Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@patrick41116180 Urban cyclists know that the key to safety is to be *assertive*, (not aggressive) a different thing. This actually helps motorists , who are unnerved by diffident novices wobbling in the gutter. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@patrick41116180 That is simply untrue, and I say this as someone who has been an urban cyclist since the 1970s. Half the problem is that would-be cyclists are scared away in their thousands when they observe the way motorists behave. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I can't think why not. Have you been here lately @richard_weiss62. The whole place smells of marijuana. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@lockdowns_no It was *just* possible to offer this feeble argument before Colorado, Canada etc legalised marijuana. Since then it's disgraceful and dishonest to do so. In these jurisdictions, criminals still control much of the trade, so making 'regulation' etc a joke. Chuck it. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Oh .@richkenworthy cannot express himself. Call the Incoherence squad. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Thank you .@pacific_locust — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @kynohy: @m0jomoj0 @ClarkeMicah No, but Japan has learned a lot from the (once) civilised Christian countries:Parliament system, Separat… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@richard_weiss62. The 1980s are 40 years ago. I doubt very much whether a drug possession conviction would have troubled a rising politician or journalist even then. And today's police, apparently, welcome applicants with criminal records. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@Pacific_locust Yes, but far smaller slices than intended or expected, and not necessarily permanently. Since everyone loves a WW2 comparison, what would have happened to Hitler if he had failed to take Warsaw before the winter came down in 1939-40? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

What is, .@RichKenworthy? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@chimewhsitle. Absolutely. People (rightly) don't trust buses to a) not suddenly stop for long rests b) not to veer off into wandering rambles round housing estates. Zurich's new trams have been very successful in getting people out of cars. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

And you were right to do so .@October25th1984 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

It's a good article .@Ziemniake1. And if is true that''The nurses and doctors who treated me each asked me the same simple question: “Were you wearing a helmet?”’ if wearing a helmet is so protective, how come they couldn't tell by just examining his injuries? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Yet more proof that there is no 'War on Drugs'. If there were, Mr Weiss @Richard_Weiss62 would not say such a thing on a public forum. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Smeeghee Who is 'appeasing'Putin? Who is suggesting it? One thing the invasion has proved is that Russia is not strong enough to take Ukraine. The myth of Russia's new military power, spread by the Nato expansionists, is exploded. Sorry to rob you of your bogeyman. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@rdjkrdk. Yeah, just as it's a design feature when I drop a mug on the floor and it cracks. Bike helmets mimic motorcycle helmets in *appearance* but (because m/c helmets are far too heavy for cycling) do not mimic their strength. Some people are easily diddled. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

It is indeed. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@JamieAd27379380 How does anyone find out if he has the 'underlying mental health issues' of which you speak? Where can you get tested? And if you can't, what use is this assertion? Everyone should act as if they were in danger. Alcohol is , alas, legal already. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Netanyahu is back. And he's more interesting than most people think : https://t.co/si7HrHnunV — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@SteveCageauthor I completely agree about this, but I have spent much of the past 30 years being mocked for saying that morals are in decline and should be rediscovered. It affects everything. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Defeatist @richard_weiss02? It's about as defeatist as saying that water will wet you, or fire will burn you, and behaving accordingly . The principal power of politicians is raising money through taxes, and they will always use it to the utmost. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@silentscreams_9 Why on earth were you riding a bicycle on an iced-up road in the first place? I do worry that these styrofoam bowls make people think they are invulnerable. Most cyclists who run red lights wear helmets, in my experience. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

My pleasure .@comicus_muo — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Richard_Weiss62 Yes, and you have as much chance of stopping politicians from imposing every tax they can as you have of persuading dogs not to urinate on lamp-posts, or of getting cows to stop mooing. . — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@comicus_mu. Can you back these assertions with a) accident figures and b) evidence? My observations are that motorists are as irresponsible as cyclists (running red lights, speeding, driving drunk or drugged, or without insurance). But cars can do much more damage than bikes. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@silentscreams_9 What is your evidence for that? It's just supposition, though people constantly get away unchallenged with making such assertions. Bike helmets crack and split because they're so weak and fragile (unlike motorcycle helmets which are also much heavier). — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Well, if Frizelda ever worked for Elon Musk, he hasn't fired her. Struggling with all her might over a few inches of territory. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Quite .@zenstrategist. These styrofoam bowls are in fact a badge of submission to the car. 'So sorry for daring to come on to your road, Mr Motorist, sir' . Their main effect is to make motorists drive more selfishly. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@femalegeneric .It's the same everywhere, unless a specific right of way is marked on the road. If you're riding on a pavement cycle-path & come to a side-road, you *must* give way to traffic on that side-road. If you're on the main road, side-road traffic gives way to you. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'The minds of many motorists have been poisoned by Clarksonite rubbish about how we ‘don’t pay road tax’. Oh yes, we do.'  https://t.co/S6zHRNcB12 via @MailOnline — PolitiTweet.org