Now we all knew one of those in our youth, and a bike enthusiast has been leading Wirral Council for some while. Even though she saw through a successful Labour result in the recent elections, there has been a coup within the party and it looks like she has gone from bike to bag lady.
I use the bike euphemism as cycle lanes are one of the big manifesto issues around which the local elections were fought. Labour has aggressively pushed through cycle lanes, many of which seem poorly thought through and badly positioned. There are more scheduled.
The whole of The Wirral is also soon to be a 20mph zone which is focusing more anger and frustration towards the biggest party. They do not, however, have majority so in order to have a working mandate there may need to be someone trading with the Conservatives, Green Party and Lib Dems.
Can some of these travel oriented initiatives be reigned back? Let's hope so, and don't get me started on potholes...blimey!!
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