Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: @oxford_guthier Fast motor vehicles capable of speeds of more than 30 mph should not be permitetd on paths built and desig… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: .@oxford_guthier. The freedoms of assembly, speech and thought, and freedom of movement, are not the same as the 'freedom… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@oxford_guthier I think I see the basis of your confusion, which may help you to apologise. You are mixing up the fact that my posts were removed from the site with my mistaken (but reasonable)impression that I had been banned from it,when it suddenly, coincidentally shut down. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@oxford_guthier Then your mailbox must be pathetically small and underpowered. Are you still using dial-up? Ludicrous exaggeration. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@oxford_guthier. Posting a message on a public website, on the very subject the website exists to discuss, does not seem to me to be 'barging in on other people's lives'. Get rid of that e-bike and get some proper exercise, sweetie. It'll make you more amenable to reason. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Then the post is mistaken @oxford_guthier. That is why I made several posts. Within minutes of my posting them, they had vanished when I refreshed the page. I think four of them may have been removed before it became impossible for me to reach the site. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@oldtrot. You may be right, though it's more likely to be general official disdain for the needs of cyclists than spending cuts. But the bridge,never very good in the first place, has survived for many years.The e-bike pandemic's about two years old, and the bridge is in trouble. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 @int0x20 I am not sure what you mean by the word 'tankie'. In my 1960s Trotskyist days, we (and dissident members of the Communist Party) used it to refer to supporters of the Brezhnev invasion of Czechoslovakia. As I oppose invasions, I cannot see how it could apply to me. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@int0x20 I think it unfair and rude of you to call my late brother an 'idiot'. Believing in WMD and supporting what was, at the time, the stupidest war in human history was not very bright, but you have to set it against the rest of his record. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@oxford_guthier. As a long term cyclist, quite unassisted by batteries, I can say that my blood pressure is excellent. As you have just gratuitously and mistakenly accused me of 'lying', I think it may be you who needs to be calm. Especially so that you can apologise to me. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @TJ69B: @ClarkeMicah @oxford_guthier I must admit I don't see how making a heretofore wholly man-powered device utilise battery power an… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@oxford_guthier You are mistaken, and should be careful with the use ofthe word 'lie', a gross personal insult which you cannot posisbly substantiate, and for which you should apologise. Two separate things happened. The first was that my comment was taken down(repeatedly). — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@oxford_guthier. The freedoms of assembly, speech and thought, and freedom of movement, are not the same as the 'freedom' of motor vehicles to invade every remaining space in this country, which you seem to advocate. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 @oxford_guthier My comment did not in any way increase the workload of the moderator, who could have left it alone and allowed others to respond to it without doing the slightest harm. He chose to make an issue of it. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@oxford_guthier. That is your opinion. I did as others have often done in the past and posted a general comment on the path on a site read by uts users. Mine, unlike others, was arbitrarily removed by the moderator , who made no attempot to contact me or explain his actions. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@oxford_guthier Fast motor vehicles capable of speeds of more than 30 mph should not be permitetd on paths built and designed for human-powered bicycles. It took *decades* of campaigning to segregate bicyces from motor vehicles. I object to the loss of this small victory. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 @oxford_guthier. I think e-bikes are polluting, dangerous motor vehicles masquerading as helathy non-polluting bicycles, exploited by business for rapid profits, and unregulated by a weak 3rd-world govt. I think their introduction to this country is a mistake we shall regret. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@AgnesWaxOOO I have never seen a mobility scooter on the Marston bike path. They appear to be permitted on pavements. It is another issue. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

3/3 .@oxford_guthier. Cycle tracks were campaigned for (by me and others) and built to encourage the use of a healthy non-polluting form of transport. E-bikes are neither healthy nor non-polluting, and are motor vehicles, increasingly dangerous to real bikes and humans. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/3 @oxford_guthier The bridge now under repair has always been weak, but survived perfectly well for many years. Any observant person will know that there has been a signifucant increase in e-traffic on that path, an almost contant flow of food delivery e-bikes. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@oxford_guthier Normal road bike weighs about 28 lbs, an e-bike up to 80lbs, those cargo bikes far more. Most road bikes travel at 10 mph, e-bikes (with their governors removed, which is common) can easily reach 30 mph. I don't see that it is ridiculous. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

It was full of typos so I deleted it and immediately replaced it with an almost identical one without typos. For the third time. @seeyadarling. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Another cowardly liar makes a false allegation against me from behind the cover of a pseudonym. What do thesew inadequatews think they achieve through this behaviour? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I am being sarcastic @ari___a sweetie. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@peterba27922729 You made a specific allegation. Saying you saw an article somewhere at some time does not substantiate it. You need to learn that you cannot just go about telling lies in public about other people, without consequence. Withdraw and apologise. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Oxford_guthrie. There is a large network of roads in Oxford ( and elsewhere) for motor vehicles. Why should they also be allowed to use dedicated cycle tracks which are not engineered for their weight and speed? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@oxfurd_guthier. Havoc? Hell? Ludicrous charges. The busiest cycle track in Oxford has been closed for days for urgent bridge repairs. Is it not legitimate to wonder if the increasing use of fast,heavy E-bikes is to blame? Why not do so on an existing site, widely read by users? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@peterba279422729 . Please substantiate this allegation with referenced direct quotations. You can’t, of course. So the only question is whether you have the honesty, courage and manners to withdraw and apologise. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Yet another independent Oxford shop bites the dust. Of course this has nothing to do with the COVID panic.. https://t.co/dOyi0g2ds8 — PolitiTweet.org