Mayor hoisted by own petard
Posted on Thursday, January 15 @ 16:44:15 GMT by pulpsimon |
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Boris Johnson is not immune to the
draconian measures ordinary Londoners are forced to suffer because of
the capital's congestion charge.
The
London Mayor has confessed that he forgot to pay the £8 toll 48 hours
after he drove to light the Hanukkah menorah at a ceremony in Trafalgar
Square last month. As any commuter will tell you, such an oversight
automatically results in a £60 fine."I was a victim of this
wretched system only the other day... I was done by my own system," the
Mayor told listeners to Vanessa Feltz's phone-in show on LBC Radio
yesterday. "I forgot to pay and then 'bing!' I got the £60 fine which I
have just coughed up." The revelation came as Johnson was making the
case for a new account-based system, which would make it easier for
Londoners to pay the charge."That would get away from the crazy system whereby you suddenly get clobbered by these fines," he explained.
According to the biography Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson The Mayor has had few run ins with the bailiffs in the past.
Lets hope theres a silver lining...
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