Sir Keir Starmer backtracked on his criticism of the Ulez emissions scheme on Friday as he claimed Sadiq Khan has “no choice” but to expand it in London. The Telegraph has more.
On Thursday the Labour leader said the party’s candidate in Uxbridge was right to raise concerns about the London Mayor’s plans to extend the scheme across the whole of the city.
It came after the candidate, Danny Beales, said it was “not the right time to extend Ulez in outer London” in a direct challenge to Mr. Khan.
But on Friday, asked during a phone-in on LBC Radio if he supported the rollout, Sir Keir shifted his position.
“I accept that the Mayor has no choice but to go ahead because of the legal obligation on him [to improve air quality],” he said. “I think Danny is right to stick up for his constituents.”
Asked again if he supported the expansion, the Labour leader said: “I understand the pain it is going to inflict.”
Pushed again, Sir Keir said: “I don’t think there is an alternative. I have looked, as you’d imagine, I have looked at the legal provision because if there was wriggle room, but in the end…”
He added: “I have looked at it myself, looked at the legal provision, I think it is difficult to simply say you can ignore the legal requirement to do something about this so the Mayor, in fairness, is between a rock and a hard place on this.”
Under Mr. Khan’s expansion plans, Ulez will charge around 10% of drivers £12.50 per day to use their cars inside the M25 as part of efforts to improve air quality in the capital.
No choice? Sounds like an excuse to me. But it gives the Tories a great opportunity to wrongfoot Labour by changing whatever rule it is that supposedly ‘requires’ the policy. Which I’m sure they’re about to do, any moment now…
And shall we just remind ourselves what a terrible state London’s air is in, that it requires the imposition of punishing daily charges on large swathes of poorer Londoners.
Right, it’s never been cleaner.
Glad our betters have their priorities straight.
To join in with the discussion please make a donation to The Daily Sceptic.
Profanity and abuse will be removed and may lead to a permanent ban.
Starmer is the biggest squirming parasite of the lot at Westminster, yet this cretin is almost certainly going to be Prime Minister next year. ————-But I tell you what, he is going to face his “Poll Tax Moment” by siding with this ULEZ garbage and people will simply not comply. When the law is an ass it needs to be broken on mass.
“F♡€£!#G A”
“Sadiq Khan Has “No Choice” But to Extend Ulez, Says Backtracking Keir Starmer”
In other words Starmer received a call from his Davos handler – Bliar perhaps – and was warned to get back on script.
And “no choice” but to obey the law?
What about the Beer gate party Kneel?
Laws have been so egregiously abused these last three years that there is nothing to obey. Even plod cannot uphold the law so there’s no chance of corrupt politicians doing so.
“No choice but to obey the law” unless you pay £12.50 and then it’s ok as we don’t mind now we’ve got more of your money
I read somewhere, can’t remember where, a couple of days ago that the amount of ULEZ charges yet to be paid was slightly larger than the total amount of money collected in ULEZ charges and fines in the last year for which data is available, think it’s 2021. People are already not complying. The figure for the amount collected was about £240 million, this means the total amount of charges is about £500 million a year. Clearly a nice money making scam. If, as is claimed, only 10% of cars are non compliant some people are being stung for huge sums of money. Obviously most of these will be less well of people who can’t afford a relatively new car and have to drive old bangers. Kier Starmer “understands their pain”, does he bollocks.
Did he / does he feel the pain of the young girls caught up in the grooming gangs , all while he was DPP , Tri Lateral Twat !!!
When is a war crime not a war crime? Seemingly when it’s ordered by a senile and psychopathic geriatric paedophile and the targets are Russian civilians and kids. FFS, no insults or expletives will suffice..
”President Joe Biden explained to CNN on Friday why he decided to send cluster bombs to Ukraine, despite the objects being banned by 108 countries per a 2008 treaty.
“It was a very difficult decision on my part. And by the way, I discussed this with our allies, I discussed this with our friends up on the Hill,” Biden said in an interview with Fareed Zakaria, but then added, “the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition.”
The cluster bombs Biden is sending will be “compatible with US-provided 155mm howitzers, a key piece of artillery that has allowed Ukraine to win back territory over the last year,” CNN reported.
“This is a war relating to munitions. And they’re running out of that ammunition, and we’re low on it,” Biden told Zakaria. “And so, what I finally did, I took the recommendation of the Defense Department to – not permanently – but to allow for this transition period, while we get more 155 weapons, these shells, for the Ukrainians.”
“They’re trying to get through those trenches and stop those tanks from rolling. But it was not an easy decision,” he continued. “We’re not signatories to that agreement, but it took me a while to be convinced to do it.”
Still, he was convinced, despite the humanitarian concerns of America’s major allies. He also said he thinks Ukraine “needed them.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-biden-sending-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine-because-they-are-running-out-of-ammunition?utm_campaign=64483
…and when they run short of cluster bombs, we’ll send a few tactical nuke shells … because Ukraine “needs them” … after all, our friends the Brits already sent DU shells … but it’ll be a difficult decision … and I’ll be sure to discuss it with our allies first. [Wanders off stage in the wrong direction]
Good job he’s got handlers otherwise those things would end up in Iraq. He doesn’t know what year it is let alone what chuffing war he’s supporting!
“the Brits” didn’t send anything. The UK government did on behalf of Other interests. Calls for diplomacy to MP’s fall on disinterested ears.
Temporary cluster bombs cause temporary civilian maiming, of course.
Yes…hard for me to get my head around the war ghouls logic…that we are helping Ukraine so that in the years ahead children will be getting their limbs blown off by undetonated cluster munitions curtesy of the US and being born severely deformed due to depleted uranium rounds curtesy of the UK…..??
There is a White House Briefing today from Under Secretary of Defense Policy Colin Kahl…where he states that the munitions won’t be used in public or urban areas, and Ukraine will account for them all!! LOL…..this is the same country who cannot account for any of the weapons it sends to Ukraine by its own admission!
Immoral on every level..but I honestly believe these things are turning the tide even more against these evil warmongers….
But the USA is not at war with Russia. Definitely, Definitely, Definitely NOT.
Isn’t that right Barack?
And speaking of being totally off-topic, this 10min presentation by a mind control expert speaking at the recent Covid Summit in Belgium is very interesting; ”Was our Covid response based on clinical virology or behavioural psychology?” It also ties in nicely to what the unethical Professor ‘Pavlov’ was saying in the featured article on here a couple of days ago. Everything about the response was unlawful and crimes against humanity committed based on pure lies;
”In his presentation, he describes very succinctly and clearly various techniques around mind control acknowledged by psychologists that can be used to manipulate populations. Many of these techniques appear to have been used during the covid years with the goal of making citizens comply.
Plans are being put in place worldwide to manage the next pandemic. The mission of the NZ Government’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19 is to learn how to do everything better, faster and more efficiently next time. (It is not to learn about the many New Zealanders who listened to and believed the propaganda and are now damaged or dead.)
It is highly likely there will be more use made of behavioural psychology. Forewarned is forearmed. If you understand the techniques to be used against you, you will be able to make better decisions.”
https://nzdsos.com/2023/07/05/mind-control/
Sadick Khan, King Chortles and donkey
fondler Starmer the embalmer!
What a grand bunch of other planet dwelling freaks they’ll make when the solicitor becomes prime minister on 7% of the electoral vote!
So our democratically elected leader of the opposition says the quiet part out loud: Voting changes nothing!
The pursuit of ‘Net Zero’ is demonstrably undemocratic. We are condemned to a future of neo-feudalism where politicians are merely stewards for the transnational ESG / DEI agendas of NGOs and mega pension funds.
Klaus Schwab, Larry Fink and Tedros Adhanom call the shots.
Watch Sandy Adams explain everything succinctly to Glastonbury Town Council.
https://youtu.be/1zdDih3PTZQ
Voting doesn’t mean much here, and hasn’t for some time. They are all following the red/ communism/ Lenin/ Stalin/ EU where the bureaucracy does not require elected politicians to get in the way, where everything is controlled by the state with the aid of crypto currency Business is finding out in China, once the regulations get to a certain pitch, the bureaucracy steps in and takes over your business.
Have you noticed how close Crypto is to Crypt, a burial chamber. Crypto, the final resting place of civilisation.
I suppose when the WEF are telling you what to do your excuse will always be we had no choice..”ve ver just followink orders!!”
Max Headroom there has got turncoat written all over his hair- anything Sir Rodney says is just manure, anything possible opposite to ‘da tories’ . I would rather vote for Korean Kim -or even our ‘beloved’ joe 90- no okay nOt joe 90 and his cluster bomb donation.
Slimy schmoozer doesn’t even come close.
Groucho Marxist
https://www.gov.uk/refugee-integration-loan/what-youll-get
Oh look. We are now offering loans to the illegals which of course will never be repaid.
Ain’t Britain Great?
Does that include a Kalashnikov AK-47 to be put by for a rainy day ???