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Full of falsehoods, such as the countries he lists as following us out of the EU. Clearly he's a fantasist. .

When the argument is lost, resort to insults. .

Indeed, they can't work where helmet wearing is compulsory. .

You are the one guilty of that Nigel, in claiming that helmet compulsion has no downside and then avoiding the overwhelming evidence that it does have a very serious downside. Introduce compulsion here and just watch the rate of cycling go into steep decline. For starters there's the 11,500...

These are not court fines though, they are fixed penalties. They only become a court matter when not paid, by which time a criminal record has been gained. .

Remember the stupidity of Matt Hancock's fines for breaching Covid regulations, fixed penalties which rose to £10.000 regardless of ability to pay? A number of these have been issued to teenagers and matters have come to a head with one of them. An 18 year old about to start his career, he'd...

Covid news. The Wimbledon Tennis Tournament goes ahead next week with full audiences packed shoulder to shoulder as usual in Centre Court and Number 1 Court for the finals week and a free for all on all the minor courts. Seemingly it's thought tennis fans can't catch Covid-19 and are immune...

It works with those since there's almost no downside. The indisputably proven downside of cycle helmet wearing compulsion is that it cuts cycling to almost non-existent. A number of countries have tried compulsion but most have rescinded that law or changed it to only applying to children...

Mine is that for me they are inconvenient and unnecessary, the latter proven over more than 70 years. Since I'm no longer cycling the latter is now indisputable. .

It is illegal on one point only, the 750 watt rated motor. The maximum rating permitted is 250 watts. But as GSV3MiaC says, you are very unlikely to get stopped or prosecuted. If you were, obviously act innocent on the grounds you didn't realise it was illegal and hope for just a caution. .

They have the full powers of a Prime Minister. Strangely though if they become PM from being an MP and then lose their seat, they have to stand down. Such unelected PMs only occur between GEs when they are chosen by the party, such as Sir Alec who was in the House of Lords at the time and...

An example if ever there was was one of the oft superiority of dictatorship. Though briefly in post, Sir Alec was an excellent PM. And another form of dictatorship superiority. When a research team went to Wuhan (where Covid-19 started) to collect up virus samples from the population, they...

Of course they do, any form of absorbent padding would. But that isn't the point. Huge numbers of cyclists thoughout the world ride safely and never suffer head injuries from cycling. I'm one of them, over 70 years of cycling without any form of injury from cycling, plus 23 years of...

My suggesting Bercow as next leader of the Labour party was seen as amusing, but frankly they could do far, far worse from their present squad. Remember, a leader and Prime Minister does not have to be an elected MP for that party or any party. Sir Alec Douglas-Home wasn't when he became the...

Using an e-scooter in Wolverhampton which is not an official trial area. Any owned e-scooter is currently illegal anywhere in public, since only the officially approved rental scooters can be used and those only in the trial areas. Since they are legally a form of motor vehicle which is not...

Next leader of the Labour Party? .

Indeed, my entire large London Borough is 20 mph limited now, excepting the through roads which are 30 limited. I'm quite sure the reasons of safety and pollution reduction are genuine though and the second very necessary. There are few existing e-cars and today's ones on sale now are...

Its all about government attitudes. Back at the start of the 1970s the Dutch government saw how cars were rapidly taking the place of bicycles which had dropped to around 45% usage from being universal. So they acted promptly to restrain that by more controls on motor vehicles and more...

That's our second British road death on these things, plus numerous injuries. I can't see any way they can mix safely with traffic on the road, nor mix safely with pedestrians on pavements. It baffles me that so many governments have allowed e-scooters, given the obvious dangers. I can only...

Yes, that's an odd attitude. In the Netherlands where almost everyone cycles hardly any of them wear helmets, but they'd never dream of mickey taking the few who do. Each to their own as far as I'm concerned, it's personal choice. In over seventy years of cycling I never wore one for even a...