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Yes, he'll empathise with those who are angry and want to piss on him in retaliation. Which will make him want to piss on people in retaliation, resulting in a perpetual cycle of piss from which there is no escape. Won't someone please think of the children, the poor pissing children?

In that case it is great that he got a paltry 300h community service order.

As long as someone gets pissy.

as horrific as this is, i do reckon incidents like this are still pretty isolated considering the population size of london. The fact that this incident makes front page news is also somewhat reassuring considering where i (and many others) are from, this sort of awfulness happens on an industrial scale, so much so it barely warrants a mention in the dailies.

rip young lad, i hope they find your killers and they get to to spend the rest of their miserable, shit-stained lives in the deepest hole imaginable.

This. I reckon there's quite some value in describing the person who did this not as a monster, but as a fucking idiot. He doesn't deserve people to be scared of him, he deserves to be ridiculed for throwing his entire life away for the sake of a bike or some twattish, barely-pubescent turf war.

http://road.cc/content/news/144737-lord-calls-ban-cyclists-using-earphones

this comment sums it up, really

Blame the victim again.

the ears ought to assist in identifying impending danger from behind.

Err, how exactly? When I am riding in traffic every vehicle overtaking me sounds the same. How do I tell the dangerous ones? And then what do I do? Hop on the pavement as a precaution?

So loud stereo systems in cars are not a problem? What about deaf or hard-of-hearing riders? Ban them from cycling?

I doubt Lord Scott of Foscote has any cycling experience in central London

Agree about the stereos and deaf riders, but you can quite often tell someone who's driving like a arse from a responsible driver and give them an extra long look to see what they're up to.

but you can quite often tell someone who's driving like a arse from a responsible driver

I can usually tell what kind of car it is, and whether the driver is an asshole, from the sound of them approaching. If you know what to listen for it's quite easy to tell if it's a dick in a truck, a load of bus wankers, some thick fuck in a van, some try-hard rude boy in a stupid zouped up audi or similar, a tossrag on a shitty little scooter carrying pizzas, an asshole on a motorbike, or some cunt in a renault taking their kids to school.

Lord Scott of Fucksake:

I cycle regularly from my flat in Camden to Westminster—it used to be Lincoln’s Inn, then it was the Royal Courts of Justice and now it is Westminster

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2015-03-03a.87.2

2012:

That is why cyclists try to get ahead of the line of vehicles which have stopped at the red light. They want to start first so that the motorists can see them. I always do that. It means going a few yards ahead of the red light, but no policeman has been silly enough to object to that practice as it is obviously conducive to safety and the avoidance of accidents...

Lord Shutt of Greetland: The noble and learned Lord has been speaking for seven minutes. Speeches are time limited to four minutes.

Lord Scott of Foscote: The clock opposite says five.

Lord Shutt of Greetland: I know, but the other one says seven.

Lord Scott of Foscote: It has just this moment turned five. I will now sit down. However, I hope to be able to continue cycling, as I have done for the past 40 to 50 years.

http://www.pacts.org.uk/2012/03/house-of-lords-short-debate-motorists-and-cylists/

'How Corrupt Is The Property Market In Your Borough?'
Londonist

concludes,

The effect of corrupt money on London’s property is to help raise prices, which can affect prices further down the market in a ripple effect, and encourages developers to build more of these luxury pads for investment rather than concentrating on the homes London genuinely needs. To combat this — and to make sure London isn’t a haven for the results of corruption — Transparency International recommends that any foreign company intending to hold a property title in the UK should be held to the same standards of transparency required of UK registered companies. Sounds simple enough. Let’s see if it happens.

Edited-wrong information

I have Lord Shutt's business card in front of me right now, funnily enough, but I gather he's not the one making daft comments?

Nah, he was just trying to Shutt the daft one (Scott) up. He he.

Channel 4 News cycling item coming up.

Bollocks, I've been sending angry tweets to Keme Nzerem, for a start he reckons that helmet cammer has "dozens of convictions". He hasn't, he's including warning letters. Sensationalist, sloppy, tabloid reporting.

a thick taxi industry stooge and a woman who thinks it's acceptable to use dead people to push her agenda.

slowclap.

WTF was McNamara on there for? He's still banging on about "death threats" that nobody else has seen.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/top-adviser-chancellor-george-osborne-5251411

George Osbourne's adviser is Rob Ford?

https://twitter.com/DMcWilliams_UK/status/548335365631651840 - ROFLCOPTER

The whole exchange from the Lords yesterday about cycling.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldhansrd/text/150303-0001.htm#150303114000946

Oh. Fucking. Dear.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1400248445/alleycats

oh shit, I sent an email calling him out. Nothing offensive, but makes me dick... Damn

@spindrift he could mean points+fines?

I got 4 warning letters sent out in the last 2 weeks for random stuff via roadsafe. If they are counting those I expect to be on tv in a couple of weeks time?

There will be a "pumping" soundtrack and the director has produced videos for Mumford & Son and Tom Jones.
Fuck yeah

when you think about some of the sentences handed out for gbh pissing on a paramedic bankers screwing the nation for millions with tax evasion and market rigging

getting 10 years for wearing a mask must make you pretty mad

http://rt.com/news/canadians-ten-years-protesting-masks-965/

Whoops! Though tbf we don't know his actual opinions beyond "pls shut up" so he could still be a monster. Fingers crossed! :D