GMTV Report that Riders will protest in central London against Westminter’s attempts to impose new M/C parkin tax

I have had a great start to my day! GMTV London news included a report this morning to say that riders will be protesting in central to London against Westminster’s M/C PARKING TAX. Actually it will end up at Tory HQ and is in my view likely to be even better attended than the one that happened last year. As far as I’m concerned the point of this demo is to let the potential leaders of our next government know that turning a blind eye to an avaricious and unjustified plan to turn M/C parking into a new revenue stream is a step too far and will always have bad consequences for the reputation of any party that goes that way. And lest we forget, currently the Labour government has done bugger all to stop this pernicious and regressive move by Westminster so far. Go to NTBPT to get more info and don’t worry about signing up just turn up if you can or send a message of support if you can’t. PLEASE!

Anyway, back to the news of TV news coverage.. This is an important sign in my view to show that the mainstream media are taking this issue seriously again – and to the point where they will broadcast news BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

In journalistic terms this is a bigger deal than it may look as it  shows a great deal of belief by news journos that something newsworthy is about to happen. That’s easy to do when an event has the might of a government or big company to push it through but giving the same respect to plans by a bunch of scooter and motorbike riders is a much tougher call for them to make – but They are right.

This ongoing struggle by Westminster to impose a new and entirely unjustifiable tax on riders is far from over, especially as most people are starting to recognise that scooters, mopeds and bikes  are a crucial part of the solution to congestion and mobility problems and not something to target for a new tax! And, just so you know, part of the reason that I have not been blogging as much as I would like is that I’ve been up to my eyes and ears in all sorts of goings on behind the scenes that make me sure that this fight is not only far from being over, it is winnable.

Lastly for now, I also leaned yesterday that seasoned professionals in the BBC News team are privately very concerned about the tosh that was spouted by WCC’s Martin Low in an appalling attempt to justify an unjustifiable scheme.