[Gllug] [OT] Technobabble
Adrian McMenamin
adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk
Tue Nov 22 20:08:00 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 18:58 +0000, Chris Hunter wrote:
> John Hearns wrote:
>
> > Congestion charging has worked rather well in our own city,
> > much though the press try to rubbish it and label it as a money spinning
> > scheme.
>
>
> If you're talking about London, it's been an unmitigated disaster. It
> hasn't significantly reduced the traffic in the centre of the city, and
> it has lost money since it started.
>
> It's based on a fundamentally flawed premise, and has just increased the
> costs of companies within the zone. It is leading to the closure or
> removal of several well-known companies, and is reducing retail trade
> drastically.
>
> You won't ever get the true figures from the Mayor's office or from TfL
> (they all want to keep their jobs), but if any future Mayoral Candidate
> reveals the /real/ figures, Livingstone will end up in gaol!
>
Turn to page 96 for all the latest news about how the green lizard
conspiracy has been covered up by THEM
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