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Clive George wrote:
> "Matt B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Ian Smith wrote:
>>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> She was on GMTV this morning with the CTC chap and he tried to put
>>>> it into persective by saying it is a minority and they are in the
>>>> wrong but no more so than car drivers who do the same etc.
>>>
>> <...>
>>> If the account she gave in the house was accurate, the cyclist had it
>>> coming - anyone within reach of a pedestrian on a crossing showing
>>> the green man deserves to be grateful if they get away with just a
>>> swipe of a bag.
>>
>> Absolutely.
>>
>>> I must say I do not subscribe to the theory that if they are in the
>>> house of lords they must be intellectually deficient lying
>>> incompetents. The last ten years or so I'd have rather been ruled by
>>> the HoL than the HoC.
>>
>> Hear! hear! Sorry, we agree ;-)
>
> But why did you not point out that if there weren't any traffic lights,
> we'd be in nirvana and this incident wouldn't have happened anyway?
Because I thought it was obvious ;-)
BTW, did you watch Newsnight last night, with the interesting piece by
Martin Cassini, including contributions from the late, great, Hans
Monderman, and followed by a discussion with Martin Cassini and Robert
Gifford of PACTS?
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Matt B
> "Matt B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Ian Smith wrote:
>>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> She was on GMTV this morning with the CTC chap and he tried to put
>>>> it into persective by saying it is a minority and they are in the
>>>> wrong but no more so than car drivers who do the same etc.
>>>
>> <...>
>>> If the account she gave in the house was accurate, the cyclist had it
>>> coming - anyone within reach of a pedestrian on a crossing showing
>>> the green man deserves to be grateful if they get away with just a
>>> swipe of a bag.
>>
>> Absolutely.
>>
>>> I must say I do not subscribe to the theory that if they are in the
>>> house of lords they must be intellectually deficient lying
>>> incompetents. The last ten years or so I'd have rather been ruled by
>>> the HoL than the HoC.
>>
>> Hear! hear! Sorry, we agree ;-)
>
> But why did you not point out that if there weren't any traffic lights,
> we'd be in nirvana and this incident wouldn't have happened anyway?
Because I thought it was obvious ;-)
BTW, did you watch Newsnight last night, with the interesting piece by
Martin Cassini, including contributions from the late, great, Hans
Monderman, and followed by a discussion with Martin Cassini and Robert
Gifford of PACTS?
--
Matt B