The Russo-Ukrainian War and the small civil war in Sudan aren’t the only wars around. In every Western democracy, governments are waging a coordinated war on motorists. The same irrational arguments are used. Last week saw a small victory for the British government, the abandonment of further so-called ‘smart’ motorways (freeways).
Widely hated London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion is also running into trouble, although since I’ve been consulted over its legality I am somewhat constrained in commenting. The half-crazed ULEZ policy, no offense intended, is imploding almost as fast as Fox News following Rupert Murdoch’s cave-in to the Bad Guys, the biggest Aussie collapse since their second innings in the 1981 Headingley Test Match.
Incidentally, I can scotch the rumor that Shrimpton & Associates are supplying arms to the RSF rebels in Khartoum. It’s true that we were sounded out, informally, but I was a little unhappy with the genocide in Darfur. I...