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MP who criticised cycling event beats Tube strike ... on a bike

Monmouth MP David Davies accused Velothon Wales organisers of lying back in 2015

A Tory MP who in 2015 accused the organisers of Velothon Wales of "telling lies" about the potential impact of the inaugural edition of the event on local businesses beat yesterday's Tube strike in London - by taking to two wheels on a Santander Cycles hire bike.

David Davies, who has been the Member of Parliament for Monmouth since 2005, tweeted a picture of himself after he had arrived at a docking station near Parliament Square, having ridden from Paddington Station in less than 20 minutes.

When one Twitter user questioned his environmental credentials - Davies has been accused in the past of being a climate change denier - the Conservative politician replied, "I love cycling."

That didn't appear to be the case in 2015 when he criticised the Velothon Wales mass participation event, however, expressing concerns about the impact of the event on local businesses and residents.

Davies - not to be confused with Minister for Brexit, David Davis - said at the time:  "The arrogance of this organisation – they're telling lies to people. They told me that all MPs support it, and that was a lie. They back-tracked when they found out that I was an MP.”

> Team Sky’s Luke Rowe expresses support for much-criticised Velothon Wales

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Dr_Lex | 7 years ago
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Zooming in to look at the bike against the lamp post in the background, I was somewhat alarmed at the countenance of the smaller figure behind. Small "Anonymous" march on HoP?

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ConcordeCX replied to Dr_Lex | 7 years ago
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Dr_Lex wrote:

Zooming in to look at the bike against the lamp post in the background, I was somewhat alarmed at the countenance of the smaller figure behind. Small "Anonymous" march on HoP?

could be worse:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6C-Y3oX5PyQ

 

 

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Carton | 7 years ago
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It is an apprehensible calculus, given the pervading societal ennui, to find persuasion and even debate so ungratifying as to not even be worth attempting, no matter the potential yield. But whatever the current zeitgeist, to reward those coming around to your position by publicly shaming them on their past reservations is, IMHO, to move past the aimlessly juvenile to the wantonly deleterious. YMMV, as always.

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burtthebike replied to Carton | 7 years ago
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Carton wrote:

It is an apprehensible calculus, given the pervading societal ennui, to find persuasion and even debate so ungratifying as to not even be worth attempting, no matter the potential yield. But whatever the current zeitgeist, to reward those coming around to your position by publicly shaming them on their past reservations is, IMHO, to move past the aimlessly juvenile to the wantonly deleterious. YMMV, as always.

Is an English translation available?

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ConcordeCX replied to burtthebike | 7 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:
Carton wrote:

It is an apprehensible calculus, given the pervading societal ennui, to find persuasion and even debate so ungratifying as to not even be worth attempting, no matter the potential yield. But whatever the current zeitgeist, to reward those coming around to your position by publicly shaming them on their past reservations is, IMHO, to move past the aimlessly juvenile to the wantonly deleterious. YMMV, as always.

Is an English translation available?

i translated it into Azerbaijani, from there into Haitian Creole, then into English. It makes some sort of sense now:

"It is a matter of satisfying the potential to find and even no income, so as not to be worth a try ungratifying discussion covered, taking into account public boredom is an account understand. But no matter what the meeting now, wantonly dangerous move past minor aimlessly in a position to open not bother to reservations last coming around, IMHO, award. YMMV, as usual."

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Carton replied to ConcordeCX | 7 years ago
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ConcordeCX wrote:
burtthebike wrote:
Carton wrote:

It is an apprehensible calculus, given the pervading societal ennui, to find persuasion and even debate so ungratifying as to not even be worth attempting, no matter the potential yield. But whatever the current zeitgeist, to reward those coming around to your position by publicly shaming them on their past reservations is, IMHO, to move past the aimlessly juvenile to the wantonly deleterious. YMMV, as always.

Is an English translation available?

i translated it into Azerbaijani, from there into Haitian Creole, then into English. It makes some sort of sense now:

"It is a matter of satisfying the potential to find and even no income, so as not to be worth a try ungratifying discussion covered, taking into account public boredom is an account understand. But no matter what the meeting now, wantonly dangerous move past minor aimlessly in a position to open not bother to reservations last coming around, IMHO, award. YMMV, as usual."

C'est juste, Gerard. I might have the original laying about, if accuracy is paramount. It's in a Samoyedic Lithuanian dialect of Guarani, though, so Google might not quite make it out. Maybe Babel-fish?

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DaveE128 replied to Carton | 7 years ago
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Carton wrote:

It is an apprehensible calculus, given the pervading societal ennui, to find persuasion and even debate so ungratifying as to not even be worth attempting, no matter the potential yield. But whatever the current zeitgeist, to reward those coming around to your position by publicly shaming them on their past reservations is, IMHO, to move past the aimlessly juvenile to the wantonly deleterious. YMMV, as always.

Heh, there is actually a good point in there...

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PaulBox | 7 years ago
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I'm just glad that he didn't get doored by a minister...

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jfparis replied to PaulBox | 7 years ago
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PaulBox wrote:

I'm just glad that he didn't get doored by a minister...

 

Dooring minister was reportedly stuck in Clapham Junction

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/transport-secretary-chris-grayl...

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