The Metropolis

Watch Mayor Johnson bluster away the dangers of cycling

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 10 November, 2011 10:49

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Jenny Jones yesterday challenged the Mayor on cycling deaths (now 14 for the year). His response is a classic of its type: arrogant, dismissive, but also, and his more partisan critics will never admit it, completely bulldozing the questioner out of the way.

But many cyclists are concerned about Blackfriars Bridge. For Boris to simply dismiss them all on the basis that he rides over it and feels fine just isn’t good enough. “I feel safe so it must be safe” is not a message that’s going to wash. Jenny Jones was right to raise this issue in detail yesterday, and she’ll be right to raise it again. There are lives at stake.

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