I don't understand why anyone would want to drive in London. The other weekend we had friends visiting and they insisted on renting a car to come in from the airport (never mind the airport bus stops 15 minutes away from our home). They took two or three times as long to get to our place than they would otherwise. Then they ended up stranded on a tesco parking lot for hours at a time twice, and we took 3 hours each way for a day out in Brighton (it takes under 2 hours if you take the tube and train). A friend of mine quite aptly calls London "the black hole" as it is almost impossible to get out of it.

Why? Why?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper