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[–] breakcore@discuss.tchncs.de 83 points 6 months ago (6 children)

On bike? Flipping off? Boris Johnson?

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

I wonder how Boris feels about the current crop of carbrained Conservative candidates, given that supporting bikes was one of the few good things he did as mayor.

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That’s a big part of the Boris Johnson myth. The “Boris bike” system in London was actually created by his Labour predecessor Ken Livingstone. The system officially opened shortly after Boris became mayor, who then took the credit for it.

The guy does ride a bike, but not as much as other’s coattails.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

For sure, but even that is above the extremely low bar that the current conservatives (both the party and conservatives in general) have set.

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