when I am prime minister

[BigonaBianchi]

I will change a few things :

1) Ban WhiteVan man
2) reintroduce capital punishment for harrasing cyclists
3) Ban the X factor

You?

 

[PpPete]

well I have this problem with aging rockers.....

 

[ianrauk]

When I am Prime Minister I shall make it law that men will be allowed a free pint of beer a day and for the ladies, a fruit based drink.

 

[Bicycle]

Reintroduce capital punishment for harrassing cyclists

This is a little harsh I think, but you are brave to raise the point on a cyclists' forum.

What have harrassing cyclists ever done to you?

 

[dellzeqq]

1. abolish mudguards (except on Bromptons and bikes with baskets on the front)
2. abolish granny gears (except on Bromptons and bikes with baskets on the front)
3. abolish steel frames (except on Bromptons and bikes with baskets on the front)

that's it, really. Nothing too controversial.....

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

But who will be Edwina Currie to your John Major?

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

1. abolish mudguards (except on Bromptons and bikes with baskets on the front)
2. abolish granny gears (except on Bromptons and bikes with baskets on the front)
3. abolish steel frames (except on Bromptons and bikes with baskets on the front)

that's it, really. Nothing too controversial.....

You just lost my vote, but I'm not telling you on which point...

 

[PpPete]

You just lost my vote, but I'm not telling you on which point...

Well I disagree on all three ... , although if his party provides free baskets to go on the front of all my bikes I'd still vote for him.

 

[Night Train]

I would:
Do my utmost to reintroduce a strong range of manufacturing industries and apprenticeships.
Encourage a pride in domestic production over imports.
Encourage human powered transportation.
Ban reality TV shows.
Cap the pay of footballer, celebrities and other similar groups to a more reasonable level.
Link manager's pay to that of those they manage.
Reduce the country's reliance on fossil fuels and 'disposable' non sustainable resources.
Hope to get time off for good behavour.

Seriously though, I would just pull my hair out trying to work out the budget and foreign policy and then resign wondering why anyone would make me prime minister.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Well I disagree on all three ... , although if his party provides free baskets to go on the front of all my bikes I'd still vote for him.

Throw in a bike to go with the basket and I could be persuaded (as long as it's not carbon or aluminium)...

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Absolutely. Titanium, that's the way to go.

*cough* with downtube shifters *cough*

 

[tyred]

Make a law that all bikes need to be made from steel and fitted with mudguards.

It's a well known fact that carbon bikes dissolve in the rain, burst into flames in sunlight and that alloy frames deform when a steam roller drives over them so I see no room in the world for these type of fragile bikes.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

For that, I would be Edwina to his John...

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Make a law that all bikes need to be made from steel and fitted with mudguards.

It's a well known fact that carbon bikes dissolve in the rain, burst into flames in sunlight and that alloy frames deform when a steam roller drives over them so I see no room in the world for these type of fragile bikes.

Sir, your logic is impeccable!

 

[Bicycle]

It's quite clear that the party (parties) opposite are wrong, wrong and wrong on this one.

Having spent the past (x) years destroying the economy, they now demonstrate a complete lack of knowledge of bicycles.

All research currently available (from people who agree with me) makes it quite clear that the following points are accurate:

1. Mudguards are wrong. They caused most of the unrest in Grenada in '83 and started the Albanian Pyramid Investment chaos.

2. Triples on roadbikes are wrong. They are deliberately cruel to wildlife in more than seven counties. And they are smelly.

3. Bromptons are wrong. They were caught damaging famous artwork in the Louvre in 2003. And they are not proper bicycles.

4. Steel is OK. My steel roadbike taught a kitten to swim. You can't get more OK than that.

5. Carbon frames are wrong because (it says here) they just are.

Right. That's it. Debate over. Settle down now and we can discuss peace in the Middle East.