Well, it seems the protest is still going strong but like has just been said in the end it's a straw that breaks a camels back. Both my kids suffer from asthma from the pollution from vehicles and 10mu particulates are a major cause of this (from diesel).But don't forget the greed of industry that refuses to clean up it's air and water pollution and also that Jet planes pollute terribly and they are already up there five miles high. I want better transportation and moved to be close to work so I wouldn't waste an hour sitting there breathing fumes. In the end after doing two years of sitting in traffic jams, I was diagnosed with asthma. I don't suffer as much now, and cycling certainly is my favourite way of doing 40 miles as long as I'm not breathing the smog. And of course the state health and education systems are not free, but paid from our pockets. Those who have the financial clout have always been better off in so many ways. As the song goes "It's the rich wot get the pleasure and the poor wot gets the blame (or pain) If we move towards a more equal society things might improve-if we educate people to look for the bigger picture (this is part of it) and less towards greed, personal greed and massive massive immoral (in my opinion)profits then things might improve-I,m not talking communist state here but a move by the very rich towards the lower standards of the poor and a move by the poor away from the standards many are enforced to live. (I know there will always be people who choose to live one way or another but ask a rich person if he would like to be poorer and live the life on the masses he/she will say "On your bike or similar, but ask the poor if they would like to improve their lot and you can guess the answer. I work with some of the most under-privalleged members of society in our area and they are DESPARATE, just a small reduction of their tax burden will help them. I've got a true story about this crisis. My neighbour was queuing like every one else (not me I don't care if I run out) the garage only had 4* leaded petrol left. A guy in an X reg (brand new) Jag started putting leaded into his tank. He filled up the tank and when he was asked wasn't he worried about how much damage he'd do to his car, he turned to my friend and said " I don't care, I'll just buy another new one. Ask someone on £60.00 per week what they think of that. McGrarth, I'm with you on this. I wanted my children to grow up in a better world-not one where they face such an uncertain future. Cheers for now-not going to play guitar with mudcat tonight! But still supporting. Eric