Grieving mother to sue London over pollution
www.thetimes.co.uk
A mother who believes that air pollution contributed to her daughter’s fatal asthma attack is preparing to sue the mayor of London.Rosamund Kissi-Debrah — whose daughter Ella died aged nine in

I am getting tired of both Labour and Tories using the ULEZ as an anti-climate agenda to win votes. ULEZ is not about climate; it is about health issues, especially with regards to kids. This is just one article of many that has emerged over the years.

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  • SyldonOP
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    1 year ago

    My personal opinion is that Labour needs to shoulder a lot of the blame for this one. They should have educated the electorate on who introduced the policy, and why Khan was forced to bring it online early because of Grant Shapps and funding. That way they would not now be pandering to the populist vote. Tories will always Tory. We can do without two versions of them in our politics.

    • Borkingheck@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Its deffo an issue, they appear to be incredibly poor at dealing with countering wedge issues. However, ulez did poll quite well - given its spread across London too, its easier to see how they took their eye off the ball.