Boris Johnson

Buffalo Bill [quote]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".[/quote]

So having written to the MEP and received a reply that s/he was voting against the legislation that you favoured, you then wouldn't post back to the thread this information, with the note that you would be voting for a candidate who had promised to support it?

A comment along the lines of "my MP doesn't support bike safety legislation X" on a bike forum seems sensible. We are not talking about random polly bashing, tory this, Eton public school liberal lala whatever.

Dave's just said it better above anyway so I'll just stop. Discussion like this is better at the pub anyway..