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> strongest evidence yet that local clean air zones could help reduce some of the harm caused by pollution during childhood. It's incredible this is even in de
by bilekas 3mo ago
> strongest evidence yet that local clean air zones could help reduce some of the harm caused by pollution during childhood.
It's incredible this is even in debate. It's one of those intuitive things well known since the reduction of coal burning and smog during the industrial revolution in London?
- Symbiote 3mo agoThe right (Conservative) and far right (Reform) parties both say they will abolish low-emission zones and other measures to reduce pointing traffic. They made it into a culture war topic.
- iamflimflam1 3mo agoThe right latches onto anything where a small minority are upset and amplify it. They are the ultimate rage baiters.
- rightnutwingjob 3mo agoSomehow I don’t think that is the exclusive domain of the Right.
- scns 3mo agoIt is not, but all they have to offer.
- _joel 3mo agoReform are latching on to anything to detract from the 5 million pound "gift" to Farage from a crypto billionaire, Christopher Harbourne..
- 4ndrewl 3mo agoBloody Sadiq Kahn and his militant sharia ulez improving the health of forriners. /s
- TheOtherHobbes 3mo agoYou joke, but of course... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/01/fake-tweets-about-ulez-plans-cause-alarm-at-london-mayor-office-sadiq-khan https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/01/fake-tweets...
- Neil44 3mo agoFact check, the conservatives want to block the expansion into outer London. Reform wants to end them all.
- _joel 3mo agoIronic, considering it was Johnson that started it before Khan "took the flak"
- citrin_ru 3mo agoConservatives flipped on multiple of their policies after Reform's success on local election in 2025 and started to copy Reform UK. Even the Labour shifter right after 2025.
- _joel 3mo agoHow's Reform UK Ltd. done since then? They've lost 2 by-elections and beaten a bin. Sterling job I guess if you listen to any of their members.
- citrin_ru 3mo agoThey dropped a few points in pools but for Conservatives they likely will be the main competitor - among Reform UK voters there are much more former Tory voters than former Labour voters.
- Blazara 3mo agoThey're polling at parity with the party in government... https://www.pollcheck.co.uk/gb-polls https://www.pollcheck.co.uk/gb-polls
- pjc50 3mo agoThe amount of wailing about this was unbelievable. London is a terrible city for driving in in the first place, and the idea of 10% of them having to change cars provoked totally absurd responses. We're going to see the same when EV-only mandates, true zero emissions zones, start appearing across the next decade.
- citrin_ru 3mo agoIt's madness but I hope abolishing ULEZ will have little impact at least for London - people who already drive modern cars will not start suddenly replacing them with older more polluting ones.
- mboto 3mo agoReform is not a far right party. It is important not to polarise.
- mr_toad 3mo agoCultivating a voter base that consistently acts against their own interests seems to be a winning strategy.
- cucumber3732842 3mo agoSurely you're talking about all those people who voted the dirty heavy industry across the oceans where they can't even regulate them, as if we don't all share the same space rock.
- dennis_jeeves2 3mo ago>It's incredible this is even in debate. Show you how people are out of touch with reality. Even something commonsensical like what you mentioned is often countered with - "Show me the data"