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David Cameron riding his "old friend."
So this is pretty good: The other day, David Cameron, the leader of the UK's conservative Tory party, was commuting by bike from his office in Westminster to his home in fashionable Notting Hill when he decided to pop into his local Tesco for "a few bits of salad." Pulling up in front of the supermarket's Portobello Road branch, about a mile from his house, he locked his bike with a chain through the wheel, wrapped the chain around a bollard, and went inside.
Five minutes later, the would-be future prime minister emerged with his greens, only to discover that his trusty and beloved bicycle had, as the English like to say, been nicked.
Did I mention that a bollard is a post that's typically about 2 or 3 feet high? The thieves had only to lift Cameron's bike, lock and all, and carry it off. Already merciless Fleet Street columnists are calling Mr. Cameron "a twit."
It's not like Cameron had never locked up a bike before. He is, after all, well known in Great Britain as an avid cyclist and cycling advocate. So you have to wonder if perhaps some sort of karma had finally caught up with Cameron. Several years ago it was revealed that London's most famous cycling commuter is followed to and from work by a car, which carries a change of clothes for him, as well as his briefcase.
Amount of carbon dioxide not produced since July 10, 2008 thanks to commuting by bicycle: 68.09 pounds
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