Do you remember me reporting on The Downing Street petition against road pricing, started by ABD member Peter Roberts? Well the good news is that over a million people have signed the petition and the number is still increasing before the deadline of 20th February.
These people who have signed know that road pricing is a bad idea, and they are sick of government spin on transport, which appears to ignore everyday reality and to justify incompetent policies that make their lives more and more unpleasant.
The bad news is that the Transport Minister Douglas Alexander is still determined to ignore millions of voters and press ahead. His boss, Tony Blair admitted to a committee of MPs last week that road pricing is all about raising money. According to the Daily Mirror, Blair said, "Road pricing is a key way of getting more money to cut congestion and improve public transport."
Dear oh dear. What have we still got running our country? A country that is supposed to listen to its people. Well, obviously only when it is to their benefit. Even the die hard labour supporters must be questioning this man’s integrity - or lack of it.
This tax is unfair, expensive to administer and difficult and inconvenient to collect. If you have not signed up yet, do so, lets hit the 2 million mark and maybe, he might listen.
Jackie Violet
FemaleFirst Motoring