I mean, seriously, you lost the battle over ULEZ. Get over it.
September 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I mean, seriously, you lost the battle over ULEZ. Get over it.
New evidence that reducing cars is good for business:
In London, retail spending was stronger after neighborhoods were added to the Urban Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ). Spending was also higher than in areas nearby but outside the ULEZ.
www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...
In London, retail spending was stronger after neighborhoods were added to the Urban Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ). Spending was also higher than in areas nearby but outside the ULEZ.
www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...
January 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
New evidence that reducing cars is good for business:
In London, retail spending was stronger after neighborhoods were added to the Urban Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ). Spending was also higher than in areas nearby but outside the ULEZ.
www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...
In London, retail spending was stronger after neighborhoods were added to the Urban Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ). Spending was also higher than in areas nearby but outside the ULEZ.
www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...
wrote about ULEZ, which is good
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
wrote about ULEZ, which is good
That's a pretty major cock up - and it's well outside ULEZ too
Nothing says local party like calling the people of Watford, Hertfordshire, Londoners…
April 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
That's a pretty major cock up - and it's well outside ULEZ too
Remember nose-picker, Iain Dullwit Smith, cheering on thugs in his constituency for vandalising ULEZ cameras?
What an idiot. Always on the wrong side of history.
Whereas Khan and ULEZ got it right. And put children’s health first.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What an idiot. Always on the wrong side of history.
Whereas Khan and ULEZ got it right. And put children’s health first.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
August 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Remember nose-picker, Iain Dullwit Smith, cheering on thugs in his constituency for vandalising ULEZ cameras?
What an idiot. Always on the wrong side of history.
Whereas Khan and ULEZ got it right. And put children’s health first.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What an idiot. Always on the wrong side of history.
Whereas Khan and ULEZ got it right. And put children’s health first.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Also if you are rich you can afford the ULEZ charges and enjoy the quieter roads from the back seat of you chauffeur driven car.
September 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Also if you are rich you can afford the ULEZ charges and enjoy the quieter roads from the back seat of you chauffeur driven car.
My car is a 2009 Hyundai i10 that cost under £2000. It's ULEZ compliant.
September 27, 2026 at 10:13 AM
My car is a 2009 Hyundai i10 that cost under £2000. It's ULEZ compliant.
Homelessness & the extraordinary success of ‘KHAN’S ULEZ’.
open.spotify.com/episode/60bm...
open.spotify.com/episode/60bm...
Children’s lungs recovered and the ULEZ haters went quiet
James O'Brien Daily · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Homelessness & the extraordinary success of ‘KHAN’S ULEZ’.
open.spotify.com/episode/60bm...
open.spotify.com/episode/60bm...
"Wealth creating entrepreneur" can't afford £500 on a ULEZ compliant car. Hmmn.
_chinny reckon_
_chinny reckon_
September 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
"Wealth creating entrepreneur" can't afford £500 on a ULEZ compliant car. Hmmn.
_chinny reckon_
_chinny reckon_
Fun fact - farmers driving tractors into London tomorrow will not be obliged to pay ULEZ or congestion charge. They are exempt.
November 18, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Fun fact - farmers driving tractors into London tomorrow will not be obliged to pay ULEZ or congestion charge. They are exempt.
this is an amazing reduction from ULEZ!
Wooah. 18.5% reduction in sick leave reported.
(And this was pre-Covid:
"Our sample periods for the LEZ and ULEZ analyses are 2005–2009 and 2016–2019, respectively.")
(And this was pre-Covid:
"Our sample periods for the LEZ and ULEZ analyses are 2005–2009 and 2016–2019, respectively.")
📢A new study from @uniofbath.bsky.social shows London's low emissions zones have had major benefits for human health and the economy, with a 10.2% decrease in respiratory issues following LEZ implementation, an **18.5%** reduction in sick leave, and annual public health savings of over £37 million.
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
this is an amazing reduction from ULEZ!
Three years on from the ULEZ expansion, the evidence is clear: cleaner air, healthier children, fewer lives cut short.
September 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Three years on from the ULEZ expansion, the evidence is clear: cleaner air, healthier children, fewer lives cut short.
Tories put ULEZ in place under Johnson, but each and every time they get anyone to run for mayor of London, here we are with the ULEZ is evil shtick.
August 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Tories put ULEZ in place under Johnson, but each and every time they get anyone to run for mayor of London, here we are with the ULEZ is evil shtick.
ULEZ works. It’s that simple.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
March 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
ULEZ works. It’s that simple.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
The ULEZ expansion is helping to improve the health of millions of Londoners.
Harmful NO2 concentrations are estimated to be down across London compared to a no-ULEZ scenario.
Central London - 54% lower
Inner London - 29% lower
Outer London - 24% lower
Harmful NO2 concentrations are estimated to be down across London compared to a no-ULEZ scenario.
Central London - 54% lower
Inner London - 29% lower
Outer London - 24% lower
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The ULEZ expansion is helping to improve the health of millions of Londoners.
Harmful NO2 concentrations are estimated to be down across London compared to a no-ULEZ scenario.
Central London - 54% lower
Inner London - 29% lower
Outer London - 24% lower
Harmful NO2 concentrations are estimated to be down across London compared to a no-ULEZ scenario.
Central London - 54% lower
Inner London - 29% lower
Outer London - 24% lower
If you've got money, you can:
1) Pay the ULEZ charge
2) Buy a compliant car
3) Shut up (the last option is free).
1) Pay the ULEZ charge
2) Buy a compliant car
3) Shut up (the last option is free).
September 27, 2026 at 9:43 AM
If you've got money, you can:
1) Pay the ULEZ charge
2) Buy a compliant car
3) Shut up (the last option is free).
1) Pay the ULEZ charge
2) Buy a compliant car
3) Shut up (the last option is free).
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period.
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period.
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It can be difficult to grasp the scale of the impact of ULEZ on air quality in London.
Here are some incredible comparisons.
Here are some incredible comparisons.
March 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It can be difficult to grasp the scale of the impact of ULEZ on air quality in London.
Here are some incredible comparisons.
Here are some incredible comparisons.
Since the expansion of ULEZ across London, boroughs in outer London have seen some of the biggest benefits in air quality.
See how outer London got greener:
See how outer London got greener:
Sadiq's Londonwide Ulez: which boroughs saw the biggest falls in pollution?
Transport for London publishes data for how pollution levels have been affected by Ulez expansion
www.standard.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Since the expansion of ULEZ across London, boroughs in outer London have seen some of the biggest benefits in air quality.
See how outer London got greener:
See how outer London got greener:
If you are rich it is vanishingly unlikely that your car isn’t ULEZ compliant - all EVs, all petrol cars since before 2010 and all diesels since 2016 comply in full.
September 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
If you are rich it is vanishingly unlikely that your car isn’t ULEZ compliant - all EVs, all petrol cars since before 2010 and all diesels since 2016 comply in full.
Does everyone remember the Uxbridge by-election and Ulez?
It’s less than a week since my radio was telling me that Britain needed to abandon net zero and drill baby drill because the Tories won a by election in Aberdeen
Now it’s so hot the kids can’t sleep
Now it’s so hot the kids can’t sleep
June 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Does everyone remember the Uxbridge by-election and Ulez?
Today’s report shows that ULEZ works.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion
People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Today’s report shows that ULEZ works.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ has made London's air cleaner and its children healthier.
What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
Me for @noosphere.app
Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm.
www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...
What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
Me for @noosphere.app
Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm.
www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...
ULEZ: Mayor Sadiq Khan's Dastardly Scheme to Make London's Air Clean Again Worked
And what it means for patriotic pro-pollution politicians on both sides of the Atlantic
www.noosphere.app
August 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ has made London's air cleaner and its children healthier.
What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
Me for @noosphere.app
Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm.
www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...
What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
Me for @noosphere.app
Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm.
www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...
Yeah, I think Ulez is a useful analogy for so many things, which is that ultimately 'is that true?' does really matter - people who could vote in the London mayoral election who sincerely believed their 2019 era car was gonna get hit by Ulez did not still believe that after Ulez had been introduced.
A perpetual quirk of voter psychology (and one I'm not really sure you can 'solve') is people automatically assuming that all punitive measures will apply to them. See ULEZ in London for another example
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
A thing that I remember vividly from GE2015 is when you'd knock on the door of a never-gonna-be-hit-by-the-mansion-tax house that was never going to be hit by a mansion tax who really thought their house's inflated price meant it might be close to it. Turns out that has spread to officials!
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Yeah, I think Ulez is a useful analogy for so many things, which is that ultimately 'is that true?' does really matter - people who could vote in the London mayoral election who sincerely believed their 2019 era car was gonna get hit by Ulez did not still believe that after Ulez had been introduced.