london s ultra low emissions zone. the letter calls for courage and leadership , and says the environment should not be treated as a political football . here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. he told me more about how ulez led to the labour party s loss in the uxbridge by election. this seat on the edge of london used to be borisjohnson s seat. when he resigned and left parliament, that seat came up. it had been a tory seat for quite some time. labour were hopeful that they could take it but they fell just short. and the issue, as you say at the heart of that campaign, which the conservative party made much of, was this plan by the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, to expand the charging zone for polluting cars, old polluting vehicles to the edge of london, which would have just taken in that constituency, would have faced people
the party s narrow victory in last week s uxbridge and south ruislip by election has been linked to local opposition to the expansion of london s ultra low emissions zone. the letter calls for courage and leadership and says the environment should not be treated as a political football . this seat on the edge of london used to be borisjohnson s seat. when he resigned and left parliament, that seat came up. it had been a tory seat for quite some time. labour were hopeful that they could take it, but they fell just short. and the issue, as you say, at the heart of that campaign, which the conservative party made much of, was this plan by the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, to expand the charging zone for polluting cars, old polluting vehicles, to the edge of london, which would have just taken in that constituency.
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hear from over the next couple of weeks. so it has been paused for two weeks, it was the big launch this morning, we ve been trailing it for weeks, massive signs across the city centre, everywhere that you would enter that charging zone, but i guess it is probably a bit embarrassing for birmingham, they will deny that and tell you that it was all planned all along, and i m sure that is true but it does look a little bit awkward considering they had this big launch at seven o clock, and by nine o clock, things had gone completely on the other direction. , ., ., ., direction. things not quite going to ian direction. things not quite going to plan there. direction. things not quite going to plan there, phil, direction. things not quite going to plan there, phil, thank direction. things not quite going to plan there, phil, thank you - direction. things not quite going to plan there, phil, thank you very - plan there, phil, thank you very much. the first international athletes have arr