"Peter" wrote:
The US embassy is relying on the statement made by Ken Livingston that
the congestion charge was a tax - he was so excited that he let his
mouth run away when the tax was first introduced

I don't recall this, and a quick search didn't find a reference to it
online - can anyone provide a source for this?

More recently, Boris certainly let his mouth run away from him and referred
to it as a tax when discussing the future of the now-defunct Western
Extension of the zone.