On his bike (this is an old, pre-Covid image).
You have to laugh at these desperate attempts to justify Boris Johnson’s decision to ride his bike around the Olympic Park in London – seven miles from 10 Downing Street.
Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick actually went on the radio and said if people exercise “from your front door and come back to your front door”… “That’s my view of local.”
Great!
This Writer is not best-located to mock this point of view as I live in one of the UK’s biggest cycling hubs, with routes flying in all directions around Mid Wales.
But if I didn’t; if I lived in a place that was 10 miles away from a cycle track – or more – and I wanted to do a bit of pedalling, it’s nice to know that Cressida Dick would fully support my decision to do so – cycling all the way there, round the track as often as I wanted, and then back home again.
That’s her view of local.
She was basically saying we can go out as far as we like, for as long as we like.
That is entirely against the demands of the current lockdown. And she is the commissioner of London’s police force.
The guidance states very clearly that, while you can travel a short distance within your area to do so if necessary (for example, to access an open space)… “stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live”.
Admittedly, living in Mid Wales, I’m not as familiar with London as many.
But I feel sure there are a few open spaces in central London and there was no need for Johnson to go seven miles.
So I can’t help but wonder whether anyone now facing fines for break lockdown guidance now has another excuse.
Besides saying, “Dominic Cummings,” they’ll now be able to say, “Boris Johnson.”
Source: Covid: Johnson’s bike ride ‘didn’t break rules’ – BBC News
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