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Conservative leader David Cameron has apologised after being photographed ignoring red lights and cycling the wrong way up a one-way street.

I know it is important to obey traffic laws - but I have obviously made mistakes on this occasion and I am sorry," Mr Cameron said in a statement.

The Mirror followed Mr Cameron on three Wednesdays as he cycled to the Houses of Parliament from his Notting Hill home.
The newspaper featured Mr Cameron cycling the wrong way up a one-way street in Dawson Place, going through a red light in Great George Street, driving the wrong way around a bollard in the Mall and breaching a red light at the Houses of Parliament.


A damaging blow to his green image was when it emerged he had biked to work - while a car followed behind carrying his clothes and documents.

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Does he only cycle on a wednesday? How does he get there the rest of the time? :D:D:D

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To be fair this has happened like twice.

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and the rest of the time? he carried his paper work with him?

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well its all fine n dandy apologising for breaking the "LAW" 4 times, i think the plank should have an ASBO. or summat, for it is No Example to set from a potential leader of our country. i think Cyfr should show the video on his new site.:D i also think he was only apologising for getting "CAUGHT":rolleyes:

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That or they were already at work. Not many other options are there really? :p

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Breaking so many of our laws, he should probably be wearing a hoody, instead of telling us to hug one.

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Just watched the video. The person filming is also doing all the things Cameron is.

The amount of times I have crossed a road at a red pedestrian light because there has been no cars around so its safe to cross.

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oh well that makes it alright then.:rolleyes: told ya what Conservative means,that just bears it out.

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I'm not saying he's right. He broke the law, it's wrong and he shouldn't have.

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exactly mr perfect i aint i have also broke road traffic laws, the differance being if i am caught i expect to pay the piper, dont think cameron does,or will.:rolleyes:

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Makes one wonder what else he considers to be a minor indiscretion!

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Drugs?

He never did give a straight answer, when asked by reporters if he's ever done them, when he was part of that elitist group of toffs at Oxford, the Bullingdon Club, of whom many of it's members have since admitted to smoking/snorting/shooting up.

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thats one that would suprise me! think hes too much of a tart to have indulged.

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I was thinking more of the indiscriminate lining of ones pocket, taking advantage of ones position, and other 'minor indiscretions'.

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As much as he's clearly broken the law here I don't think you can accuse him of those things derekgas

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Innocent until proven guilty, shouldnt be too long then! :D

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And here endeth another lesson on protocol from the loony left.

I can't remember a Labour MP apologising for anything.

Daily Mirror........good news sheet?

He did wrong and said sorry..........if he get's done fine.

Soap boxes are freely available at speakers corner.

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Lol I bet he was booked up all afternoon..

.. taking his Cycle Proficiency test :D

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I quite like Cameron. I think the Tories are so bereft of quality David got the top job because the previous 6 had to be given their P45 before even getting their 'foot to the peddle', pardon the pun.

Hilarious story. "Can't even point his bike in the right direction" said the Mirror. Caption writers and sub-eds can be very funny and very cruel I have to say.

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Maybe he should teach PB how to own up and say sorry too :D

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[quote=Royboy39;549824]

I can't remember a Labour MP apologising for anything.



Just done 3 different searches starting with labour apolog (y, ise, ies) and there are hundreds, I suspect the same if you search the same for the other parties, the unfortunate things are, they only apologise when they are caught, and they probably dont actually mean they are sorry for the offence, but for being caught! Oh well its only politics!

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This brings me back to one headline:

"Madam you are ugly"

Winston Churchill was once accused of being drunk in parliament.

Dame Edith Sommerskill said to then then Prime Minister "Sir you are drunk"

Winston Churchill replied "Madam you are ugly...but I will be sober in the morning"

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I wasn't thinking politics. My mind always goes to Graham Taylor...

The Sun - Swedes 2 Turnips 1
The Sun - Spanish onion
Mirror/Sun NORSE MANURE" and "OSLO RANS
YANKS 2 PLANKS 0

There should be thread on funny captions and a vote on the top 10...

'Can't even point his bike in the right direction' should definitely be in there.

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completly had forgotten that quote.:rofl38::rofl38: always wondered were i got me sense of humour from--- Churchill.:D

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As should "Madam you are ugly"

And "Iraq have weapons of mass destruction" ?

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This was an amusing story and there can be no defense of breaking traffic laws. Full Stop.

To his credit, Cameron apologised, took responsibility and - I know this will come as a shock to most Labour minded individuals, didnt try to spin it into anything that it wasnt. There were no excuses made, no special treatment, nothing. He didnt even ask what it was a mirror reporter (who was also breaking the law) was doing following him in the first place. Im sure a Labour paper wouldn't really try and hunt a story down in a character assassination attempt and this was just pure luck that the reporter was just doing the same route Mr Cameron was doing at the same time. Thinking about it, if the best a Labour paper can do to pick apart opposition policy is to analyse the Leader's bike ride, they really must be scraping the bottom of the barrel!

I saw Mr Cameron's acknowledgment to the Prime Minister during Prime Ministers Questions about the Dali Lama - nice to see a true statesman crossing the isle and recognising a good decision to meet the Dali Lama. Its a shame that the Prime Minister is so locked into self defense that he wasnt enough of a statesman to handle the complement correctly rather than firing back a cheap insult.

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Quite right MikeSz Prime Minister he might be Statesman thats is another question, statesmen don't dither or chew their finger nails, so not much chance for Gorden them, is there. Oh and by the way never seen him riding a bike either:D

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How many politicians do you see riding bikes around the streets of London? Least he was making a damn good effort, because there is no chance in hell that I'd get on a bike and ride on ANY road for fear of being knocked down dead. Good on him for at least advocating a healthy lifestyle if not a green image. Can you imagine carrying him attempting to carry all his paper work and such on his bike? :rolleyes:

Better he lie about going through a red light than lying about what our taxes are being spent on. You still have Labour to blame for that little problem no matter how many one way streets DC bikes up the wrong way.

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Bike riding in a city is not a healthy option.
It exposes the cyclist to vehicle exhaust fumes.
He would be better off healthwise in the car that travelled behind him.
If he thinks that it constitutes 'excercise' he would do better having a cycling machine at home.

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This is a matter of choice and weighing up the options :-

"Do I risk very little exercise, therefore opening myself up to heart failure and obesity?"

"Do I risk the exercise and risk suffering from asthma, lung conditions?"

Difficult choice ... but think the first option is probably the healthiest option.

My son now rides his bike the 6 miles to Althrincham (and will shortly be into the city centre), apart from my fear of some nutter knocking him off his bike, I think he has chosen the better option. Is also one less car on the road in the morning. Walking about in a city is just as threatening from car pollution.

We try to encourage our children to walk .. even catch the bus to school in the morning instead of mummy dear giving us a lift door-to-door. Again, if more children did this, then less traffic, and less carbon emissions, so would generate healthier walking. Difficult. :confused:

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I think its dangerous for cyclists to use busy roads, especially in london!!

Going through a red light like that could have caused a very serious accident!

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What they dont say is how long the light had been red for or what the traffic was like. I'm sure he didn't get to where he is today being a complete idiot. Then again, gordon brown... well... I guess it's possible :D