Boris Johnson takes aim at Sadiq Khan’s ‘odious and unjustified’ ULEZ and calls it a tax on driving in his latest Daily Mail column

• Boris Johnson’s new column will be on MailOnline later today

Before he ran the country, Boris Johnson ran London – so the state of the capital is an issue close to his heart.

And the former PM uses his Mail column this week to deliver a stinging verdict on Labour mayor Sadiq Khan’s controversial expansion of ULEZ.

Giving a sneak video preview in his inimitable style ahead of the full article landing at 5pm, Mr Johnson brands the massive scaling up of the £12.50-a-day charge an ‘odious, unjustified tax on driving’. 

He storms that the policy – which could be decisive in the crucial by-election for his old Uxbridge & South Ruislip constituency – has ‘nothing to do with air quality’, but is down to Mr Khan’s ‘bankrupt finances’. 

Boris Johnson is back this week with his new Daily Mail column  

Click here to read Boris Johnson’s column now on The Mail+

Mr Johnson, speaking in the back of a car, also has a bit of fun at his own expense by noting that he is wearing a seatbelt… something that landed him in trouble previously.  

You can watch the trailer, and read the column now on our subscription sister site Mail+ and later on MailOnline.

Mr Johnson’s full-page column will also appear in the Daily Mail every Saturday – along with fellow star names Amanda Platell and Andrew Neil.

Whether you’re a Boris Johnson fan or not, one thing is for sure: it’s required reading.

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