In message , at 13:03:44 on Mon, 18 Jun
2012, Mizter T remarked:
Thus confirming beyond any reasonable doubt that the £1.10 surcharge for
cash is in fact a "tourist tax".

So what?

A spade's a spade.

Also, FWIW, TfL heavily go in for promoting and selling Oyster cards
to tourists (Visitor Oyster cards etc), so many won't pay this
'surcharge'.

I thought they'd withdrawn the Visitor Oyster vending machines at
relevant major London stations (like St Pancras). Or is that just
a wild rumour.
--
Roland Perry