• By Bala Kumar spend that money on extending the Central Line ohn McGregor is the on the London UnderJ Secretary of State ground giving us cheap for Cars. Like most of and reliable services and his fellow Tory minis- use the money for decent schools, sports facilities ters, public transport to and youth clubs? him is having to share The oil companies dohis limousine with nate loads of money to someone other than his the Tory party because chauffeur. the government wants to Many ordinary people spend £23 billion on new think differently because roads and extensions. they are some of the hun- That means more cars dreds who have been tak- on the road and more peting direct action to stop rol consumed by cars and road building pro used in road construcgrammes throughout the tion. Specially protected country. areas of the countryside Whether it is preventing in the Cotswolds and Wiltheavy machinery from en- shire will be concreted tering construction sites over - even Stonehenge is to lying on roads and oc- threatened by car fumes. cupations, these actions The Labour Party is in have slowed down crazy favour of public transport schemes like the M11 but it hasn't been leading road link by months. protests. Small groups of The government plans to individuals can delay spend £200 million on building work, but until we the road through Wan- have a sensible policy stead, Leyton and Leyton- which puts ordinary peostone, 400 homes will be ple's health and protectdestroyed and 1,000 peo- ing our environment first, ple will be evicted to make we won't stop roads. way. We must rethink how we This road is not to bene live and how and where fit the local community, we work. From a car socibut to help Tory support- ety we must move to an ers in the shires travel energy-efficient one. That into London for work. As a means changing how soresult, health risks like ciety is run - for need not asthma will increase, not greed, for people not prof to mention the huge num- its. ber of deaths caused by Tarmac over McGregor, cars. not our environment!
Why doesn't McGregor