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I wonder what the cyclist is

I wrote this poem when I was preparing my report on Andrea Leadsom’s Dangerous Cycling Ten-minute Bill for The Pod Delusion. The report featured in Episode 83. Spring is sprung, the grass is ris I wonder what the cyclist is? Fitter, happier, more productive? Or furiously, wantonly destructive? You won’t get balance from the papers Or broadcast media about their capers. They’re either being squashed by a lorry, Or scaring pedestrians without a ‘sorry’. Read more...

Conscientious Objection and the "War on the Motorist"

Philip “Hoverboard” Hammond?p=1328, Secretary of State for Transport, says he’s going to “end the war on the motorist”, as if such a war exists rather than being the mental (in both senses) construct of the car-sick UK press and government. Anyway, a comment on a Guardian editorial on the absurdity of this assertion made me think: “I have to admit, there is a nice driver or two about who – in rush hour – politely wait for me to cross a four lane roundabout feed with no pedestrian crossing in the pouring rain pulling my wheelie suitcase. Read more...

West addicts facing jump in drug prices by end of month

This is a parody. Oil is an addiction. Addicts in the West could be paying up to 130p a hit for drugs by the beginning of next year, an industry body has warned. The Retail Drugs Industry Independent Crack Dealers Association (RDI Crack) predicted prices could soar by 3 per cent ahead of the August Bank Holiday weekend and 8 per cent by the end of 2010. RDI Crack, which represents around two-thirds of Britain’s 9,000 drugs forecourt sites, said the average crack price nationally could rise as high as 125. Read more...

Charlie Simpson, cycling and charity

BBC News: bq. A seven-year-old boy from London who was aiming to raise £500 for the Haiti quake relief effort through a sponsored bike ride has raised more than £72,000 (n.b. now over £100,000). – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8477345.stm The bike ride is a great effort, and the fundraising really got going after Charlie was featured on BBC Breakfast. None of what follows is intended to knock what Charlie has done, so please don’t take it in that way; it is merely a comment on our collective attitude to cycling here in the UK, with reference to kids in The Netherlands (highlighted on David Hembrow’s blog%20travel). Read more...

Changes are afoot

Since leaving Digerati Studio in June, I’ve been picking up odd bits of freelance work but not yet really enough to provide a decent income for my family. I mentioned on Twitter on Friday that I’d had an interview and been offered a job. On Monday, I accepted the offer. So far, I haven’t mentioned what – or where – the job is. Fear not, your wait is over. I will be working for a medium-sized company called N4 Solutions, which is based near Cirencester. Read more...
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