Is there a viable alternative to Sadiq?

[Earl Aelfheah]

When you consider that Susan Hall fought almost her entire campaign on making the air dirtier, fighting a 'pay per mile' scheme that exists only in her head, and talking about how much she hates the city she wanted to lead, it does seem surprising that she didn't win. 

[Sue]

1 hour ago, Earl Aelfheah said:

When you consider that Susan Hall fought almost her entire campaign on making the air dirtier, fighting a 'pay per mile' scheme that exists only in her head, and talking about how much she hates the city she wanted to lead, it does seem surprising that she didn't win. 

😂😂😂

[malumbu]

Britain First took things to another extreme: "London is fast becoming a Third World cesspit, where crime is rampant and radical Islamist extremists dominate the streets!"  Probably the best outcome for Scanlon is that Orpington returns to Kent, although that would be unfair both on the residents of Kent, and many who live in the London Borough of Bromley irrespective of who the voted for.

Hooray for Count Binface eh?

[CPR Dave]

They were right about pay per mile.

 

[Insuflo]

1 hour ago, CPR Dave said:

They were right about pay per mile.

 

No, they were not. They claimed that Khan would introduce pay-per-mile for all vehicles in London. That was a lie and Khan had no such plans.

The Labour government has now announced pay-per-mile for EVs only nationwide, so they pay a similar duty to combustion engined vehicles. 

[CPR Dave]

The Labour government have introduced pay per mile by starting with eclectic vehicles and petrol electric hybrid vehicles.

They won't stop there. 

And nor will the Mayor.

[malumbu]

Do your own research.  Pay per mile is the most equitable way of raising revenue from driving as you pay, per, mile.  Ideally you'd replace both VED and fuel duty with this, with some weighting for cleaner vehicles.  A more progressive system would change the rate according to the time of day such as the cost for using the tunnels under London.

Electric vehicles were always going to lose the perks once mass adoption was under way.  They will still be far cheaper to run, particularly if you have a home charger using off peak rates (as low as 10p a KWt).  Excise duty has already been introduced for EVs and CC will come in next year.

Stop suggesting it is some sort of conspiracy.

Government have chickened out putting up fuel duty by inflation, again, and reversing the temporary reduction brought in by the last lot.  Cowards.  Pushing me towards the Greens although some of the economic policies are daft.