'Cycle lane sceptic' MP objects to characterisation of logistics sector as "evil, diesel fume-belching demonic brotherhood"

Simple, if cyclists are soooooo slooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww, that they hold up traffic and cause congestion, how do they manage to catch up with all these poor cars at lights anyway...

According to Tories (generally) private industry is always innovative, forward thinking and eager to exploite new opportunities and that's why they succeed.  Or is that not true and they are more often than not hidebound behemoths who can't be bothered to change in case it upsets the trough they've got their face stuck in? mmmm?

He's not wrong in saying that Bikes are not the only solution to the problem.

They are however a good start.

“some kind of evil, diesel fume-belching demonic brotherhood, intent on choking our streets and our children’s lungs in pursuit of undeserved wealth.” - I have to admit, I'd thought that was  politicians in general...    Although in all fairness, few if any politicians actually belch diesel fumes.

Exactly

Yet another MP/person with a platform missing the point entirely. As an example, cyclists don't cause the congestion, but highlight it. Cambridge is congested because there are too many vehicles in too small a space. The roads around and through Cambridge simply aren't built for it. They could knock down the centuries old buildings to make space, but then they may see a proportionate drop off in cars and coaches wanting to go there. Make a choice. Use the park and ride.

Same goes for the lets-look-at-the-view-from-the-top-of-the-hill-through-a-windscreen drivers. They go there because it is a peaceful beauty spot and the moan about the Lycra terrorists who go there for similar reasons. Don't drive because it cease to be peaceful, and will cease to be beautiful when years of fumes and KFC boxes strangle everything.

as for a London, there is simply no need whatsoever for a personal vehicle to be in the centre. This is the cause of the congestion. Get the train/tube/bus/riverboat and stop thinking you are too important to mingle with the plebs on public transport. Limit it to taxis, buses, and some vans.

and another thing, people who vote by post because......

Well, democracy is the interplay of sectoral interests so it's hardly corrupt! Many of us believe Flello is wrong and the RHA living in the past, but do not think in the same moment of the convenience of mail-order deliveries to our home (indeed, Wiggle!), or the vastly increased number of private-hire vehicles and small-medium trade vans that obviate the need of private-car ownership. Even if we do our own shopping, we still expect the supermarket to have full shelves at all times. This applies specifically to London but is no doubt also the case in other large cities. 

of course in city centres as some delivery companies do now you should be using electric lorries etc ... in fact it is far cheaper ... 

again this is a case of an MP being corrupted to put forward a POV which is dying (literally for some people) out because of the way we now change. 

Small deliveries should be done by bikes, walking, meduim by bikes or electric vans and anything big out of hours before 6AM or after 8PM 

Lello "il monello" says, "Can cycles ever do a significant proportion of the jobs currently undertaken by HGVs and vans, and if not, are their reserved lanes essentially creating more of a need for more of those larger vehicles?"

the logic of this sentence eludes me - why would increased cycle lane use create an increase in demand for delivered goods?

Interesting at PMQ's today May confirm all govt cars switching from diesel to Hybrid.

Now I am doing the same shortly because of the weight of evidence against diesels yet her govt put up VED for Hybrids, talk about messed up thinking.

But they ARE "evil, diesel fume-belching "!

Or Corruption

Dirty b@stard, is this the swamp that Trumpy keeps going on about?

Of course what we have, is an MP in a position of some power on a SC being paid by the RHA when he should be independent of influences and judging on the basis of evidence presented.

Lets call it what it is - bribery

sure of course 

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/170109/flello_rober...

Busted. No other comment is really necessary. Except perhaps to provide the URL for citation.

TBF he is corrupted by his vested interests, this is the MP's registered interests as of Jan 2017, please amend article to show who pays the piper calls the tune

Flello, Robert (Stoke-on-Trent South)

Flello, Robert (Stoke-on-Trent South)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Road Haulage Association
Address of donor: Roadway House, Bretton Way, Bretton, Peterborough PE3 8DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: salary and national Insurance contributions of around £16,000 pa to be provided for an intern in my Parliamentary office in relation to my duties as Chair APPG Freight Transport and to support me in my work on the Transport Select Committee, from 10 June 2015 until August 2016
Date received: 10 June 2015
Date accepted: 10 June 2015
Donor status: company, registration 391886
(Registered 01 July 2015; updated 27 July 2016)

Name of donor: Road Haulage Association
Address of donor: Roadway House, Bretton Way, Bretton, Peterborough PE3 8DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: salary and national Insurance contributions of around £3,500 pa for the provision of staff time to support my Parliamentary office in relation to my duties as Chair APPG Freight Transport and to support me in my work on the Transport Select Committee, from 1 September 2016
Date received: 1 July 2016
Date accepted: 1 July 2016
Donor status: company, registration 391886
(Registered 27 July 2016)