Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Doing Nothing is Not an Option
The Government yet again tries to polarise the debate on congestion charging in the hopes of "defeating" the million-plus signature petition, by using a false argument.
If the Government is reading this, then please note: no-one has said we should do nothing, only that we should *not* do what you suggest. There are a myriad of other options to congestion charging, and congestion charging itself is not even a new option (er, petrol isn't free, unless you're an MP). How about beter public transport? Cycle lanes? Changing school hours? All of these are infinitely preferable.
And their other trick is to say "we will have a debate". Have they not noticed that the debate is going on now? And the people have spoken.
If the Government is reading this, then please note: no-one has said we should do nothing, only that we should *not* do what you suggest. There are a myriad of other options to congestion charging, and congestion charging itself is not even a new option (er, petrol isn't free, unless you're an MP). How about beter public transport? Cycle lanes? Changing school hours? All of these are infinitely preferable.
And their other trick is to say "we will have a debate". Have they not noticed that the debate is going on now? And the people have spoken.
