RE: Red Ken is Watching
Friday 13th September 2002
Red Ken is Watching
More cameras
Discussion
any idea how these cameras work? Like specs?
Its an absolutely bloody outrageous way of taxing London motorists, like it will make any difference to congestion and like they will scrap it if it doesn't work after spending the money installing the cameras.
The only difference will be that they will alter traffic light sequencing so it appears to be flowing more freely.
Its an absolutely bloody outrageous way of taxing London motorists, like it will make any difference to congestion and like they will scrap it if it doesn't work after spending the money installing the cameras.
The only difference will be that they will alter traffic light sequencing so it appears to be flowing more freely.
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So just buy an old scrapper, register it to a false address, and put the plates on your motor...... Sorted!
But make sure it is the same make model and colour, Stingray is watching you.
It was reported on LBC yesterday that parking spaces just outside the congestion zone are available for £200-250 per month.....odd 31x5=£155, I suppose most people have to add on parking fees but with additional fares etc it must be a close run thing.
Has anyone noticed a similarity between New York mayor Rudolph Guiliani and own own cuddly Ken? No? Not surprising really, as there are none whatsoever. Rudolph Guiliani = great statesman, diplomat, decision maker. Ken Livingstone = pointless weaselly twat whose abilities would be stretched to the limit being in charge of the stationery cupboard at the local council office 
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Has anyone noticed a similarity between New York mayor Rudolph Guiliani and own own cuddly Ken? No? Not surprising really, as there are none whatsoever. Rudolph Guiliani = great statesman, diplomat, decision maker. Ken Livingstone = pointless weaselly twat whose abilities would be stretched to the limit being in charge of the stationery cupboard at the local council office
I can't wait for the congestion charges to start. I don't give a monkeys about paying £5 for roads that are clear of tax dodging, insurance avoiding twunts. I like to think of it as a first class ticket to London roads, driving in central London has always been a luxury. Parking at 20p for 6 minutes didn't do the trick, so it makes sense to up the ante.
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I hear that Red Ken, who doesn't drive, is now taking driving lessons! Why? we can only assume that it is some PC move to appear as more human.
This man is a tw*t and a half IMO.
Nice but inaccurate story. Ken has a licence and part owns and uses a car when he needs to, he isn't taking driving lessons.
Just who's the Twat Cazzo?
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Nice but inaccurate story. Ken has a licence and part owns and uses a car when he needs to, he isn't taking driving lessons.
Gnomesmith,
Following is an article from the Guardian from 12/09/02, of course it could be wrong - if so my apoligies for posting rubbish.
The full article is at:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/gla/story/0,9061,790419,00.html
At the age of 57, Ken Livingstone is to abandon his prejudice against cars and learn to drive. The mayor of London is reported to have booked driving lessons.
The news yesterday brought suspicions of machiavellian motives from both supporters and opponents of cars.
It might be an attempt to "share the pain" of motorists when the £5 daily charge for driving into central London starts in February, cynics suggested. Others pointed to fatherhood (his first child is due at the end of the year) and a need to be a chauffeur as reason for his change of heart.
Mr Livingstone, who once failed a driving test, has made much of his use of public transport, posing on the steps Routemaster buses in his 2000 election campaign. The image was marred when it emerged that the mayor's taxi bill topped £5,500 in the year to April, though his office yesterday pointed out that "taxis are public transport too".
His having driving lessons was "news to us", a spokeswoman said, although "he is co-owner of a car, used at weekends primarily".
Motorist critics will not forget Mr Livingstone's 1999 quip that "I hate cars. If I ever get any powers again, I'd ban the lot." The RAC said yesterday: "Hopefully he'll begin to appreciate the inconvenience caused by the rephasing of traffic lights, lack of coordination of road works, and some of the crazier traffic calming schemes he has introduced."
Transport 2000 wished him well. A spokesman for the pressure group, Steve Hounsham, said: "It is probably a canny political move on his part, though it may backfire."
He added: "Driving undoubtedly is a useful life skill, but we hope that, even when Mr Livingstone has his licence, he will continue to set a good example and use public transport when possible."
Others were less charitable. One Labour party critic of the independent mayor said: "He seems to be living his life backwards - first the baby, and now driving lessons. What next: retaking his A-levels?"
Of course I may still be a Tw*t but I posted what I believed to be a true article and I had done some research first.
BTW this article certainly confirms to me my original diagnosis of the man, unless of course you know differently..........
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