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bbc wrote:

bbc wrote:

LTNs were first installed on six roads in east Oxford and Cowley in May 2022

…so three years so far. They’ve just asked for four years worth of spending to make the number look bigger.

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It also conflates spending on

It also conflates spending on ‘LTNs and quickways cycle routes’ with spending just on LTNs, and fails to mention that £3.8m is a piddling amount in the context of four years worth of budget that runs into £bns.

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chrisonabike wrote:

chrisonabike wrote:

I personally favour smaller states as part of a larger union – but presumably those who didn’t felt that we were already in more of a “United States” arrangement or were heading that way because of “ever closer union”?

Quite a few people bizarrely advanced the argument that ‘you can’t imagine the US sacrificing sovereignty in this kind of way!’. To which the answer is, er, the clue is in the name…

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I doubt that the ‘obvious

I doubt that the ‘obvious danger’ they’re thinking of is falling off.

This is the ‘road’ in question – clearly it’s ridiculous to expect a busy thoroughfare like this to be safe for kids to ride their bikes on.

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chrisonabike wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

I think you’ll find it is spending on biscuits.

We should cut all spending on “healthy” vegan low-fat low sugar buscuits!  There’s no such thing as an obesity crisis – it’s fake news, designed to allow the rich tea set to make more gold bars and take taxis to hobnob at conferences. We need a time out – we should be taking control of our Borders!  We’ve reached peek Frean!

Nice!

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Bungle_52 wrote:

Surely someone should decide what colour a cycle lane should be and stick to it.

The Dutch are way ahead of you.

 

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D. We’ve just elected a bunch

D. We’ve just elected a bunch of fruit( short)cakes to the council – why do they need more?

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David9694 wrote:

Flags, while they do have their complexities and peculiarities, are a comparatively simple thing to get right.

I don’t know about that – they’re often a vex(illat)ed subject.

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Do we think the other driver

Do we think the other driver was coming out of the appropriately-named street opposite?

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Wouldn’t it be much better if

Wouldn’t it be much better if the sea detected when the cars were coming, and it got out the way?

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Flippin’ ‘eck – I’m surprised

Flippin’ ‘eck – I’m surprised they weren’t too dizzy to walk after all those flips!

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Only an eye-roll on this

Only an eye-roll on this occasion – it was a sunny day, so I was in a lenient frame of mind.

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Bungle_52 wrote:

It has been updated.

You must not drive on the pavement upon a penalty of nothing at all.

Well that’s not true – just today, someone driving on the payment was subjected to a severe hard stare (from yours truly).

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hawkinspeter wrote:

chrisonabike wrote:

Mayoral candidate you say?  What they need is a charismatic yet sensible, middle-ground type of person with their finger on the pulse.  And positive policies, not just “down with this kind of thing”.  Someone who won’t just alienate chunks of the electorate.

Is Susan Hall free?  Or Zac Goldsmith?

Funnily enough, the bigot Aaron Banks (who we have to thank for his part in the whole Brexit farce) doesn’t even know what the Mayor’s job is about and has declared that he’ll just employ some stooge to do it for him if he’s elected.

Sounds about right, if this snap from the latest Reform exec committee meeting is anything to go by.

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One wonders why Johnny ever

One wonders why Johnny ever plays this game.

 

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