C-Charge £25

[Em Dott]

My biggest regret to date is driving past Ken Livingston in Cricklewood (where he lives), on his bike, and not running him the f*ck into a GATSO.

LOLf*ck Ken though. Biggest c*nt on the earth. He is just driving up prices anywhere he has the power to.

[marlon]

I dont know a single person that drives into the city centre during the rush hour/peak times, this aint no northern town man.

I was in the studio after/during work that day, and whenever I know its gonna be a long day, I drive in and park.Costs me about 15 for the day.Get there at 7, get back to my car at 11 or come midnight.Long taking the bus with all my sh*t.I do it maybe once a week at most.Truesay every car I park my focus next to is a Lambo with its cover, a Range, a Bentley, or an Audi R8. They can afford it every day.

[Blackstock]

That wont even come under the congestion charge timings then, assuming you get in an park up before 7am.

[Agony]

Do you people still think the zone only covers central London?This zone covers the following postcodes:W1, W2 (partially), W8, W10, W11, NW1 (partially), WC1 (partially), WC2,EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, E1 (partially),SW1, SW3, SW7,SE1 (partially), SE11 (partially)He took the piss when he extended the zone. He's probably gonna make it bigger over the next couple of years.Public transport is a joke. Hopefully I get my license soon cause its not about jumping on a sweaty 18 bus this summer.

[Blackstock]

Its all zone1 basically.

[Blackstock]

and since when has oxford street/kensington/westminster not been central london lol.

[marlon]

That wont even come under the congestion charge timings then, assuming you get in an park up before 7am.

Nope - even if I came in later, the car park I use has a through road off park lane so I wouldnt pay C charge. Probably wouldnt drive in if I had to pay that, not justifiable.It affects me on the odd occassion I drive into central during its operation hours, but Im more pissed off that this d*ckhead continues to mask an operation with an objective purely to make money, with this green bullshit. Couple that with being a constant hypocrite, going back on his word (said he would never raise the charge, or public transport costs for a fixed period - but raised them 3 times in that period), compensating for the unemployed out of my pocket.For what? A totally packed bus/tube/rail (depending on how I go in) when I go to work, and when I come back. But I still have to pay full fare like a prick so I can stand up on my journey to, and from work.I have so many issues with this red, lefty, grass eating, banjo playing, moby concert going, ethnic arse licking piece of sh*t its unreal.

[Agony]

and since when has oxford street/kensington/westminster not been central london lol.

So you're saying W10 is part of central london?

[Blackstock]

I would say fringe.w10 is like north kensington.The area it covers is mainly central london, ok it may slip out abit, but the vast majority of it is zone 1.It clearly covers the most congested parts of the city, stop acting so shocked, when it starts covering areas like Acton town and tottenham (or plans for it), then noise should be made.

[Em Dott]

I would say fringe.w10 is like north kensington.The area it covers is mainly central london, ok it may slip out abit, but the vast majority of it is zone 1.It clearly covers the most congested parts of the city, stop acting so shocked, when it starts covering areas like Acton town and tottenham (or plans for it), then noise should be made.

But obviously the congested central London pushes it out further to places like Ladbroke Grove, and the charge would then push traffic to Kensal/White City/Westbourne Park, and so on an so forth. Allow paying an extra tax to drive your car. This C-Charge has not helped London out. All it has done is put more money in his pocket, and pay for some yout's oyster.Riht now we are pissed, because from what I hear, Boris is way too much of an idiot to put in power, meaing another term of Ken.

[Fly Boy]

Harrow Road is not the fringe of nothing except NW & West LondonI cannot see why they needed to extend congestion charge there.

[Superstition]

I'm fully in favour of taxing middle class KB housewives rolling around in their SUV's £25 a pop to come into central, and investing the money into trains and buses.

You sound like a f*cking hater.The money aint getting invested in sh*t cant u see?I come from the era where a single used to cost 40pNow a single costs 2 quidAnd the service has got WORSE if anything.

Hate is a strong word. I don't hate SUV drivers. But if you feel pushing a 4x4 in an inner city, clogging my lungs with four cars' worth of carbon monoxide, is totally necessary, then cough up £25 for it. I don't have sympathy for you.Yes, the money is invested into public transport - it's mandated by law. And yes, the congestion charge has reduced traffic and pollution in London, and raised a lot of money for tubes & buses. I remember when buses were 40p too - guess what, petrol used to be 30p a litre. But time passes and prices rise.The Tube is the oldest underground train network in the world and was neglected for decades, so the increased investment & modernisation in the last 10 years is what we're paying for in higher fares. I use it for hours every day, and I guarantee I have as many gripes with TFL as you or anyone else. But the reality is the network needs upgrading, or else sh*t would be 10 times worse, and it ain't Ken Livingstone's fault. Anyways:Vote Brian Paddick '08

[i_Break_Ankles]

I saw some newspaper cover last sumer and it sai something about Boris Johnson offering to dead the whole C-Charge idea if he's voted in.This guy's a prick but if he's really on doing that then boi..

[Agony]

Harrow Road is not the fringe of nothing except NW & West LondonI cannot see why they needed to extend congestion charge there.

[FANTA]

The guy is taking the piss from all angles.TFL is the biggest scam in the world.In any other business the fact that you pay a premium for the service you should expect the highest grade.That's not even the case with TFL. You'll be lucky to get on a train with no delays, a but that comes on time or ticket machines that work. It's a joke.I remember one time a TFL representative coming on BBC London news and saying that they don't guarantee seats on the buses/trains, they just insure you get from A to B regardless of how long it takes. I nearly spat out my dinner in disgust.It's the sheer arrogance of the whole operation that pisses me off, like we should be happy with what we have.And you full well know that this 4x4 nonsense wont stop there.Think about it people, he's charging 25 quid to drive into Central London because of pollution? He must think we're all idiots.But its one of them ones where the other option isn't really an option.Boris doesn't even have any policies, he just says what we want to hear, i ain't voting for that.

[Cunt Face.]

Nahhhhhhhhhhh manHes taking the piss33,000 big cars pass through the congestion zone daily yehHes gonna charge each 25 poundMake 50 mil a yearAnd invest itIN CYCLING AND WALKING SCHEMES!!?!?!!?!!

LOL @ the dumb fuuck wasting money on something that will never EVER take up.

[kr.]

>>> Ken

[Cunt Face.]

I'm fully in favour of taxing middle class KB housewives rolling around in their SUV's £25 a pop to come into central, and investing the money into trains and buses.

You sound like a f*cking hater.The money aint getting invested in sh*t cant u see?I come from the era where a single used to cost 40pNow a single costs 2 quidAnd the service has got WORSE if anything.

Hate is a strong word. I don't hate SUV drivers. But if you feel pushing a 4x4 in an inner city, clogging my lungs with four cars' worth of carbon monoxide, is totally necessary, then cough up £25 for it. I don't have sympathy for you.Yes, the money is invested into public transport - it's mandated by law. And yes, the congestion charge has reduced traffic and pollution in London, and raised a lot of money for tubes & buses. I remember when buses were 40p too - guess what, petrol used to be 30p a litre. But time passes and prices rise.The Tube is the oldest underground train network in the world and was neglected for decades, so the increased investment & modernisation in the last 10 years is what we're paying for in higher fares. I use it for hours every day, and I guarantee I have as many gripes with TFL as you or anyone else. But the reality is the network needs upgrading, or else sh*t would be 10 times worse, and it ain't Ken Livingstone's fault. Anyways:Vote Brian Paddick '08

TBH, half of what you say is true, but the other half is utter sh*t.LOL @ you being brainwashed @ thinking because its a 4x4 it pollutes more.You should ask Ken what his buses are pushing out CO2 wise.

[risky rick]

I'm fully in favour of taxing middle class KB housewives rolling around in their SUV's £25 a pop to come into central, and investing the money into trains and buses.

You sound like a f*cking hater.The money aint getting invested in sh*t cant u see?I come from the era where a single used to cost 40pNow a single costs 2 quidAnd the service has got WORSE if anything.

Hate is a strong word. I don't hate SUV drivers. But if you feel pushing a 4x4 in an inner city, clogging my lungs with four cars' worth of carbon monoxide, is totally necessary, then cough up £25 for it. I don't have sympathy for you.Yes, the money is invested into public transport - it's mandated by law. And yes, the congestion charge has reduced traffic and pollution in London, and raised a lot of money for tubes & buses. I remember when buses were 40p too - guess what, petrol used to be 30p a litre. But time passes and prices rise.The Tube is the oldest underground train network in the world and was neglected for decades, so the increased investment & modernisation in the last 10 years is what we're paying for in higher fares. I use it for hours every day, and I guarantee I have as many gripes with TFL as you or anyone else. But the reality is the network needs upgrading, or else sh*t would be 10 times worse, and it ain't Ken Livingstone's fault. Anyways:Vote Brian Paddick '08

ken livingstons a straight up d*ckheadhe hasnt improved sh*t for all the extra cash he goti cant even ride a whip no more in my own f*ckin city

[Superstition]

Hate is a strong word. I don't hate SUV drivers. But if you feel pushing a 4x4 in an inner city, clogging my lungs with four cars' worth of carbon monoxide, is totally necessary, then cough up £25 for it. I don't have sympathy for you.Yes, the money is invested into public transport - it's mandated by law. And yes, the congestion charge has reduced traffic and pollution in London, and raised a lot of money for tubes & buses. I remember when buses were 40p too - guess what, petrol used to be 30p a litre. But time passes and prices rise.The Tube is the oldest underground train network in the world and was neglected for decades, so the increased investment & modernisation in the last 10 years is what we're paying for in higher fares. I use it for hours every day, and I guarantee I have as many gripes with TFL as you or anyone else. But the reality is the network needs upgrading, or else sh*t would be 10 times worse, and it ain't Ken Livingstone's fault. Anyways:Vote Brian Paddick '08

TBH, half of what you say is true, but the other half is utter sh*t.LOL @ you being brainwashed @ thinking because its a 4x4 it pollutes more.You should ask Ken what his buses are pushing out CO2 wise.

Care to point out which half is utter sh*t? I'm sure that your penetrating insights on these matters can enlighten me greatly.LOL @ calling me brainwashed, while not understanding that larger cars with larger engines produce larger amounts of pollution.and LOL @ not considering that a 4x4 seats 5 people, while a bus carries over a hundred, so the comparison is nonsense

[Superstition]

somallions and eastern europeans arnt human so your point is void (no racist)still im dissappointed in u 4 supporting ken so avidly ... u r comin llike his campaign manager

I'm not an avid fan at all. He's an arrogant tosser who's surrounded himself with yes-men, refuses to acknowledge he's ever done anything wrong. But I'm not disillusioned enough to blame anything and everything wrong in London on Ken Livingstone. Some people act like he can click his fingers, and create a perfect fleet of plentiful, free, air-conditioned trains and buses with vibrating chairs which are never late, but chooses not to coz he's an asshole. Sh*t just isn't reality. The fact that buses and trains are expensive & unreliable just isn't his fault. The network is old and in disrepair - he just happened to be the guy who presided over its modernisation.I've spent my life on London transport, and done piles of research and reading on it in the last couple years. Travel is expensive coz if it wasn't, we'd be seeing tunnels collapsing and trains derailing every day, they wouldnt be able to afford engineering works. If we were still paying 40p for buses, they'd probably be running twice a day on every routeAnd I just can't bring myself to get upset about 4x4 drivers who massively pollute my air having to pay more to do so (WTF you need an off-road vehicle for in Central London??). The Congestion Charge is inconvenient, but it's necessary and effective. I'm voting for Paddick. Everyone else should as well. Livingstone is a tosser, and Boris is a pompous racist.

[VENOM]

I'm fully in favour of taxing middle class KB housewives rolling around in their SUV's £25 a pop to come into central, and investing the money into trains and buses.

You sound like a f*cking hater.The money aint getting invested in sh*t cant u see?I come from the era where a single used to cost 40pNow a single costs 2 quidAnd the service has got WORSE if anything.

Hate is a strong word. I don't hate SUV drivers. But if you feel pushing a 4x4 in an inner city, clogging my lungs with four cars' worth of carbon monoxide, is totally necessary, then cough up £25 for it. I don't have sympathy for you.Yes, the money is invested into public transport - it's mandated by law. And yes, the congestion charge has reduced traffic and pollution in London, and raised a lot of money for tubes & buses. I remember when buses were 40p too - guess what, petrol used to be 30p a litre. But time passes and prices rise.The Tube is the oldest underground train network in the world and was neglected for decades, so the increased investment & modernisation in the last 10 years is what we're paying for in higher fares. I use it for hours every day, and I guarantee I have as many gripes with TFL as you or anyone else. But the reality is the network needs upgrading, or else sh*t would be 10 times worse, and it ain't Ken Livingstone's fault. Anyways:Vote Brian Paddick '08

thats bullshit, the whole scheme is crap, ken is just a liberal prick who at 50 still lives with his mum and has never owned a car. this is a tax against the middle class, it does not solve anything much, at most they said it could cut emmissions by 2% thats it! london is a top class financial city, so you cant expect not to have all the perks of being such a place which includes cars of all shapes and sizes, and with a sh*t transport system it makes them even more needed. all the people laughing now cos they can only drive a ford focus will be pissed when another charge is introduced later.

[marlon]

Mans 63 still.I tell you what the pisstake is,Two PRIVATE companies maintain and provide the services on the tube network.These private companies, are paid by Transport For London to do this.So basically, private companies benefit from public money.Which is why Ken is such a c*nt for extending their extortionate contracts, and appoiting his own little board of d*ckheads to approve everything he does.Which is also why we've just bailed out the tube network "Metronet" 1.7bn of taxpayers money.Using public money to bail out private companies is absolute bullshit - the same thing happened with northern rock.What the f*ck differentiates a private company from a public one now if Gordon d*ckhead Brown can step in whenever he wants and divert money we pay for public services, to private companies.

[Blackstock]

Ken was actually against PPP

[Carpe_Deum]

ken is a prick, everythign about him annoys mesoon everyone will be forced to drive a smart car or take the bus/train*will still buss the vogue*