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‘GET OUT OF OUR SQUARE’

A SENIOR London Assembly member has accused the American Embassy of “abusing our hospitality” and has called for them to leave Grosvenor Square.
And the residents association in Mayfair have described Grosvenor Square as a “little Iraq” and called for the embassy to leave the square and set up at Chelsea Barracks.
Labour member Murad Qureshi launched his attack in the week that further security measures were agreed between the embassy and Westminster Council and it emerged that the embassy was leading a diplomatic rebellion against paying the Congestion Charge.
The embassy owes £150,000 in fines after its lawyers ruled that the Congestion Charge was a tax, rather than a charge, and therefore not applicable to diplomats.
Germany is also not paying the charge, Swiss lawyers have also ruled it is a tax and last night a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy admitted it was something they were closely following.
The spokesman said: “We have taken notice of the dispute between the embassies and the government and we will be following its development.”
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