% C- c- y1 ^! s. c7 I3 A6 j9 H3 {; M 向来有话直说的伦敦市长利文斯通22日在接受媒体访问时说,他很想把美国大使馆员工所有座车都扣留起来全部撞烂,但是这样做于法不合。所以他诅咒“美国大使塔特最好自己出车祸,省得他动手”。伦敦市政府同时还发布公报称,美国大使馆拖欠的各种费用和罚款总计已经高达330万美元。 5 {) Y. Z) S; z2 Y+ u3 ~+ I, J 5 t& `7 w: z( U5 ~' h4 W 美国驻英国大使馆对利文斯通的言论立即表示不满。使馆女发言人称伦敦市长的讲话“显然走向极端”。1 f O0 E+ x3 ]: U& [
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Cars belonging to foreign embassies that refuse to pay the congestion charge should be crushed, Ken Livingstone said. 0 U+ K3 V& h0 h3 B% k9 r: t! p 6 @' {1 F* n+ ~+ w$ t1 {" oThe London mayor fumed: 'If it was up to me, I would've seized their cars and crushed them, but it's not legal for me to do that.' ' G( g' s0 c* M8 Y5 P
2 y; G0 K' w: [& H1 ^7 XMr Livingstone also renewed his war of words with US ambassador Robert Tuttle, who he once called a 'chiselling little crook', over the American's refusal to pay the congestion charge.5 [- N; q$ A& M" j& a' W& ?3 \