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While Farage is generally correct in his vision, I'm afraid he will fall short of any promise to prosecute every bike theft. The Met police are after all under the purview of Sadiq Khan, whose main priorities are prosecuting people for using Twitter, gaslighting everyone in the country, labelling any opponent as "far right", and cosplaying at being a cyclist while grinding traffic to a halt throughout London. In more lawful suburban and rural areas there's certainly more that can be on cycling thefts, but there are higher priorities and the immediate priority should be getting more prison places available, and prisons generally under control. I note some very disappointingly vitriolic comments on this thread, especially when considering the threats made to Farage and the far left murder of Ann Widdecombe by a man who (allegedly since the trial is ongoing) also targeted Farage. Yet still some seem to find it appropriate to mock and deride a very real need to have a large security budget... While endorsing the publicly paid-for cost of Khan's security entourage of bullet proof Range Rovers and body guards.

@bob.sweet it also proves that cyclists aren't the issue

@mitsky you may be thinking of taxi drivers

@belugabob I don't think that makes much difference on a long descent

@AidanR i feel that it's more to do with higher sustained speeds, which comes from better training, nutrition and fitness

I'm calling BS on the increased speeds being a significant factor. Sure, aerodynamics have gotten a bit better, but all the aero tech in the world doesn't change the fact there's a lump of un-aero human in the middle. If speeds coming into corners on descents are up by 5km/h I'd be surprised.

@polainm Never a good look badly arresting a Paralympian, good resistance from them too. Wear the "mischief" charge with pride. Chapeau.

Make 'em all ride Huffys. That'll slow them down and have the secondary benefit of stopping all those pro-bike thefts. They do a very nice beach cruiser with a handy basket on the front. I'd love to see the peloton huffing up Mont Ventoux on those.

The M25 clearly proves the point that you cannot remove congestion by building more road space, that just increases the number of motor vehicles.

@mdavidford But then the cows (being smarter than the drivers who end up on bike lanes) would quickly learn they aren't made of grass and stay away permanently.