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but no unexpected. This is a consequence of the "greed is good", "me first" culture introduced by Thatcher and continued by Bliar. Under their rule, taxes have been portrayed as the work of the socialist devil - in American terms, in other words. But taxes are the means by which complex societies are able to provide humane living conditions for their members. From the national health service to good drainage, taxes are central and vital. They are the dues we pay to live in a civilised community. And never more so than now, when the entire planet is threatened by our appalling greed and selfishness.

This was a strain of capitalist callousness which Johnson tapped into - he's a climate sceptic on top of his other rightwing libertarian follies, and will doubtless start to dismantle London's attempts to turn the pollution tide soon. In other words - we are incapable of solving this problem. Londoners voted him into office knowing all this. Our own nature is against our survival.