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@skydancer
Thanks for bumping this Malaysian.
I rode today from Euston to Waterloo with a couple of people from Manchester to a meeting. Both of them are cycling instructor-trainers and very experienced riders in Mancs. After the ride they were amazed how we got absolutely no hassle having ridden centrally in the lane passing to the right to filter at lights or not filtering but waiting in traffic. They both said that if they had ridden like that back home they would have been beeped countless times.
So here's the question: Who dictates whether a cyclist is being a dick by riding primary occasionally slowing down traffic? Seems like the prevailing acceptable norm. Assertive cycling in London is so common that drivers rarely bat an eyelid or beep a horn anymore even when the rider maintains their assertive position even when they could have let a driver past, London drivers perhaps a getting the fact that the rider would probably catch up at the next light/jam/ hump.
They both loved crossing London finding it so easy compared to riding in Manchester.