Listening government

What subject garnered the most signatures on the N0 10 petition website? Road Pricing, more than 2 million people signed up to oppose this policy. In response Douglas Alexander (the Transport Minister) said that the government would "listen to people". Well if they did listen then they decided to ignore the people because today the Local Transport Bill comes to the Commons for its first reading and incorporated within it is legislation for pilot 'pay as you drive' schemes.

Still I am sure that as Gordon Brown has 'vowed that he would "listen" and "learn"' this bill be meet with his disfavour and proceed no further. Hold on, news reaches me that this policy would raise taxes so I think any opposition from Gordon Brown is unlikely.