0 h r: q' _( K3 V5 j! A1 m u 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。 # F4 R5 @! m# T8 d
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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”。5 R+ i/ L9 x' B9 k4 u. M
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( o. n! L) R3 f+ Z% G2 M- g# O3 l: zMayor Ken: I want to crush US # z" X9 ^: s1 }% v# bThursday, June 21, 2007 3 g1 @3 k, U$ n ; z( g# a5 V: [0 O9 E& SCars belonging to foreign embassies that refuse to pay the congestion charge should be crushed, Ken Livingstone said. ' Z+ v: m x+ t6 z# B ! D5 `$ }. |/ }' z0 o, DThe 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 ~4 B& {7 X, x! _" Y5 J. r " }+ I' V. O0 K2 KMr 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.2 o8 C1 Q. H9 c2 E8 G0 Y% x; O( \