" t+ K) \6 a6 R 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。 ) @( I/ X: v. A0 L& ]4 C5 s+ b
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Mr 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.6 A+ m' p+ y0 a; A
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