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rpannier

(24,328 posts)
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 09:20 PM Jun 2019

Strong Candidate for the Worst Person in the World

Woman 'poses as dead cyclist's aunt' to oppose new London bike lane

A woman posed as the aunt of a cyclist who was killed in London in order to oppose plans for a new segregated bike lane, according to the victim’s mother.

Eilidh Cairns, a television producer from Alnwick in Northumberland, died aged 30 in 2009 after being hit by a tipper truck while riding in Notting Hill in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Her family was contacted by several people who attended a council meeting held this month to discuss a proposed cycle scheme in Kensington, saying a woman who spoke there claimed to be Cairns’s aunt and said: “Had Eilidh been alive today, she would not have supported the scheme.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/24/woman-poses-dead-cyclist-eilidh-cairns-aunt-oppose-london-bike-lane

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Strong Candidate for the Worst Person in the World (Original Post) rpannier Jun 2019 OP
Now there is someone who should be forced to ride her bike in the street ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #1
Gross MustLoveBeagles Jun 2019 #2

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. Now there is someone who should be forced to ride her bike in the street
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 09:24 PM
Jun 2019

with no bike lanes. Just to see what happens...

MustLoveBeagles

(11,583 posts)
2. Gross
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 09:27 PM
Jun 2019

If you have to lie to make your point your arguments aren't very good. I feel sorry for Eilidh's family.

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