This morning Nicola and I pulled up next to David Cameron on our bikes in a central London location. (I won’t tell you where it is in case someone reading this decides to put a stick in his spokes. Anyway, it was 8.30am and very near Constitution Arch). He was riding a sort of heavy duty hybrid bike and was wearing a rather loud canary yellow cycling jacket. He looked remarkably un-knackered, which always amazes me about politicans…
I wish I’d had a flier for meandmybicycle…I will now carry them as a matter of course just in case I bump into Boris on the road too. No danger of The Dour Scott (© The British Press) appearing in a flouro jacket, and besides, he obviously gets up a lot earlier than Dave.
Anyway, here’s a rather crap picture taken on my rubbish Blackberry camera.
As you can see, he’s not wearing a helmet but then it’s not law so I won’t be sending this to the Sun : )
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Nice shot! There should be some sort of regulation where you shout “I spy parliamentarians!” and everyone gets off and waves their helmet about. (And talking about shooting ….
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I saw Ken Livingstone on the tube today, as I do most days since he lives in my neighbourhood (NW2).
He has always been a keen supporter on the tube back when he was a lowly MP for Brent South.
I don’t blame him for not riding as it would be a 7-8 mile journey for him each way and he’d be running the gauntlet of London taxicab and minicabs all the way home, which would be more dangerous than the average cyclist, based on Ken’s standing with the four-wheeled community.
But I’m happy to bet we don’t see many other high profile politicos riding the tube on a regular basis!
Two wheels good…..
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