http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: BoJo Banned from cycling en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:48:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17099#post-235244 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:54:57 +0000 Rosie 235244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Even as the latest vigil mourns the most recent cyclist to die it looks like there’s a campaign to roll back the advances London has made in cycling and reclaim road space for cars. </p> <p>Right-wing tabloids tell us no one uses the new segregated superhighways. Hampstead nimbies say they “cause pollution”. And last month, to “tackle congestion”, the London Chamber of Commerce openly called for them to be ripped up.</p> <p><a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/andrew-gilligan-sadiq-khan-must-do-much-more-to-show-a-commitment-to-cycling-a3383936.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/andrew-gilligan-sadiq-khan-must-do-much-more-to-show-a-commitment-to-cycling-a3383936.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17099#post-235243 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:52:47 +0000 Rosie 235243@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Credit where it's due - he has been a doughty supporter of cycling.</p> <p>The new guy, Sadiq Khan seems to be less enthusiastic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17099#post-235241 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:44:17 +0000 crowriver 235241@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Hard Cheese!"</p> <p>Hard Brexit, surely? Or Hard Biscuits as it's become known in some circles.</p> <p>Hard Cheese and Biscuits? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17099#post-235239 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:37:30 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 235239@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"He's one of the three most powerful politicians in the country. Exactly what are the police going to do if he keeps cycling? Tell his mum? Shoot him dead?"</p> <p>Not let him cycle through the gates of Downing St. Oops, sorry, that was another Tory politician... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17099#post-235237 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:28:27 +0000 I were right about that saddle 235237@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Johnson was ordered to give up cycling</em></p> <p>He's one of the three most powerful politicians in the country. Exactly what are the police going to do if he keeps cycling? Tell his mum? Shoot him dead? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17099#post-235233 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:52:00 +0000 DaveC 235233@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hard Cheese!</p> <p>If he wants to cycle he should take a more low profile job. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17099#post-235231 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:50:37 +0000 dougal 235231@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not clear whether the security detail believe cycling in London is inherently too dangerous or whether it would just be too easy to pass off political assassination as "the sun was in my eyes". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17099#post-235227 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:34:06 +0000 paddyirish 235227@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/209933-boris-johnson-banned-cycling-security-team">Security team think Foreign Secretary more at risk than London Mayor...</a> </p>