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T_i_B

(14,737 posts)
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 05:33 AM Dec 2016

Chris Grayling sent cyclist flying with his car door, video shows

It amazes me that this man gets elected as an MP, never mind appointed to the cabinet.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/15/chris-grayling-sent-cyclist-flying-with-his-car-door-video-shows

Video footage has emerged of the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, knocking over a cyclist and sending his bicycle crashing into a lamppost, in an incident that left the rider in a state of shock by the roadside.

The film obtained by the Guardian shows Grayling swinging open the door of his ministerial car as it sat in traffic outside the Palace of Westminster and the unfortunate Jaiqi Liu attempted to cycle by.

Grayling sent Liu flying and his bicycle crashing into a lamppost, leaving him dazed and bruised on the pavement. Liu said his bike sustained a damaged wheel, brakes, mudguard and lost its lights.



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Chris Grayling sent cyclist flying with his car door, video shows (Original Post) T_i_B Dec 2016 OP
OK.. LeftishBrit Dec 2016 #1

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)
1. OK..
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 09:32 PM
Dec 2016

the Foreign Secretary has offended people in most other countries; the Minister for International Development wanted to abolish her own department; the former long-serving Education Secretary hates experts; and now the Transport Secretary isn't even safe in a stationary vehicle. Definitely chosen for suitability.

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