This time headlines in the Mail on Sunday. The 'Defence' Richard has been using was the one we prepared using the Bill of Rights and the legal precedent set in the Metric Martyrs' case.
You can download it here
It is now apparent that the authorities are petrified of any legal challenge using the Bill of Rights.
We will keep the pressure on.
"I've escaped Ken's Congestion Charge"
Mail on Sunday June 4th 2006
Editorial Comment
Ken Livingstone is an expert wriggler but how will he wriggle out of this one?
The 1689 Bill of Rights, a trumpet-blast of English liberty that Ken should really support, seems to say that he has no power to impose penalties on those who defy his congestion charge.
Van driver Richard Webb has successfully used the ancient - but still valid - statute to avoid paying. And, whether his cause is just or not, this is an important argument.
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