{"id":134906,"date":"2023-11-25T21:29:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T21:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=134906"},"modified":"2023-11-25T21:29:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T21:29:37","slug":"sadiq-khan-accused-of-using-masked-thugs-to-protect-ulez-enforcement-vans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/sadiq-khan-accused-of-using-masked-thugs-to-protect-ulez-enforcement-vans\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadiq Khan accused of using masked ‘thugs’ to protect ULEZ enforcement vans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadiq Khan discusses ULEZ concerns<\/h3>\n

Sadiq Khan has been accused of drafting in masked \u201cthugs\u201d in a bid to bully people opposed to the expansion of the ULEZ scheme throughout the capital.<\/p>\n

Howard Cox, Reform UK\u2019s candidate for London mayor, levelled his accusation during an appearance on GB News alongside anti-ULEZ campaigners – one of who claimed she had been struck by a vehicle used by security guards.<\/p>\n

Mr Cox is an outspoken critic of the scheme, which Mr Khan says is necessary to cut emissions – but which opponents claim is simply a stealth tax on motorists.<\/p>\n

Large numbers of enforcement cameras have been damaged or stolen since ULEZ was expanded to include all 32 London boroughs on August 29.<\/p>\n

Mr Cox said: \u201cWhat’s happened now is of course, because a lot of the cameras have been knocked down, they’ve decided to resort to using cameras on the back of vans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd what’s happening now is that because they’re also being blocked, peacefully blocked, and this is what my two colleagues sitting here were actually protesting about in front of vans.\u201d<\/p>\n

He told host Nana Akua: \u201cIt’s so disrespectful of Khan, he’s actually employed thugs, security thugs, who are not recognisable to protect these vans.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of them have balaclavas on, a lot of them do not have recognisable security identification tags\u2026right across London, there have been a good eight or nine incidents where these security guys are actually fundamentally breaking the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are actually using their alleged powers in terms of protecting these vans to actually threaten people and abuse people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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