Richmond Conservatives plumb new depths of dishonest campaigning
They are running an amazingly dishonest petition against the cycle lane in Kew Road. See their latest leaflet: POLLUTION, JAMS, DELAYS, it yells, when there are no jams or delays and the usual false concern over pollution being wheeled out: if they really were so concerned about it, wouldn't they be campaigning to reduce the cause of it: excessive car use? And likewise with the concern about safety for ALL road users.
And SAVE KEW ROAD? What they actually mean is save the parking where the cycle lane now is, which is why there is no congestion since the cycle lane simply occupies the space that was previously used for parking.
But the worst thing is the emotional appeal to SAVE KEW GARDENS: who wouldn't support such a slogan — except that there is absolutely no threat to Kew Gardens, this is quite dreadful scaremongering.
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