What annoys me about this is the assumption that ULEZ means people can't drive any more. Every single person with a car today can continue to drive under ULEZ

What annoys me about this is the assumption that ULEZ means people can't drive any more. Every single person with a car today can continue to drive under ULEZ without paying the ULEZ fee. They just need to have a car that isn't high emissions. They can pay to drive a non-compliant car, or they can change car to something that is compliant, and don't pay the charge. That's it. To facilitate that, the taxpayer through the ULEZ scrappage scheme offered £2,000 even if the car was not worth anything close to that value. I've seen people get £2k for vehicles that frankly weren't worth half that. There are plenty of vehicles available for not much more money that are ULEZ-compliant. I think the fact this happened at a similar time when we were exposed to chatter of "government interference" from Europe (Brexit), or Whitehall (Covid lockdowns), didn't help, but the language I hear some people using is insane - we're paying for the same level of personal protection for the Mayor as for the PM because of the number of death threats he gets. I definite;y agree very little of the debate feels scientific.