Thread by @carlafrancome

And over to today’s instalment of

“Look at this fantastic human who’s being completely shafted by the Tories!”

Today: the lovely @suamirocha 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Suami is a cycling instructor in Islington, and just like Ben, he’s one of a kind. I cycled behind him and his … 1/5

children at the Winter Wonder Ride, and he had his hand on his tiny daughter’s shoulder the whole way round. She was just 4 at the time, cycling completely independently. It was just like in this photo.

Every time I think of it, it gets me in the stomach. He … 2/5

was there for her, but also teaching her such independence.

Suami is so passionate about cycling and the planet, and I can just imagine he would be the most amazing teacher. Here are his kids, happily cycling away 💙

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He also coached all the #ClimateSafeStreets champions during the last election …

Suami does a job he loves because he’s a great person. The idea that his job is now up in the air, and he doesn’t know how he’s going to provide for his family, chokes me up every time I … 4/5

think about it 😭😭😭

Cycle Instructors make a huge difference to people’s lives in a short space of time, and are some of the kindest people I’ve ever met. We need many more- not fewer!!!

I hope this is all sorted out ASAP.

Here’s more from @suamirocha

💔💔💔🚲🚲🚲

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https://twitter.com/suamirocha/status/1550490291311968261

Before I even met @suamirocha, he used to send me little DM’s of routes to try when he saw stuff I’d done on Twitter, just because he thought it might help. That’s the kind of guy he is 💔💔

Here was @suamirocha on a night out with some cycling folks, with @JoRigby_Balham, @Twigletcycles, @Suzie_AS and others. You will see if you look down the thread, that he has the BEST EYEBROWS OF ALL TIME. As I noted at the time, even better than Andy Burnham’s 👌🏻👌🏻

https://twitter.com/carlafrancome/status/1481161612363014147

@willnorman @Subversivite @psimonk @averagekitkat @KatyCycles @Jono_Kenyon @TfL @grantshapps @myldn @AyoOluwalana @IWGB_CIB @CycleIslington @eilidhmurray3

@pedalmeapp

Also, what is this Silvertown Tunnel nonsense? £2.2 bn for MORE SPACE FOR CARS. Are you friggen kidding me? Have you SEEN London? All it is is space for cars! Nothing but roads! So they’re going underneath for more space …. Why not go on top too? More car bridges yeah? 🙄🙄🙄

@SadiqKhan @willnorman what is this debacle tunnel idea. Much more important that people like @suamirocha and @rustytrike keep there jobs. There is NO WAY we need even more space for cars!!!

@SilvertownTn ⬆️

Hey @CycleIslington @eilidhmurray3 we need your help. @suamirocha works for @IslingtonBC and they should be able to guarantee funding for cycle instructors. See below- they haven’t yet. Haringey just did for Ben. Could you mobilise locals to write in? @CarolineRussell

https://twitter.com/iwgb_cib/status/1550506533313806337