How did cyclists become maligned? | James O'Brien - The Whole Show 

We want Sangita!

Nothing wrong with expecting cyclists to abide by laws like one way systems, red lights, pedestrian crossings etc. Dunno really why its even party political.

jump to 1:37:00 for the cyclists thing.....

As a cyclist for my whole life (I currently live in New York but I keep a bike in London bc I often work in London) I will say this: If I'm on foot I'm incredibly annoyed by motorists AND cyclists, if I'm in a car I'm incredibly annoyed by pedestrians AND cyclists and if I'm on a bike I think of motorists and pedestrians as plebs. It's a problem mostly of subjectivity - (as well as civil planning and perhaps corporate interests who only want people in cars) but it's mostly the fact that as human beings we find it VERY hard to put ourselves in the shoes of any one else.

Thank you, James and team 💞

Bring Back Sangita Myska!

By saying what he did about Scot nats he has increased the desire for independence 10 fold. Go Sunak ya dancer!!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Tabors, owners of Global, have quite an interesting offshore tax setup, wouldn’t you agree James?

I think the answer is the opposite of privatisation ...

Scotland is not a county. Scotland existed when the Vikings were on the rampage

LBC please add time stamps

Hope you will be doing a phone in on the behaviour of settlers in palestine stoppigng aid trucks.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and talent. Your videos are always inspiring.😾🏞😈

My son is a nurse and was the last to get a bursary and it did not cover costs. Mum and dad had to help out. He now has an masters degree and band 8 clinical nurse specialist. All at the age of 32.

Sorry James..just because the guy from Chester has Scottish ancestry or because 'he thinks he can ridicule arguement by saying Scotland is like a county like Cheshire... The act of union needs looking at ..it' s voluntary union so Scotland should be able to choose to leave . Since 2014 brexit happened and EU membership was used by unionist at the time as a reason to stay in UK. Many Russians might think Ukraine is part of the Russian sphere and shouldn't be allowed to break away or even join the EU

Anyone else hear “do you want to hang my curtains?” right at the beginning?

I learned my roadcraft on two wheels.

The lanyard hang up is well known within corporate circles. Where I used to work you would get reprimanded by HR for not wearing the official company one on site. A bit like school really.

The only thing I could think why Rhishi attacked the Scottish National is to make more Scots vote SNP and not Labour.

Yes were 18th century British in the 21st century

It's always the same Labour gets back in power and the country is in such a mess. They never get long enough to put everything Wright.

My Grand-Da who was Ma's father & served the crown as a stretcher bearer in 1917 placated the air & made sure that Granny did not receive an exclusion order from the local Met "!!

Poor Steve....... the UK is a political amalgam and not a country, there are 4 countries in the dying embers of the UK Steve's country needs to do the basics...... like sorting out the water supply then get back to a sensible conversation Steve needs to stop drinking the local water

People on the right are very unhappy with their own lives so they project their unhappiness as contempt for others. I was Right leaning before i got myself into therapy and healed what was wounded within myself. Thank goodness I had the insight to be able to do this.

Unfortunately a small proportion of cyclists think they have a persoanl mandate to ignore the law, traffic lights, allowed to ride on pavements and expect pedestrians to get out of their way. As ever a small proportion set thetone for all cyclists.

Jeremy Vine has contributed massively.

You're going to talk about her sooner or later, James. LBC can purge dissenting journalists but you cant get rid of us.

Tories need a scapegoat.

Cyclists present less risk to those around them than cars do. As a pedestrian, I've had close calls with cyclists using pavements not intended for shared use. One, if I'd stepped forward a second or so earlier, would have hit me at easily 30mph, and aside from the damage to me would likely have ended up flying into traffic, also moving at 30mph. This is by far the worst I've seen wth a cyclist, and nothing else comes close. With drivers, however, I've been run over twice on pavements this year, once by a van and once by a car. The driver of the car waited for me to go past, then immediately ran me over. He claimed he never saw me, while his passenger told me I was hit because I'm disabled. The van swerved from the far side of the road, mounted the kerb and knocked my crutch from under me, then claimed he was nowhere near me despite me showing him the paint from his van on my crutch. The van luckily didn't do serious damage, but the car put me in hospital. I'm all for expecting cyclists to follow the law, but they're not the worst offenders. Not even close.

I hate the tories, but tbf certain cyclists can be very anti-social - riding on pavements instead of the road, blocking footpaths and bridges by attaching their bikes along them, and riding through red lights at pedestrian crossings. I don't think regulation is the answer, however, just a little consideration for fellow human beings, especially those already with mobility difficulties. Admittedly, a lot of the problems could be dealt with by better provision of cycle paths and bike parking.

The world is a scary place. We are the only party that can keep you safe from the evils of the world.

Breadline Britain by the Communards is a song that sums up today’s government, it was written in the 80’s when the Conservatives were in power the last time.

People don't like cyclists because they are obstructions. I'm too scared to cycle in England. Roads are in disarray, roads same width when they were surfaced 100yrs ago, inconsiderate drivers, and lack of bicycle infrastructure. Drawing bike lanes on existing roads just narrows the already limited road width. The infrastructure we want (Berlin), will never be built here. Everyone objects to any sorts of infrastructure in England. Everything is "too expensive" or "impacts environment negatively".

Coronel in chief?! 🤡 those Murdoch and Rothermere papers seem to write specifically with an audience in mind: Charles and William💀

if you break the law when cycling or driving you should be punished. what is the problem with that.

Where's Santiga?

Invite Jason Slaughter from Not just bikes for an interview if you want to know about urban planning.

James don't worry about extraordinary, things are not 'ordinary' they are 'hypernormal.' When ya see Reece Mogg on a Penny Farthing or a Boneshaker that would be ordinary...

The Tories going after their enemies again

He would be better in Hollywood frankly

Shoplifting will become a feasibly punishable crime when less people are so poor they have to shoplift. None of this will change until the rich are taxed and their wealth is redistributed.

I do sometimes wish James would take the obvious answer. Cyclists became maligned because they, in the main, act awfully.

Van drivers? Not everyone is dumb enough to bring back a tonne of shopping on foot, maybe they should try it... Not easy ...

All devolved governments should be allowed to keep most of the taxes they raise with a few exceptions, all members of Great Britain pay into a British defence fund and other funds for things that are a true shared (Everyone can use equally) responsibility. They get to keep their taxes to make improvements to the countries that they are responsible for and let's see where improves the most. a United Independence of a sort.

Nobody at lbc reads these comments. You are wasting your time

Hungarian women stay in hospital for a week after giving birth. My ex Hungarian partnet cldnt believe it when I told him in uk a new mother ckd be out of hospital the night of the same day they gave birth. All these things re staff r exactly the same in the care services. My mother is in her 3rd care home and there r lots of staff who just shld not be in that area of work. They have no empathy and do not look on the work as a vocation. A number io them r sadistic too.

Bring back Sangita......

Decimated is the word James. So is pillaged…

James a question on the Georgia escalation over the Foreign Agents bill. Wouldn’t you think that all countries would want to and should adopt this policy. Considering the influence of F of I. and AIPEC along with many many other groups

Was Gandhi an extremist rishi?

Another monologue

James, seriously, saying sunak is wrong about everyone and right about transgender people? I get it you have an opinion but please don't use your platform to make little quips at us. Saying that he's correct about us I assume you think we are dangerous aswell, yet without any statistics or proof whatsoever, just your bias. I think you might feel more at home with the apologists and lunatics on gb news

Bring back Nigel f Sangita

Where is SANGITTA ????

How did SANGITA become so maligned that JoB can't even bring himself to talk about her getting cancelled by the Israeli Government?

Cyclists should pay road tax. They act if they own the roads anyway.

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