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Cycling Mayor
Boris Johnson, former British Conservative M.P. and now Lord Mayor of London
since 2008 is a cyclist who has had his share of trouble with bicycle thieves. He says he'd like to plant decoy bicycles all over London and "in the evening I would send Navy Seals in through the thieves windows and show them what it's all about." I'd vote for him even though he might have to settle for a squadron of SAS or a troop of Royal Marine Commandos. However, he did break with Parliamentary tradition by openly endorsing Barack Obama for President so maybe he will now be able to borrow some actual Seals for the job. Link and excerpt from the news article below. PH http://www.thecnj.co.uk/islington/03...031607_06.html BORIS Johnson has called for "Sharia law for bicycle thieves". Fed up with having his bike stolen, the outspoken Tory MP, of Furlong Road, Holloway, wants to get tough on the thieves. He made the comments at the annual meeting of the Islington Cyclists' Action Group at the Town Hall on Wednesday night. Mr Johnson arrived on his bike fresh from the Commons vote on the Trident missile system, proclaiming, fist aloft, "Cyclists for the bomb!" He lamented the recent theft of his bike from the racks at Euston station. He said: "Well, that's Blair's Britain. Another time they took the bolts out of my front wheel outside the Screen on the Green (cinema in Upper Street). "I think these people deserve punishment and I'm calling for Sharia law for bicycle thieves. "If I had my way I would plant decoys in a whole lot of bicycles across the borough and in the evening I would send Navy Seals in through the thieves' windows and show them what it's all about." |
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