London Leads Way with more Sin Taxing

Ken "Red Ken" Livingstone, the mayor of London, is being hailed by climate change worshippers for charging a "congestion" tax on cars to enter certain parts of the city. The scheme is supposed to force residents to buy fuel-efficient cars or use public transportation. No one talks about it as limiting freedom. The people the charges affect, as much as 8 pounds for a single entry (and plans to increase it to 25 pounds), are mentioned only in passing, with no word on how merchants' businesses are doing:

The charge proved highly unpopular at first among drivers, merchants and others, but Livingstone has survived the storm and won the admiration of ecologists.

Poor Ken had to "survive the storm" of those stupid plebes who don't know any better. How condescending. And how blatant a show of social engineering.