Video: Boris Johnson blocked by unhappy cyclists after successful Leave campaign

StoopidUserName wrote:

Boris was London mayor for 8 years. London overwhelmingly voted to remain (including his business leader friends) and then he campaigned for this...which will majorly screw over London.

 

Thats why he's a traitor. Simples 

So he's a traitor to London, not the rest of the country where all the immigrants were dumped.

leedav wrote:

StoopidUserName wrote:

Boris was London mayor for 8 years. London overwhelmingly voted to remain (including his business leader friends) and then he campaigned for this...which will majorly screw over London.

 

Thats why he's a traitor. Simples 

So he's a traitor to London, not the rest of the country where all the immigrants were dumped.

London has more immigrants than anywhere else. 

Bikebikebike wrote:

leedav wrote:

StoopidUserName wrote:

Boris was London mayor for 8 years. London overwhelmingly voted to remain (including his business leader friends) and then he campaigned for this...which will majorly screw over London.

 

Thats why he's a traitor. Simples 

So he's a traitor to London, not the rest of the country where all the immigrants were dumped.

London has more immigrants than anywhere else. 

It does look as if the urban areas - where immigrants can be found- tended to vote 'remain, whereas the more rural areas - where you generally don't- tended to vote 'leave'. So it does unfortunately look as if "fear of immigrants " won over "actually knowing an immigrant "...

Bikebikebike wrote:

leedav wrote:

StoopidUserName wrote:

Boris was London mayor for 8 years. London overwhelmingly voted to remain (including his business leader friends) and then he campaigned for this...which will majorly screw over London.

 

Thats why he's a traitor. Simples 

So he's a traitor to London, not the rest of the country where all the immigrants were dumped.

London has more immigrants than anywhere else. 

Yes, and the voting demographics across the country suggest that there was a fairly strong anti-correlation between percentages of non-British-born residents and voting to exit - the more immigrants, the more likely to vote to remain.

StoopidUserName wrote:

Boris was London mayor for 8 years. London overwhelmingly voted to remain (including his business leader friends) and then he campaigned for this...which will majorly screw over London.

 

Thats why he's a traitor. Simples 

Perhaps just leave your avatar at "Stoopid" and you would be on the money...

unconstituted wrote:

Fake lefties. Ugly as. As least toffs know who they are and what they want and get on with it. Left are too busy being wanky. And look how the Blairites will get the knives out for Corbyn now. An actual real lefty. Someone who could actually restore balance. Oh he wasn't loud enough on Remaining. Yes, because he's intellectually f**king honest. He's not the shill Blair or Dave is who'll wholeheartedly stand by anything and pretend there aren't problems.

Ironically Labour want to dispense of Corbyn for a remainer.  Have they not noticed their electoral base voted leave?  Labour are a failed party that has tried to stay alive by switching sides.  Now they have betrayed themselves and have nothing.

earth wrote:

unconstituted wrote:

Fake lefties. Ugly as. As least toffs know who they are and what they want and get on with it. Left are too busy being wanky. And look how the Blairites will get the knives out for Corbyn now. An actual real lefty. Someone who could actually restore balance. Oh he wasn't loud enough on Remaining. Yes, because he's intellectually f**king honest. He's not the shill Blair or Dave is who'll wholeheartedly stand by anything and pretend there aren't problems.

 

Ironically Labour want to dispense of Corbyn for a remainer.  Have they not noticed their electoral base voted leave?  Labour are a failed party that has tried to stay alive by switching sides.  Now they have betrayed themselves and have nothing.

Yes agree, it's bizarre. Blairites are clueless.  Expect nothing rational from the scheming rats. They have two aims. Winning and control at any cost.

The way it is, Corbyn has the best position to take the brexit voters and deal with their issues. He didn't come out full gas and demonise them during the campaign. And he didn't talk reams of balls about how the country will spontaneously combust if we left, so credibility is there.

earth wrote:

Ironically Labour want to dispense of Corbyn for a remainer.  Have they not noticed their electoral base voted leave?  Labour are a failed party that has tried to stay alive by switching sides.  Now they have betrayed themselves and have nothing.

I read that 70% of Labour voters voted remain. That's a national average. Perhaps you are focusing only on the result in specific localities?

unconstituted wrote:

He's a toff, who naturally always has furthered the interests of other toffs. Doesn't bother me in the slightest because he is who he is. He has also however done more for cycling than any other leader in any area that I'm aware of. Kudos for that.

Didn't Ken Livingstone start the whole "Socialist Bicycles As What No-one Actually Owns" thing?  Maybe neither of them, like all politicians, really actually started anything.

I give him kudos for continuing to ride in a normal, low-key way instead of making a big deal about it.  If the people protesting want politicians and other high-profile figures to use bicycles then maybe they could think about the impact of shouting at them when they're out and about.

On the other hand he was in a car when he was blocked by the people in this video.   It's a bit easier to ignore the humanity of someone else when they're in a lump of metal which can kill you.   Would be nice if he had the balls to keep moving about on a bicycle instead of hiding away.

Ush wrote:

It's a bit easier to ignore the humanity of someone else when they're in a lump of metal which can kill you.   Would be nice if he had the balls to keep moving about on a bicycle instead of hiding away.

Boris has "humanity"? Are you sure?

unconstituted wrote:

He's a toff, who naturally always has furthered the interests of other toffs. Doesn't bother me in the slightest because he is who he is. He has also however done more for cycling than any other leader in any area that I'm aware of. Kudos for that.

 

He's soft and approachable, so people think they can abuse him in the street. But how many of that rather middle class crowd would do the same to a working class, disgruntled low pay worker in a deprived area who voted Brexit? None. They'd be too scared to confront them. Clueless about the issues those Brexiters face because they live in a bubble away from those deprived areas. Me too, but I have the self-awareness to realise it.

 

The country has issues, millions of people are not being heard, but silly, supposedly left-wing types, are wasting their time blocking Boris' car. As if that means anything. It's entertainment to them. They wouldn't even piss on a impoverished Brit with an accent if they were on fire.

 

Fake lefties. Ugly as. As least toffs know who they are and what they want and get on with it. Left are too busy being wanky. And look how the Blairites will get the knives out for Corbyn now. An actual real lefty. Someone who could actually restore balance. Oh he wasn't loud enough on Remaining. Yes, because he's intellectually f**king honest. He's not the shill Blair or Dave is who'll wholeheartedly stand by anything and pretend there aren't problems.

 

Mini-rant over. Trying to avoid politics for a while now, but occassionally the mask slips..

 

Voted to remain in the EU, but understand the issues people are having. Not right to demonise them. People need to be heard and not mocked or abused.

They should be mocked for doing something that is going to hurt them more than anyone else.  

unconstituted wrote:

He's a toff, who naturally always has furthered the interests of other toffs. Doesn't bother me in the slightest because he is who he is. He has also however done more for cycling than any other leader in any area that I'm aware of. Kudos for that.

 

He's soft and approachable, so people think they can abuse him in the street. But how many of that rather middle class crowd would do the same to a working class, disgruntled low pay worker in a deprived area who voted Brexit? None. They'd be too scared to confront them. Clueless about the issues those Brexiters face because they live in a bubble away from those deprived areas. Me too, but I have the self-awareness to realise it.

 

The country has issues, millions of people are not being heard, but silly, supposedly left-wing types, are wasting their time blocking Boris' car. As if that means anything. It's entertainment to them. They wouldn't even piss on a impoverished Brit with an accent if they were on fire.

 

Fake lefties. Ugly as. As least toffs know who they are and what they want and get on with it. Left are too busy being wanky. And look how the Blairites will get the knives out for Corbyn now. An actual real lefty. Someone who could actually restore balance. Oh he wasn't loud enough on Remaining. Yes, because he's intellectually f**king honest. He's not the shill Blair or Dave is who'll wholeheartedly stand by anything and pretend there aren't problems.

 

Mini-rant over. Trying to avoid politics for a while now, but occassionally the mask slips..

 

Voted to remain in the EU, but understand the issues people are having. Not right to demonise them. People need to be heard and not mocked or abused.

Don't be silly. It was Ken livingstone that started the bike scheme - Boris just took the credit, true to his scheming style.

leedav wrote:

How is Boris Johnson a traitor ?  Boris for PM.

I don't care if he's traitor or not but he is a twat.

stenmeister wrote:

leedav wrote:

How is Boris Johnson a traitor ?  Boris for PM.

I don't care if he's traitor or not but he is a twat.

Your a Twat!

BillyRudd wrote:

stenmeister wrote:

leedav wrote:

How is Boris Johnson a traitor ?  Boris for PM.

I don't care if he's traitor or not but he is a twat.

Your a Twat!

 

Possibly but I bet he knows how to use the correct definitive article (You're as in shortened form of you are).

Twat  

BillyRudd wrote:

stenmeister wrote:

leedav wrote:

How is Boris Johnson a traitor ?  Boris for PM.

I don't care if he's traitor or not but he is a twat.

Your a Twat!

 

Tut tut politics cause animosity

talk bikes, bikes are great 

handlebarcam wrote:

No comment on this story, I just think that this image deserves recognition, like the Mona Lisa, it can be viewed again and again without ever tiring of its magnificence.

The best part about this picture is the lady cyclist, wearing a skirt, giving it beans in the drops.

Yorkshire wallet wrote:

Fixed gear fascists!

I'm sure some were riding on Campagnolo from Europe land!