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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 29 04:05:41 2023
    Mungecrundle | 2964 posts | 19 hours ago
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    Why doesn't he head off to the M25 for an enjoyable day out with thousands of other motorists? There's even a taxpayer funded reserved route that cyclists are banned from. Entry is free (though a small charge is made if you want to do the Thames crossing
    section in Essex) and there are even special service areas for a welcome snack as you make your way around.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 29 03:52:23 2023
    TheAdebo | 3 posts | 18 hours ago
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    Tony is such a massive petrol head that he isn't aware of Formula E, which shuts down much of London for several days.

    Or the London to Brighton car rally, which clogs up much of South London for the day.

    Or the London Concors, which closes down Savile Row for the day.

    Or..

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon May 29 05:22:10 2023
    On Monday, May 29, 2023 at 12:05:42 PM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    Mungecrundle | 2964 posts | 19 hours ago
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    Why doesn't he head off to the M25 for an enjoyable day out with thousands of other motorists? There's even a taxpayer funded reserved route that cyclists are banned from. Entry is free (though a small charge is made if you want to do the Thames
    crossing section in Essex) and there are even special service areas for a welcome snack as you make your way around.

    JohnP_SM7 replied to Mungecrundle | 7 posts | 13 hours ago
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    I think maybe he did just that. A couple of hours ago, cycling up the A23 at Merstham, where it crosses the M25, I glanced down and saw 4 lanes of nose-to-tail traffic, trundling very slowly clockwise, with 40 limit signs on the gantries. Is that
    the "event" the old dinosaur wants for his "car owners who pay for the roads"?

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 29 05:45:02 2023
    eburtthebike | 4406 posts | 15 hours ago
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    Tony Blackburn calls for RideLondon to be replaced by “event for car owners”

    No need to organise that Tony, it happens 364 days every year.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 31 07:40:31 2023
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    STiG911 | 445 posts | 1 day ago
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    'We do pay to go on the roads'

    Says the owner of an electric car. Twat.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 31 11:36:15 2023
    ooldbaker | 197 posts | 2 days ago
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    "This idea of a car day in London was meant to be a joke but people didn’t seem to get that I was joking. Obviously a Car day in London would bring everything to a halt."

    I personally believe it was meant as the joke he says. He was never one for making controversal comments.

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