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Anybody up for translating the consultation questions into english?
Following the start of ULEZ in central London, to what extent do
support or oppose residents continuing to be liable for the Emission
Surcharge, at the discounted rate of £1, during the ULEZ sunset period
(for the first 3 years, while residents do not pay the ULEZ charge)?Yes that question was piss poor. I'm still not sure what it means. If I don't support the rich folk paying a discounted rate, does that mean that TFL will;
1) make the rich folk pay nothing
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I think as many people as possible should fill this in.
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Quite amazing:
ClientEarth defeated the government on the same issue at the supreme court in April 2015. Ministers were then ordered to draw up a new action plan, but now that new plan has also been found to be illegal.
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It's been this bad for some time, it's just that Boris Johnson tried to hide the evidence.
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Yes:
Funnily enough, it doesn't seem to look like one of Johnson's 'Routemasters'.
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About 9,500 people die early each year in London due to long-term exposure to air pollution, more than twice as many as previously thought, according to new research. Air pollution is now Britain’s most lethal environmental risk, killing about 40,000 people prematurely each year.
(From that article.)
What are people actually dying from when these articles state 'X die a year from pollution'? Is this just an estimate? I'm guessing it's cancer and other respiratory diseases and related complications. But I don't really know.
Also. Am I dying from pollution?
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I've often wondered this myself. Do they actually measure deaths where pollution is a contributing factor, e.g. An elderly patient with COPD who goes downhill faster because of the shitty air. Or do they just estimate the percentage that breathing shit knocks off the average lifespan and extrapolate it to the whole population?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38170794
Meanwhile, in London we just tell people with babies, bad hearts and lung conditions to stay in doors, Oh and the rest of you don't do any exercise.
Motorists, we've freezed VAT again for you so you just crack on..
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