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Uber: London mayor Sadiq Khan backs talks after firm's apology

2 pointsby vvvvover 7 years ago

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vvvvover 7 years ago
&gt;Earlier, the Mayor of London said Uber had put &quot;unfair pressure&quot; on TfL, with an &quot;army&quot; of PR experts and lawyers.<p>&gt;Mr Khan, who is also chairman of TfL, told the BBC: &quot;What you can&#x27;t do is have a situation where unfair pressure is brought on a quasi-judicial body, where there are officials working incredibly hard.<p>&gt;&quot;I appreciate Uber has an army of PR experts, I appreciate Uber has an army of lawyers - they&#x27;ve also made aggressive threats about taking us to court.&quot;<p>&gt;More than 750,000 people have signed an online petition in a bid to keep Uber operating in London after its licence expires on 30 September.<p>I&#x27;m glad TfL stood their ground. I got several emails asking me to sign the petition myself, and I&#x27;m guessing Uber deployed multiple other tactics to gather public support, or at least make it seem like they have it. I want Uber to continue operating in London but I haven&#x27;t signed the petition.