British Cycling being embarassing, obsequious idiots ...

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

the dramatic fall in the number of cycling events scheduled for 2023, which I understand is 28% down on 2022

That's a huge drop.

To me it reads like BC has gone the way comparable to utility companies - going from publicly owned to 'responsible to shareholder' mantra, i.e. we are here to make money, no matter what.
UK Sport and Sport England have way too much say in how the sport in this country is managed and supported. I was disgusted by the manner carpet was pulled under some sports (baskeball for an example, a sport that is predominately played by those most deprived, most needing an injection of funds - urban young black man), for the money to be plowed into some other sports under umbrella of 'xxxx (diversity, inclusion....write whatever you want here).
Tells you a lot of how much people that decide on 100's of £M of taxpayers money have idea about what needs changing and where the supports is really most needed to get this nation of their sofas. Mind you, the same goes for any newspaper or website for that matter , which tells you even more about how sport is perceived in UK - football, cricket, rugby......and little to nothing about anything else. And next to nothing (excuse the repeating the words )has changed in last 30 years I've been here...

As a former sponsor of BC, Netball, UKA and of other governing bodies, clubs, individual sport persons etc., I have seen the shift in direction Brian is talking about already back in 2012, past London games (see ^), but with the dominance of Tories it means they are taking it even further down the 'medals or nothing route'.

Though I have not always agreed with Brian in past, this IS where we are in agreement - unelected members of boards that have no idea about who they represent and are not accountable to members should not be governing a national federation, cycling or any other.

But what do I know, I'm only a foreigner 🙄