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John O'Connell

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15 Dec

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The most ridiculous article ever on #Cycling in #London appeared in the increasingly absurd Tory Weekly, The @spectator ... by Paul Burke. (@paulburkeradio) - an advertising copywriter.

And it's just so laughable it deserves a thread to debunk it's idiocy.

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@spectator @paulburkeradio "Of course cycling is inherently right-wing"

He's not even trying to be ironic. He means it.

The 'Right Wing' can claim to ownership of many activities .. cycling is not one of them.

I have no data either way but my experience is that cyclists tend to be centre or left-ish.

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@spectator @paulburkeradio Cyclists apparently "terrorise motorists with violently bright and flashing lights .."

Not ever seen this. Ever..

Perhaps he means legally safe, approved and recommended lighting, ideal for catching the attention distracted car drivers on their phones ....

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John O'Connell

@jdpoc

14 Dec

Very proud that ‘Bianchi Aficionado’ have featured my classic rebuilt Specialissimo on Instagram today and I did an interview a few days ago with an Italian Vintage Cycling magazine for next month’s issue.

Both amazed that I ride this 50-year-old piece of history every day.

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@jdpoc ... and now to rebuild my other little bit of history, a late 1970s BMW R80, which I bought as a frame, a pair of wheels, a separate engine from a different bike, and four boxes of parts.

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@jdpoc ... for £65, by the way :-)

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John O'Connell

@jdpoc

13 Dec

#Brexit : Whatever Johnson's bluster today about 'continued negotiations' one thing is clear :

The EU's red lines (set in stone since 2016) are immutable.

The UK refuses to accept being locked into to the EU regulations.

To do so would be to effectively abandon Brexit.

The two positions are at odds, and neither will move.

The EU will not, for protection of the 27 ... and the UK will not, for it's isolationist ideology.

There is no chance of any such deal, be they to 'negotiate' until the 37th of Never, and thus, No Deal it will be.

This is the inevitable consequence of the UK carrying out a Brexit Referendum promising 37 different versions to multiple different groups of voters ...

... and then after 4 years not even being sure NOW which version of #Brexit the UK even wants.

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John O'Connell

@jdpoc

10 Dec

Apparently a true story from Nebraska, USA.

A High School Principal gave every student - close to 500 of them - a blue balloon and told them to write their name on it them blow it up. They were then collected and dumped in this corridor.

At this point, the photo was taken.

He told the students to find their own balloon.

After a hour, only 19 of students had done so.

And it was complete chaos.

THEN he told the students to file into the corridor one by one, grab ANY balloon, head out to the car park and find the PERSON whose name was on the balloon.

After 23 minutes, every student had their balloon back.

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John O'Connell

@jdpoc

7 Dec

USA : #Covidiot #NewYork Bar Owner refuses to close under State Law, fined, loses liquor licence, continues to open and serve alcohol, then as he's arrested he drives his car into a cop, causing serious injury.

24 hours later, he's out of jail.

#WhitePriviledge. Right there.

#NewYork #ProudBoys accounts monitored by NYAntiFa claiming he's "one of theirs" and "so is the arresting officer..."

A man of colour doing the same ? Using his Jeep to ram a cop ? Would never get bail, and *would* get a 10 stretch.

Cop is in hospital.

nypost.com/2020/12/06/si-…

Cop has broken legs - both - and was dragged for 300 feet.

Charge sheet : The accused drove into the officer "intentionally and with depraved indifference to human life”.

Sounds like attempted murder to most sane people.

Cost of Bail ? £0. Released on his own recognisance.

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John O'Connell

@jdpoc

3 Dec

Received an interesting email today. This was the “header“ in my email inbox. If you saw this, you’d react instantly to it wouldn’t you?

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@jdpoc Turns out of course it was just another begging letter from Republicans in America. I get these because I want to donated $1 to a #Trump PAC to see what they were posting out. Little did I know I’d end up getting 30 emails a day.

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@jdpoc But what is interesting is the misrepresentation in the header, the suggestion that I have a “membership“ and indeed an “account number“.

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