London borough Conservative group posts images to social media likening low-traffic neighbourhoods to apartheid Tottenham Conservatives – who have no seats on the council – claim they would “abolish Labour LTNs” introduced in Haringey cycling
While conveniently ignoring the fact that especially in many parts of London, car ownership is by no means the norm, opponents of LTNs have regularly used inflammatory language against them, including likening them to apartheid.
“I used the word ‘apartheid’ as Hounslow seems to be preventing people from using their vehicles,” he said. “What I meant were the pass laws. That’s actually what is happening in Chiswick right now.” “It’s shocking for a modern-day politician to compare apartheid to the traffic challenges of Chiswick,” he added.Councillor McGregor subsequently apologised for his comments, saying: “The language is inappropriate and has understandably caused offence to residents and this was never my intention.
Another Conservative member of Hounslow Council, Councillor Joanna Biddulph, was criticised after claiming that active travel interventions in Chiswick were like “Belfast during the Troubles,” and she also claimed LTNs introduced in Grove Park and Strand on the Green would turn the area into a “ghetto.”
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