Saturday, February 17, 2007

TORIES WOULD ROB YOUNG AND OLD OF FREE TRAVEL! NASTY PARTY NEVER WENT AWAY!

The Tories in London are trying to cut London's free bus and tram travel scheme for children under 18 in full time education. The scheme was supported by 8/10 Londoners and has helped hundreds of thousands of families save as much as £350 per year. The Tories are desperate to make cuts to travel concessions across the board and have also been attacking the Freedom Pass, which gives free public transport in London to older people and the disabled.
London is the only major world city to achieve a shift of people from cars to public transport. Free travel contributes to the public transport culture that's required if we are to keep the city moving. Margaret Thatcher once said, 'When I see a man of 25 riding the bus, I see a man who has failed in his life.' This anti-public transport attitude still pervades the Tory party today. Beneath the thin veneer of Cameron's Green conversion, it has not changed! The nasty party never went away!

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