London, a global pioneer in pricing schemes aimed at reducing traffic and automobile emissions, is taking another big leap forward today with a dramatic expansion of its pollution-charge zone.
But the latest change has ignited surprisingly fierce resistance, evoking not just protests but also mass acts of vandalism and the type of intense rhetoric associated with populist campaigns against COVID-19 restrictions.
London police say they are braced for a new round of physical attacks on the monitoring cameras and other infrastructure needed to enforce the new scheme.
This is footage of "Blade Runners" taking down the cameras in London the government put up to tax cars and limit freedom of movement.
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90% of cameras in south east London have been removed or disabled as the Low Emission Zone is due to come into force on August 29.… pic.twitter.com/dfmYzgJiGE
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) August 28, 2023
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