Charles Moore Charles Moore

Will the Online Safety Bill target moths?

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issue 19 August 2023

As is now well-known, Ulez (the ultra-low emission zone) will expand from 29 August, taking in suburban parts of Kent, Surrey, Essex, Herts. This fact gave Richard Lofthouse, an editor and motoring journalist, an idea. He has done much to help car4Ukraine.com, a volunteer group within Ukraine which seeks gifts of 4×4 pickups abroad and repurposes them to help the war effort. Some are armour-plated, for instance, and fitted with a gun turret at the back. Others can be turned into field ambulances, and so on. There is an endless need for wheels in Ukraine, the life of each pick-up ‘in theatre’ being a matter of weeks. As I write, nearly 300 such vehicles have been contributed, well over half from British donors. These include five given – and in some cases driven over – by Dr Lofthouse personally. From 29 August, thousands of 4x4s will come forward for scrappage. His thought was that Transport for London should therefore give car4Ukraine some of these vehicles.

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