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Report from the Anti-ULEZ protest on 28 January 2023, at Trafalgar Square. We speak to the community directly affected and concerned by the ULEZ Expansion due at the end of August this year across the whole of Greater London. Strong views, valid points, high passion – watch now!
In the wake of London’s Islington Council announcing it wants to ban cars from 70% of its roads, Hackney Council went further yesterday and said it will bar cars from 75% of its tarmac. The anti-car march continues – from London to Scotland to other parts of the world, this is getting very depressing for car lovers.
Standby, massive motors will be causing mayhem in Wembley this April (15-16th) with Petrolheadonism’s first London event, Petrolheadonism Underground. Yesterday they were filming an anti-ULEZ promo atop one of the Wembley Park car parks, and I joined them in the BCG BMW E30. Find out all about the event with organiser Ciro Ciampi in this video, plus a snapshot of what’s to come in April. Tickets here!
A couple of weeks ago, SNP’s Net Zero Minister, Michael Matheson, said that the Scottish government is looking to cut down car usage by 20% by 2030. He went further, and this is also in his Strategic Transport Report, that the era of catering for unconstrained growth in private car use is well and truly over. WHAT?!
So a Muslim in the UK, a Jew in America and a Christian in Holland walk into a YouTube video and… uh oh!!
It may be December, it may be freezing in the mornings, but that didn’t stop Leon Watts of Autoism who his second-ever charity classic car meet. The Christmas car meet was at Duke of London. This is a walk around of the event and the amazing Duke of London venue itself – what is Duke of London find out as there’s an interview with Merlin McCormick and Leon Watts reveals what Autoism is about. Plus a Porsche 959, new Morgan three-wheeler, a Police car from ‘Gotham City’, Ferraris, Mustangs and many other spectacular cars, including my BMW.
Are we going back to the 70s, is it all doom and gloom, why don’t supercars stand out anymore, where have all the cool cars gone, am I biased, and was Lexus just a fake German car?!
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Compiled all my coverage of the massive NEC Classic Car Show on this page!
You’ll feel like you were at the show after watching this walk-around video
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We end up chatting about: Why as parents, we should be more supportive of our kids’ creative aspirations; How the automotive journalism industry has evolved; What it’s REALLY like to be a motoring journalist, behind the scenes; What does it take to succeed in the motoring journalism space; PLUS, we have our first ever, “Star on a very reasonably priced sofa” quiz. How many questions do I get right in 3 minutes? 😲🤦🏽♂️ Watch now to find out.
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