Me too. All the polls seem to show that Londoners as a whole are very supportive of this. There's evidence of an issue and this is a way to fix it that has gone through the Democratic process. It was started by BoJo himself which says a lot about the time it's taken.
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It's horrible how its been hijacked as some sort of boo to net zero wedge issue when its about improving Londons horrid air quality and improving the health of its inhabitants.
The same fuckers complaining about this would have complained about the installation of toilets in houses instead of shitting in a communal out house.
My personal opinion is that Labour needs to shoulder a lot of the blame for this one. They should have educated the electorate on who introduced the policy, and why Khan was forced to bring it online early because of Grant Shapps and funding. That way they would not now be pandering to the populist vote. Tories will always Tory. We can do without two versions of them in our politics.
Its deffo an issue, they appear to be incredibly poor at dealing with countering wedge issues. However, ulez did poll quite well - given its spread across London too, its easier to see how they took their eye off the ball.
