ULEZ: MORE private emails reveal Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan's deputy asked SECOND group of scientists to ALTER a study - because it showed London’s low emissions zone made NO DIFFERENCE to children’s health

The Telegraph reports Shirley Rodrigues (salary £132,664) asked Prof Chris Griffiths, of Queen Mary University London, to “reword” Lancet study that found “no evidence” of health benefits to children’s lungs.

“It reads like LEZ (low emissions zones) or similar have no impact at all,” she complained.
Griffiths refused the request, replying: “Apologies - it’s difficult to alter the sentence you refer to as it’s what we set out to look for but didn’t find.”

“The correspondence comes to light just days after the Telegraph revealed how Mr Khan’s deputy tried to discredit & “silence” Imperial College scientists, who found ULEZ had little impact on pollution,” with another Imperial team paid nearly £1m in public funds by Khan's office.

Ben Pile of Together and Climate Debate UK is quoted in the piece, saying:

“Shirley Rodrigues has been caught trying to get scientists to do her political dirty work: silencing critics, preventing debate and fabricating scientific opinion.

"This undermines the value of both institutional science and democratic politics. Scientific claims must be produced by scientists unfettered by ideological agendas, and debated in a transparent and free manner.

"There appears to be a very cosy relationship and a revolving door between all levels of government and the green blob."

Councillor Paul Osborn of Harrow Council said: “These further emails show an industrial scale conspiracy with leading scientists to manipulate debate on ULEZ expansion by inappropriate requests to reword independent scientific reports”.

Councillor Colin Smith, leader Bromley Council: “The dam of public trust has been betrayed spectacularly and truth is now out in the open for all to see.

"The weekend’s revelation, followed by today’s news, further serves to prove ULEZ has very little, if anything, to do with health & is nothing less than a barely disguised, socially regressive tax which is now set to destroy businesses, jobs & vital social support networks.

“The Secretary of State, Mark Harper, needs to step in, show firm leadership and take immediate action to stop this nonsense in its tracks now.”

Yes indeed.

Time to end this disgusting ULEZ sham before it does any more damage to the public

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/22/shirley-rodrigues-urged-scientists-alter-study-low-emission/

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“ULEZ is not fair. It’s picking on the older, the poorer.”

Enough is enough @Mark_J_Harper @RishiSunak

Every day seems to bring a new @MayorofLondon scandal - the dodgy “science,” the smears, the "consultation," the manifesto

No excuses: stop ULEZ now
@keirstarmer @uklabour

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"90% of ULEZ cameras put out of action in new area"
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ulez-camera-vandalism-car-van-compliant-0mp2g66s2

https://twitter.com/Togetherdec/status/1694650232531824787

Today we wrote to:

PM @RishiSunak
Transport Sec @Mark_J_Harper
@imperialcollege President Hugh Brady

We urge action following @Telegraph @sarahknapton revelations re: @MayorofLondon political interference with science

PM should intervene on ULEZ to put public interest first:

ULEZ: "The Govt is shirking its responsibility by not holding Sadiq Khan to account... there should be a public inquiry into ULEZ because it's a complete sham"

Enough is enough Mark Harper & Department for Transport

No excuses: stop ULEZ now

@MayorofLondon
thinks he
@sabrodrigues61
are going to keep lying trying to alter & obfuscate with no consequences they’re v wrong
@alanvibe

@Iromg

@TalkTV


@Mark_J_Harper

@RishiSunak

@transportgovuk


Stand together it’s not over https://twitter.com/Togetherdec/status/1694764729095348457?s=20

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Announcing our 4th speaker for Fri 29 Sep, London - Together 2nd Anniversary Event: Dr Jay Bhattacharya!

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What do you call those in Public Office that refuse to engage honestly, lie & try to have scientific research adulterated & then smear the Public?

Unfit for office
@alanvibe

@MayorofLondon

@SadiqKhan

@sabrodrigues61


ULEZ is an assault on us all
https://twitter.com/Togetherdec/status/1695108752490291365?s=20

ULEZ: Telegraph stories "revealed remarkable level of interference" with scientific research by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan's office

Scandals involve Imperial College team paid £800k+ public money in 2 yrs

Just stop ULEZ Rishi Sunak Conservatives

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Matt Goodwin
+ more announced next week!

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ULEZ: Taking the protest to Govt

10 Downing Street

Tomorrow from midday

Organised by @AntiExtension

Stop ULEZ @Mark_J_Harper @RishiSunak @Conservatives @Keir_Starmer

Lord Sumption: “Prof Neil Ferguson said ‘China did lockdowns, & we realised we could get away with it.’ But we have moral reasons for not wishing to be like China”

Many trying to rewrite history

We won’t forget lockdowns were:

1. Wrong
2. Harmful
3. Ineffective

Never again

We know this is about money and surveillance... this is only going to make life more difficult in a cost of living crisis!"

ULEZ by Mayor Khan harmful to so many. Majority said no but ignored

https://twitter.com/Togetherdec/status/1696573788903665820?s=20