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Post by wirewiper on Feb 19, 2021 11:21:41 GMT
Thouugh I can't vote yet (registered but ineligible), it would be hard to choose, out of Bailey & Khan (let's be honest, no one else will probably win), both are far from the best. I would choose Khan, whilst he has some good policies, he also has some bad ones (LTN's for example) however he would be better than Bailey. (Guess I'm also slightly more in favour of Khan as he has personally helped my family out when he was Tooting MP) I need to register at some point but I'm not in any rush since I still have a little while before I can vote and I too would vote Khan because he is the best out of them. What we really need is a transport enthusiast or just someone who takes pride in our bus and train networks if we want improvement in transport and they way it's run or managed. There's more to being Mayor than just managing/improving the transport system. Also there are all kinds of competing needs and desires when it comes to the transport networks in a huge and densely-populated world city. Improving one part of the transport system can have a deleterious effect on another part. We have seen this recently, where schemes to promote "active travel" (walking and cycling) have improved those modes, but have slowed down bus services. And if you rarely walk, cycle or use public transport and drive most places, what does "improved transport" look like to you? |
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Post by galwhv69 on Feb 19, 2021 11:52:58 GMT
Someone like Andy Byford? He seems to have turned a few transport systems around or the better, so hopefully TfL is also getting improved Khan is pro-LTN. He is clearly anti any vehicles that are not ridden by a cyclist. How can you say from his first term in office he will be anything but negative for any form of surface transport?He has been a disaster! If you want this to continue, yeah, feel free to reelect Khan! Chaos will be spread along all London streets. The cycling lobby will not be happy until such time as all other forms of transport have been banished from the roads, and Khan not only listens to them, actions and promotes the desires. Get to the gym bus drivers, buses will be converted to pedal power! (Said tongue in cheek before too many comments) The LTN's have been ruled illegal so hopefully no more of that nonsense. As both a cyclist and a car/bus passenger, I do see both sides. As a cyclist, cycle lanes and paths can be very beneficial, otherwise you have idiots on the road who pretend they can't see you and nearly drive into you. On the other hand, I see how it inconveniences traffic and that not all the lanes are placed in the best positions. (Such as Park Lane where there is another cycle lane just inside the park). It also inconveniences emergency services, which is why I'm alright with cycle lanes just being painted on rather than segregated with poles as it means that emergency services can still use the lane. We just need someone who is pro-cyclist but at the same time, pro-public transport. No good in having someone who wants to just have cyclists, but also no good in having someone who just wants people to use public transport. There needs to be someone who sees booth sides, not just blindly sees one. I would try and choose someone else maybe, but what are the chances that someone else instead of Khan or Bailey will win? I just can't vote Bailey, especially with his offensive comments and lies! |
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Post by SILENCED on Feb 19, 2021 12:09:22 GMT
Khan is pro-LTN. He is clearly anti any vehicles that are not ridden by a cyclist. How can you say from his first term in office he will be anything but negative for any form of surface transport?He has been a disaster! If you want this to continue, yeah, feel free to reelect Khan! Chaos will be spread along all London streets. The cycling lobby will not be happy until such time as all other forms of transport have been banished from the roads, and Khan not only listens to them, actions and promotes the desires. Get to the gym bus drivers, buses will be converted to pedal power! (Said tongue in cheek before too many comments) The LTN's have been ruled illegal so hopefully no more of that nonsense. As both a cyclist and a car/bus passenger, I do see both sides. As a cyclist, cycle lanes and paths can be very beneficial, otherwise you have idiots on the road who pretend they can't see you and nearly drive into you. On the other hand, I see how it inconveniences traffic and that not all the lanes are placed in the best positions. (Such as Park Lane where there is another cycle lane just inside the park). It also inconveniences emergency services, which is why I'm alright with cycle lanes just being painted on rather than segregated with poles as it means that emergency services can still use the lane. We just need someone who is pro-cyclist but at the same time, pro-public transport. No good in having someone who wants to just have cyclists, but also no good in having someone who just wants people to use public transport. There needs to be someone who sees booth sides, not just blindly sees one. I would try and choose someone else maybe, but what are the chances that someone else instead of Khan or Bailey will win? I just can't vote Bailey, especially with his offensive comments and lies! Chances of someone else winning? Absolutely none if people have your mindset. We need to get out of 2 party politics. The poor Americans had to choose between dumber and dumber for president. Now, if we continue down the 2 party politics route, Londoners will have a choice between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum ... both parties more than capable of taking the latter title. Time and time again it has failed us. Time is now to make the major parties sit up and realise, we don't want A, we don't want Z, we want a sensible in-between around L-N. We need to protest and desert both major parties so they sit up and listen to what people actually want rather than their obscene versions of utopia! |
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Post by Frenzie on Feb 19, 2021 12:09:59 GMT
Someone like Andy Byford? He seems to have turned a few transport systems around or the better, so hopefully TfL is also getting improved Khan is pro-LTN. He is clearly anti any vehicles that are not ridden by a cyclist. How can you say from his first term in office he will be anything but negative for any form of surface transport?He has been a disaster! If you want this to continue, yeah, feel free to reelect Khan! Chaos will be spread along all London streets. The cycling lobby will not be happy until such time as all other forms of transport have been banished from the roads, and Khan not only listens to them, actions and promotes the desires. Get to the gym bus drivers, buses will be converted to pedal power! (Said tongue in cheek before too many comments) I thought LTNs were pushed out at the request of the DfT. I’m sure Johnson has also supported their rollout. Also, aren’t London Councils responsible for LTNs, rather than the Mayor. What LTNs is Khan responsible for? I will reluctantly state that I support Sadiq Khan. I don’t buy the argument from his opponents that he has mismanaged TfL. Had the government not locked down and made travel on public transport essential only TfL would still have their revenue stream and wouldn’t have needed a bailout. He’s also overseen the introduction of the ULEZ, transition of buses to hybrid and electric and the hopper fare (something I personally find very helpful) so for me he’s the best option. I did consider Farah but having read that she was planning 100 days free travel I realised she isn’t competent enough to be Mayor and if she was in charge then TfL would be in real trouble. |
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Post by SILENCED on Feb 19, 2021 12:21:02 GMT
Khan is pro-LTN. He is clearly anti any vehicles that are not ridden by a cyclist. How can you say from his first term in office he will be anything but negative for any form of surface transport?He has been a disaster! If you want this to continue, yeah, feel free to reelect Khan! Chaos will be spread along all London streets. The cycling lobby will not be happy until such time as all other forms of transport have been banished from the roads, and Khan not only listens to them, actions and promotes the desires. Get to the gym bus drivers, buses will be converted to pedal power! (Said tongue in cheek before too many comments) I thought LTNs were pushed out at the request of the DfT. I’m sure Johnson has also supported their rollout. Also, aren’t London Councils responsible for LTNs, rather than the Mayor. What LTNs is Khan responsible for? I will reluctantly state that I support Sadiq Khan. I don’t buy the argument from his opponents that he has mismanaged TfL. Had the government not locked down and made travel on public transport essential only TfL would still have their revenue stream and wouldn’t have needed a bailout. He’s also overseen the introduction of the ULEZ, transition of buses to hybrid and electric and the hopper fare (something I personally find very helpful) so for me he’s the best option. I did consider Farah but having read that she was planning 100 days free travel I realised she isn’t competent enough to be Mayor and if she was in charge then TfL would be in real trouble. No, they come under the Streetspace programme which is a TfL led initiative, which the taxi drivers got ruled illegal. DfT made money available to increase cycling and walking, but how it is implemented is purely down to TfL and the councils. Seems to be a case of government is giving money away, let's grab as much as we can, without a plan, and then just proceeded to cause chaos. Nowhere, that I have seen and am part of a group that is actively fighting LTNs in Croydon, has the DfT advised putting planters down to block random streets vital to residents. Croydon Council have regularly stated the LTNs are part of the Streetspace programme, which is led by the mayor/TfL I live in Croydon, the council is lead by a cabinet, they bankrupted it, so they are responsible. The Mayor lead TfL to pseudo-bankrupcy. If leading something to bankruptcy is not mismanagement, then I do not know what is. If it was not for the consequences of TfL serving a S114 notice, then they would have been bankrupted. All politicians will promises things they know they can not deliver to try and win your vote ... honest politicians are virtually an extinct species. It is trying to pick out from manifestos, what they can deliver and what they can't. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Feb 19, 2021 14:00:37 GMT
Argh why do all elections these days seemingly be those of the "I'll have to pick the least worst" kind. Even though London, as with any other urban metropolis, is a left-leaning city, the Conservatives have really not bothered to prop up a decent candidate this time around. Let's face it, Khan is going to win, regarless of his incompetency, lack of charisma and denial of some of London's most significant problems, most notably knife crime which has skyrocketed. The 2008 scene was a very unique one in the sense that Labour were fumbling under a weak government and the Tories proposed a unique and charismatic alternative candidate who really stood out. The left wing vote was also undercut by the Lib Dems, arguably at/ just after their peak in national popularity. This isn't something that is going to happen any time soon.
The third party candidates can shout as much as they like; they aren't going to achieve much. Brian Rose has the greatest chance and has used social media rather effectively, but the establishment will be sure to get their own way for sure. Look at Ross Perot in the 1990s, most notably in the 1996 US election when he was barred from the debates by the Democrat-Republican controlled commission on debates after an extremely strong performance in the 1992 election to harm his chances. So as usual it'll go down to two-party politics.
The Lib Dems continue to be useless. Their own leader is an outer-suburban London MP and yet they fail to gain any traction yet again. They truly are in trouble
The Liberal Democrats are going to drive themselves into extinction. Really being the centrist party they are, they should be sweeping up votes everywhere at a time like this but all that's happened is they keep putting in more nails into their coffin. I'm sure most of their remaining MPs are more linked to the MP themselves rather than the party. People like Ed Davey and until he stepped down Vince Cable had huge presences within their constituencies. I remember when Vince Cable lost the 2015 election, people would often should at him in the streets saying "We want you back". But the Clegg-Cameron Coalition effectively pushed the Liberal Democrats right while simultaneously bringing the Tories closer to the centre meaning that they effectively got wiped out in 2015. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kingston and Surbiton turn blue once Sir Ed Davey steps down, while it's already known Twickenham and Richmond Park are still very much "flip" constituencies between blue and yellow. The LibDems on the London Assembly stand at one seat, even compared to the Green Party's two. I think the LibDems days in London are pretty much over now, it'll only ever be an increase in Labour support or slight increases for the Tories depending on the economic environment. I'd be surprised if as a party they last the next 30 years. |
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Post by SILENCED on Feb 19, 2021 14:39:35 GMT
Khan is pro-LTN. He is clearly anti any vehicles that are not ridden by a cyclist. How can you say from his first term in office he will be anything but negative for any form of surface transport?He has been a disaster! If you want this to continue, yeah, feel free to reelect Khan! Chaos will be spread along all London streets. The cycling lobby will not be happy until such time as all other forms of transport have been banished from the roads, and Khan not only listens to them, actions and promotes the desires. Get to the gym bus drivers, buses will be converted to pedal power! (Said tongue in cheek before too many comments) The LTN's have been ruled illegal so hopefully no more of that nonsense. As both a cyclist and a car/bus passenger, I do see both sides. As a cyclist, cycle lanes and paths can be very beneficial, otherwise you have idiots on the road who pretend they can't see you and nearly drive into you. On the other hand, I see how it inconveniences traffic and that not all the lanes are placed in the best positions. (Such as Park Lane where there is another cycle lane just inside the park). It also inconveniences emergency services, which is why I'm alright with cycle lanes just being painted on rather than segregated with poles as it means that emergency services can still use the lane. We just need someone who is pro-cyclist but at the same time, pro-public transport. No good in having someone who wants to just have cyclists, but also no good in having someone who just wants people to use public transport. There needs to be someone who sees booth sides, not just blindly sees one. I would try and choose someone else maybe, but what are the chances that someone else instead of Khan or Bailey will win? I just can't vote Bailey, especially with his offensive comments and lies! Just a slight correction, LTNs have not been ruled illegal, just the TfL Streetscape Programme that encompasses them. It was ruled illegal as taxis were treated differently to other public transport operators, not the placement of planters. It was taxis being excluded from bus only streets and bus gates, and restriction stopping taxis picking up and setting down customers that found it to be illegal. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Feb 19, 2021 15:06:39 GMT
The LTN's have been ruled illegal so hopefully no more of that nonsense. As both a cyclist and a car/bus passenger, I do see both sides. As a cyclist, cycle lanes and paths can be very beneficial, otherwise you have idiots on the road who pretend they can't see you and nearly drive into you. On the other hand, I see how it inconveniences traffic and that not all the lanes are placed in the best positions. (Such as Park Lane where there is another cycle lane just inside the park). It also inconveniences emergency services, which is why I'm alright with cycle lanes just being painted on rather than segregated with poles as it means that emergency services can still use the lane. We just need someone who is pro-cyclist but at the same time, pro-public transport. No good in having someone who wants to just have cyclists, but also no good in having someone who just wants people to use public transport. There needs to be someone who sees booth sides, not just blindly sees one. I would try and choose someone else maybe, but what are the chances that someone else instead of Khan or Bailey will win? I just can't vote Bailey, especially with his offensive comments and lies! Chances of someone else winning? Absolutely none if people have your mindset. We need to get out of 2 party politics. The poor Americans had to choose between dumber and dumber for president. Now, if we continue down the 2 party politics route, Londoners will have a choice between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum ... both parties more than capable of taking the latter title. Time and time again it has failed us. Time is now to make the major parties sit up and realise, we don't want A, we don't want Z, we want a sensible in-between around L-N. We need to protest and desert both major parties so they sit up and listen to what people actually want rather than their obscene versions of utopia! The issue we have is that the way our Commons works requires a majority, meaning should a third party come in with a decent presence it will require a coalition to form a government and chances are that one will then just get swallowed up by the bigger one as the bigger one is going to be what will effectively run the country. All this while the opposition builds up a rep for itself on opposition benches. So regardless we'll just end up at two party politics again. I know the argument is that the mayoral election isn't anything to do with the commons, however the state of the commons will influence what people vote for. People on the TV haven't heard much from the LibDems or Greens over the past few weeks. It's always Boris Johnson or Keir Starmer on the TV because they lead the two biggest parties and people will eventually start to align themselves to one of these individual's parties. The media is also not interested at all in giving anyone like the LibDems or Greens any airtime as a result due to their total lack of influence on any major policies. Looking back to the 2004 mayoral election, the LibDems got 15.3% of the vote and then 9.8 in 2008 before being totally wiped out pretty much afterwards following the whole Cameron-Clegg coalition. Which might have even helped Boris take the second term in 2012. The other issue is that to remove 2 party politics you'll need to persuade people to even believe they have a remote chance of bringing a third lot in. The 2016 election results had the third place Green Party only have 5% of the vote. Who on earth will have hope for them to even come second? I wouldn't be surprised if many potential Green voters just vote Labour to stop the Tories getting in due to the party being on the left and being far more competitive with the Tories rather than the Green Party. |
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Post by SILENCED on Feb 19, 2021 15:18:38 GMT
Chances of someone else winning? Absolutely none if people have your mindset. We need to get out of 2 party politics. The poor Americans had to choose between dumber and dumber for president. Now, if we continue down the 2 party politics route, Londoners will have a choice between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum ... both parties more than capable of taking the latter title. Time and time again it has failed us. Time is now to make the major parties sit up and realise, we don't want A, we don't want Z, we want a sensible in-between around L-N. We need to protest and desert both major parties so they sit up and listen to what people actually want rather than their obscene versions of utopia! The issue we have is that the way our Commons works requires a majority, meaning should a third party come in with a decent presence it will require a coalition to form a government and chances are that one will then just get swallowed up by the bigger one as the bigger one is going to be what will effectively run the country. All this while the opposition builds up a rep for itself on opposition benches. So regardless we'll just end up at two party politics again. I know the argument is that the mayoral election isn't anything to do with the commons, however the state of the commons will influence what people vote for. People on the TV haven't heard much from the LibDems or Greens over the past few weeks. It's always Boris Johnson or Keir Starmer on the TV because they lead the two biggest parties and people will eventually start to align themselves to one of these individual's parties. The media is also not interested at all in giving anyone like the LibDems or Greens any airtime as a result due to their total lack of influence on any major policies. Looking back to the 2004 mayoral election, the LibDems got 15.3% of the vote and then 9.8 in 2008 before being totally wiped out pretty much afterwards following the whole Cameron-Clegg coalition. Which might have even helped Boris take the second term in 2012. The other issue is that to remove 2 party politics you'll need to persuade people to even believe they have a remote chance of bringing a third lot in. The 2016 election results had the third place Green Party only have 5% of the vote. Who on earth will have hope for them to even come second? I wouldn't be surprised if many potential Green voters just vote Labour to stop the Tories getting in due to the party being on the left and being far more competitive with the Tories rather than the Green Party. And you can only blame the electorate for that .... if they want change, it is up for them to drive it. It is not in Labours or Conservatives interests to upset the status quo. As it stands they will either be in power or the main opposition. Nice little cabal. |
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Post by wirewiper on Feb 19, 2021 17:02:53 GMT
The issue we have is that the way our Commons works requires a majority, meaning should a third party come in with a decent presence it will require a coalition to form a government and chances are that one will then just get swallowed up by the bigger one as the bigger one is going to be what will effectively run the country. All this while the opposition builds up a rep for itself on opposition benches. So regardless we'll just end up at two party politics again. I know the argument is that the mayoral election isn't anything to do with the commons, however the state of the commons will influence what people vote for. People on the TV haven't heard much from the LibDems or Greens over the past few weeks. It's always Boris Johnson or Keir Starmer on the TV because they lead the two biggest parties and people will eventually start to align themselves to one of these individual's parties. The media is also not interested at all in giving anyone like the LibDems or Greens any airtime as a result due to their total lack of influence on any major policies. Looking back to the 2004 mayoral election, the LibDems got 15.3% of the vote and then 9.8 in 2008 before being totally wiped out pretty much afterwards following the whole Cameron-Clegg coalition. Which might have even helped Boris take the second term in 2012. The other issue is that to remove 2 party politics you'll need to persuade people to even believe they have a remote chance of bringing a third lot in. The 2016 election results had the third place Green Party only have 5% of the vote. Who on earth will have hope for them to even come second? I wouldn't be surprised if many potential Green voters just vote Labour to stop the Tories getting in due to the party being on the left and being far more competitive with the Tories rather than the Green Party. And you can only blame the electorate for that .... if they want change, it is up for them to drive it. It is not in Labours or Conservatives interests to upset the status quo. As it stands they will either be in power or the main opposition. Nice little cabal. The fault really lies with the First Past The Post system, which delivers Parliamentary majorities with a minority share of the vote. Effectively this means that Conservatives and Labour have to act as coalitions within themselves to get elected. The Conservative Party is effectively three different parties in one and Labour has two distinct factions. If we had a system of Proportional Representation neither party would exist in its current form. Labour' Socialist/Corbynite supporters would likely secede into a separate left-wing party with the more centrist supporters possibly merging with the remains of the Lib-Dems (The Lib-our Party?). |
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Post by vjaska on Feb 19, 2021 18:20:42 GMT
The issue we have is that the way our Commons works requires a majority, meaning should a third party come in with a decent presence it will require a coalition to form a government and chances are that one will then just get swallowed up by the bigger one as the bigger one is going to be what will effectively run the country. All this while the opposition builds up a rep for itself on opposition benches. So regardless we'll just end up at two party politics again. I know the argument is that the mayoral election isn't anything to do with the commons, however the state of the commons will influence what people vote for. People on the TV haven't heard much from the LibDems or Greens over the past few weeks. It's always Boris Johnson or Keir Starmer on the TV because they lead the two biggest parties and people will eventually start to align themselves to one of these individual's parties. The media is also not interested at all in giving anyone like the LibDems or Greens any airtime as a result due to their total lack of influence on any major policies. Looking back to the 2004 mayoral election, the LibDems got 15.3% of the vote and then 9.8 in 2008 before being totally wiped out pretty much afterwards following the whole Cameron-Clegg coalition. Which might have even helped Boris take the second term in 2012. The other issue is that to remove 2 party politics you'll need to persuade people to even believe they have a remote chance of bringing a third lot in. The 2016 election results had the third place Green Party only have 5% of the vote. Who on earth will have hope for them to even come second? I wouldn't be surprised if many potential Green voters just vote Labour to stop the Tories getting in due to the party being on the left and being far more competitive with the Tories rather than the Green Party. And you can only blame the electorate for that .... if they want change, it is up for them to drive it. It is not in Labours or Conservatives interests to upset the status quo. As it stands they will either be in power or the main opposition. Nice little cabal. You can't just blame the electorate for that - if people genuinely don't believe there is any point in voting for others. Now if politicians were trusted members of society, you might get the change your looking for because then the masses would have the belief to enact change. |
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Post by vjaska on Feb 19, 2021 18:26:21 GMT
Khan is pro-LTN. He is clearly anti any vehicles that are not ridden by a cyclist. How can you say from his first term in office he will be anything but negative for any form of surface transport?He has been a disaster! If you want this to continue, yeah, feel free to reelect Khan! Chaos will be spread along all London streets. The cycling lobby will not be happy until such time as all other forms of transport have been banished from the roads, and Khan not only listens to them, actions and promotes the desires. Get to the gym bus drivers, buses will be converted to pedal power! (Said tongue in cheek before too many comments) I thought LTNs were pushed out at the request of the DfT. I’m sure Johnson has also supported their rollout. Also, aren’t London Councils responsible for LTNs, rather than the Mayor. What LTNs is Khan responsible for? I will reluctantly state that I support Sadiq Khan. I don’t buy the argument from his opponents that he has mismanaged TfL. Had the government not locked down and made travel on public transport essential only TfL would still have their revenue stream and wouldn’t have needed a bailout. He’s also overseen the introduction of the ULEZ, transition of buses to hybrid and electric and the hopper fare (something I personally find very helpful) so for me he’s the best option. I did consider Farah but having read that she was planning 100 days free travel I realised she isn’t competent enough to be Mayor and if she was in charge then TfL would be in real trouble. Khan has his part to play in the mismanagement of finances with the fares freeze pledge and the hopper fare, something that benefits me but still reduces revenue for investment, as well as the ban on junk food advertising where the evidence to suggest that removing these adverts encourages healthy eating is very dubious but he also isn't the sole person to blame to here. This all starts with Boris & the government agreeing to remove the subsidy that helped the network to flourish and grow supporting the increased ridership year on year. The current and last mayor are the reasons TfL's finances are shot to pieces - Khan will likely return to office but I don't expect his financial knowledge to improve either. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Feb 19, 2021 18:29:13 GMT
And you can only blame the electorate for that .... if they want change, it is up for them to drive it. It is not in Labours or Conservatives interests to upset the status quo. As it stands they will either be in power or the main opposition. Nice little cabal. You can't just blame the electorate for that - if people genuinely don't believe there is any point in voting for others. Now if politicians were trusted members of society, you might get the change your looking for because then the masses would have the belief to enact change. Exactly, it's the lack of any reason to vote for any others. For example if Labour's vote got split between themselves and the Greens it'll be a clear win for the Tories, so in many cases potential supporters of other parties will just vote for the major party that's on their end of the spectrum. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2021 18:30:13 GMT
And you can only blame the electorate for that .... if they want change, it is up for them to drive it. It is not in Labours or Conservatives interests to upset the status quo. As it stands they will either be in power or the main opposition. Nice little cabal. The fault really lies with the First Past The Post system, which delivers Parliamentary majorities with a minority share of the vote. Effectively this means that Conservatives and Labour have to act as coalitions within themselves to get elected. The Conservative Party is effectively three different parties in one and Labour has two distinct factions. If we had a system of Proportional Representation neither party would exist in its current form. Labour' Socialist/Corbynite supporters would likely secede into a separate left-wing party with the more centrist supporters possibly merging with the remains of the Lib-Dems (The Lib-our Party?). Equally proportional representation can create power vacuums as the party in charge can easily be defeated by coalitions on the opposition. The way British politics is at the moment nothing would get done under proportional representation and the country would stagnate for decades under failed leadership. At least with first past the post you are given clear leadership and a mandate. At least in the Conservative party those three factions all agree to work together to maintain power, the Labour Party will crumble and split if it doesn’t resolve its squabbles soon. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2021 20:27:07 GMT
To keep it brief, I will not be voting at all as I deem it to be a waste of time.
Whomever wins (Khan or Bailey likely) they will continue to same nonsense such as LTNs and pleasing the cycling brigade.
All these politicians purely care about their pocket and whatever will increase cash into their beloved pockets they'll just make those decisions. That is my view anyway.
If I was mayor or had some sort of power within the Department for Transport, I'd remove these petty LTNs and give priority to motor vehicles over the cycling brigade.
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