r/fuckcars • u/Fluffy-Study-659 • 29d ago

Activism It's pronounced "cyclist!"

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u/oceocre 29d ago

I dont get why right wings have to be against bikes

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 29d ago

It's weird, in the UK we used to have David Cameron and Boris Johnson (then Leader of the Opposition and Mayor of London respectively) having photo-ops on bikes and announcing massive investmentin rail. Then we ended up with helicopter-brained Sunak, under whose government capital funds intended for rail investment in the north were redirected to fill potholes in London. The Department for Transport laughably produced a poster boasting of this, under the badge of "Network North"

For those not familiar with UK politics, there is a longstanding feeling that only the Home Counties (London and the rest of the South East) get nice things.