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No, they were not. They claimed that Khan would introduce pay-per-mile for all vehicles in London. That was a lie and Khan had no such plans. The Labour government has now announced pay-per-mile for EVs only nationwide, so they pay a similar duty to combustion engined vehicles.

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I never knew that plays were staged at the EDT (upstairs, I presume?). I recall seeing a television adaptation of In Lambeth on the BBC years ago. Jack Shepherd was one of those actors who became a well known face for one TV role but actually had a long running and respected career in the theatre. RIP.

I'm sorry, isn't that exactly what I've been saying, that he is remembered as saying racist things as a teenager? I meant, very obviously, that it wasn't a topic for argument.

Imagine Singelgracht like a ring-road canal that encircles the inner city - it has an entrance/exit to both the north and the south of the city. My reference to that was that the area within the Singelgracht canal - the actual inner-city, is a nightmare because of cyclists. Outside of it everything works well but inside it is a cycle nightmare.

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/we-must-separate-art-from-artist-in-singing-of-nazi-gas-chamber-songs-says-farage-20251125262249 Surprisingly, one of the more reliable sources of news. Better than the Farage Channel GB News anyway! 😉

The entire point of the story is that many people remember Farage as expressing racist beliefs and being racist as a teenager. Have you actually read the article?

Jack Shepherd, actor (Wycliffe, etc). From The Telegraph obituary: "He was himself a proficient playwright. His first play, In Lambeth, was performed at the East Dulwich Tavern in 1989 and started a new career for him writing for the theatre."

Singelgracht area then. Whatever.

They were right about pay per mile.

We will agree to disagree on that one.... Downtown Amsterdam is the thing of cycle nightmares. @Raeburn let me explain - Singelgracht is one of the main canals (so I doubt any bikes or cars will be using that! ;-)) and I was using that to say anything the other side of it towards the city is a nightmare. The other side is ok. Additionally, the potential banning of e-bikes, cargo bikes, fat tyre bikes etc in bike lanes is being considered for the whole of Amsterdam - in fact a number of cities in the Netherlands are considering similar bans. Can we just make this a standard automatic response?! If only it were true of course and not just a knee-jerk response anytime anyone reads something I post that they don't agree with! 😉

It's not just about whether he publicly expresses racist views now. It's also about his initial repeated denials he said or acted in a racist way as a schoolboy. That has since morphed into ''I was only a very young boy etc''...''I never said anything directly to hurt someone etc'', both of which have been debunked, see below. His refusal to admit he lied and acted as he did, and more importantly apologise to those he offended/targeted, has now become the fundamental issue...

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Farage left Dulwich College 4 years before the Public Order Act 1986 when "expressions of racial hatred, which is defined as hatred against a group of persons by reason of the group's colour, race, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins" were prohibited. That there is only one person who is prepared to say NF expresses racist views today only means NF has become more circumspect with his language.

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