A group of around 20 protestors blocked ‘every camera’ in Sutton on Sunday in a peaceful protest that lasted around three hours.
The protestors held placards and signs to obstruct the views of around 80 cameras in the borough meaning non-compliant cars could drive through for free.
The protest is the latest way some Londoners are choosing to fight back against what they deem to be an unfair and unjust Ulez expansion.
In August last year, we revealed how Sadiq Khan had been exaggerating claims and misrepresenting statistical information to support his expansion, while many motorists feel Ulez is unfair as it’s often the poorest in society who have non-compliant cars meaning many can’t afford to upgrade.
Londoners have also been angered by the fact hundreds of Ulez cameras were ordered before the £15m public consultation took place and these issues have led to some campaigners taking things into their own hands.
‘Bladerunner’ activists have been vandalising or cutting down Ulez cameras to render them useless and now the same campaigners who organised Sunday’s protest have said further protests are planned at Biggin Hill on 17th February, Welling Corner in Bexley on 20th February, Chequers Corner in Dagenham on 24th February, at Hillingdon hospital for six days from 25th February and at Fiveways Waddon in Croydon on 3rd March.
Kingsley Hamilton, of Action Against Unfair Ulez, told Sky News; “Ulez is only the thin end of the wedge. Pay per mile is coming if Sadiq Khan gets another term of office, we are quite sure of that. So we are hoping we won’t have Sadiq Khan for another four years.”
Sadiq Khan has previously ruled-out implementing pay-per-mile though, telling the London Assembly; “It is not going to happen to my watch. The pay-per-mile scheme is not on my radar. It is not on the table. It is not something I am going to do.”
Mr Hamilton continued: “Even people who have compliant cars had to fork out and get unaffordable loans to buy these compliant cars.
“So it’s all very well saying that people have compliant cars now, but they’ve still got that loan to pay off, that loan that they didn’t need during a cost of living crisis.
He added: “Some of the cameras in the borough have already been deactivated. Obviously, that has nothing to do with us, we are not condoning any criminal activity.”
