smoke into the capital's already-polluted atmosphere."...'

It still confuses me how all this awful pollution has suddenly arrived in London. There was no mention of it before Brexit!
On the pro-side, this cost will certainly dissuade any would-be terrorist in a van laden with explosives and hopefully,
those in the Parliament can sleep easier in the offices now.

'...Friends of the Earth air pollution campaigner Jenny Bates said: "Clearly the last thing individuals want is a new charge
for moving around, but the grim reality is that nearly 10,000 early deaths are caused in London each year by the capital's
toxic air, so the Mayor is right to try to dissuade drivers bringing the oldest, dirtiest vehicles into central London.

"It's only one small step towards clean air though - we urgently need a programme of meaningful financial assistance to
help drivers of the dirtiest vehicles switch to something cleaner, and bold policies to cut traffic over all."
The mayor is also seeking new powers to ban wood burning in the most polluted areas of the capital.
When asked if wood-burning-stoves would be banned entirely, Mr Khan told the Today programme the problem was with
the material that was being burnt and a lack of maintenance rather than the stoves themselves...'

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So I wonder which media outlet will be first to announce a large designated cable to run across the polluted countryside
from a new nuclear plant  directly into the grand-old city of London. Caliphate -just ahead, chaps!

Exemptions
Motorcycles, mopeds and scooters that are exempt from the Congestion Charge are also exempt from the T-Charge.

Taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) are exempt from paying the Congestion Charge and the T-Charge when actively
licensed with TfL. The exemption for PHVs only applies to private hire bookings.

Other exemptions include:
Vehicles with a historic tax class (40 years and older) and/or commercial vehicles manufactured before 1973.
These vehicles continue to be subject to the Congestion Charge.
Two-wheeled motorbikes (and sidecars) and mopeds that are exempt from the Congestion Charge.
Emergency service vehicles, such as ambulances and fire engines, which have a taxation class of 'ambulance' or
'fire engine' on the date of travel.
NHS vehicles exempt from vehicle excise duty, and Ministry of Defence vehicles.

Roadside recovery vehicles and accredited breakdown vehicles registered for a 100% discount from the Congestion Charge.
Specialist off-road vehicles such as tractors and mobile cranes (that are exempt from Low Emission Zone)

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