[giff77]

This popped up on one of my feeds and as much as I disagree with some of his points of view this one is actually really good. 

PETER HITCHENS: Every time I set out on my bike I prepare for war
https://mol.im/a/11394107

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[Hirsute]

I thought it was Johnson

I thought it was Johnson/Harwood option. (Is Johnson still a journalist or a lapsed one?) Harwood anyhow.

 

[giff77]

hirsute wrote:

Bit of a stretch to call him a journalist !

Agreed. Hitchens falls into the columnist catagory which is similar and basically an area where someone writes there opinion. My great uncle was a respected journalist and never wrote personal pieces he simply reported facts.  

[Steve K]

hirsute wrote:

Bit of a stretch to call him a journalist !

Hitchens, Harwood or Johnson?

[Hirsute]

Bit of a stretch to call him

Bit of a stretch to call him a journalist !

[Daveyraveygravey]

I refuse to click on the link

I refuse to click on the link.  They supported Mosely and the Blackshirts so I have nothing to do with them.  It’s a comic, no better than the Sun.

[David9694]

Which is as it should be –

Which is as it should be – freedom, etc. 

[Steve K]

wtjs wrote:

wtjs wrote:

There is a small, but I think significant, number of right wing politicians/journalists who are pro-cycling No, there is a small number of … who are pro-The Idea of Cycling – as long as nobody is inconvenienced

I don’t think that’s fair comment (and I’m hardly an apologist for the right or for Johnson).  If that were the case – for example – Johnson would have caved to opposition to new segregated infrastructure in London.

[wtjs]

There is a small, but I think
There is a small, but I think significant, number of right wing politicians/journalists who are pro-cycling
No, there is a small number of … who are pro-The Idea of Cycling – as long as nobody is inconvenienced

[Steve K]

There is a small, but I think

There is a small, but I think significant, number of right wing politicians/journalists who are pro-cycling.  Boris Johnson, of course, and GB News’s Tom Harwood, to name a couple more.

[Dnnnnnn]

I think Hitchens is more of a

I think Hitchens is more of a free thinker than the usual DM troll journos.
And anything about cyclists gets clicks – which is what the DM is best at.

[Hirsute]

Helmet Row !
Helmet Row !

[giff77]

The earlier comments were

The earlier comments were pretty much in line with the article. These have now been buried with the standard bile that you come to expect. A classic one followed the lines that the economy would grind to a halt as no deliveries of goods would take place with cars being taken of the road. Like, when did you last see Tescos having their stock delivered by a Ford Mondeo. The poster didn’t seem to grasp the concept of not relying on the car for short journeys and changing this mindset would actually free up the roads for essential traffic as well as sustainable traffic. 

[Bungle_52]

Thanks for the link. I read

Thanks for the link. I read it and couldn’t find anything I disagreed with …..

until I read the comments that is.

[giff77]

Pretty much my thoughts as

Pretty much my thoughts as well. Very refreshing especially after RLJ sticking his oar in a few months ago. 

[HoarseMann]

My gast is flabbered. Once

My gast is flabbered. Once you get past the bit where he nails his colours to the mast as not being one of ‘them’ Lycra wearing, camera toting, cyclists. It’s actually quite good.

The initial ‘I’m not one of them’ does take the shine off a piece arguing against an us & them culture, but from that publication, it’s a revelation!

[Author]

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