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A multitude of bikers swarmed Parliament Square at 5:30pm followed by a procession to Northumberland Avenue via Whitehall to demonstrate against the introduction of parking levies by Westminster City Council. London, United Kingdom, 09/03/2010.

Members of the ‘No to the Bike Parking Tax’ group were out in force on motorcycles and scooters  in order to carry on petitioning for their goal of the withdrawal of all parking taxes, and for a full refund of fees paid to date by bikers who had no other option but to pay up. The tax is only an experiment and the group wants to enforce the fact that people can pass on their objections to a review body which would be able to overturn the introduction of the tax.

The demonstration was organised to clash with the Westminster City Council Civic Dinner being held at the Northumberland Hotel. The bikers parked up and demonstrated opposite the hotel. A few were angry about being penned in such a small area and suggested that they were within their right to protest halfway across the street as the official map did not clearly identify the areas where protesters could be.

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'No to the Bike Parking Tax' Protest in London

DMTX. A multitude of bikers swarmed Parliament Square at 5:30pm followed by a procession to Northumberland Avenue to demonstrate against the...

by Alex Milan Tracy in United Kingdom on 09/03/2010

A protest against motorbike parking tax stops traffic in Trafalgar Square. London, UK. 04/02/2010.

At Trafalgar Square in London a flash mob of motorbikes appeared and began circling one of the traffic islands. Pretty quickly traffic to  the area was brought to a halt. The area rang to the sounds of motorbike sirens and bemused tourists many holding up camera phones.
The protest was against the bike parking tax and some claimed it was a Boris Johnson stealth tax.

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Motorbike Parking tax protest stops traffic in Trafalgar Square

DMTX. A protest against motorbike parking tax stops traffic in Trafalgar Square. London, UK. 04/02/2010.

by melpressmen melpressmen in United Kingdom on 04/02/2010

Bikers from all over London met to protest over the introduction of a bike parking tax. They say it is just a cash cow. They drove from Golden Square to near the Houses of Parliament.

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London bike riders protest possible parking tax

Bikers from all over London met to protest over the introduction of a bike parking tax. They say it is just a cash cow. They drove from Golden Square...

by melpressmen melpressmen in United Kingdom on 30/06/2009

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