Boris Johnson

Buffalo Bill Is londonfgss some sort of ivory tower that exists in a parallel universe?

Yes

Does that mean that if I posted a thread on this forum asking people to write to their MEPs about blind-spot mirrors for HGVs you would sink the discussion because it was 'political'?

That's a bike safety issue. It has nothing to do with which candidate you want to vote for.. just because the letter is addressed to a 'tician don't make it a "political discussion".