Prefer to travel via a black cab or a phone app?

There is a war raging on the streets of London, Birmingham, Manchester and other big cities between the black cabbie and Uber, which allows travellers to hail a ride through a mobile phone app.

Daily Politics reporter Ellie Price took to the streets of London with the mood box - an unscientific test with a plastic box and balls - to see what the public had to say about the rivals.