So Long, Cycling Englang

shm_uk
shm_uk Posts: 683
edited October 2010 in The bottom bracket
Cycling England announced on the Govt Axed Quango List:

"No longer an NDPB - Abolish body. We have announced a Local Sustainable Travel Fund and will explore ways of marshalling expert input on cycling issues, including to support the Fund"


... no idea what CE ever did anyway ...



(Full list here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_191543.pdf)

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,530
    They showed a clip of them teaching kids to ride on the road on the news this morning. All very laudable except not one of the kids looked over their shoulders before manoeuvering (although they did all give nice hand signals!).
  • Weejie54
    Weejie54 Posts: 750
    ... no idea what CE ever did anyway ...

    All revealed here:

    http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    Probably abolished because of the stupid bloody name.

    Cycling England? What's that actually supposed to mean?

    A better name and a higher profile may have helped it.
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    presumably 'Cycling Wales', 'Cycling Scotland' and 'Cycling Northern Ireland' also got the boot as well...??
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    softlad wrote:
    presumably 'Cycling Wales', 'Cycling Scotland' and 'Cycling Northern Ireland' also got the boot as well...??
    They're not on the list so presumably they're devolved issues.
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    if its any consolation, The Wool Marketting Board has survived.

    bloody self effacing sheep
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    shouldbeinbed wrote:
    if its any consolation, The Wool Marketting Board has survived.

    bloody self effacing sheep

    That's just shear indulgence, that is!
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    Aggieboy wrote:
    shouldbeinbed wrote:
    if its any consolation, The Wool Marketting Board has survived.

    bloody self effacing sheep

    That's just shear indulgence, that is!
    Wooly thinkng on the part of the government. Still, no point bleating about it.
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Crapaud wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    shouldbeinbed wrote:
    if its any consolation, The Wool Marketting Board has survived.

    bloody self effacing sheep

    That's just shear indulgence, that is!
    Wooly thinkng on the part of the government. Still, no point bleating about it.

    I knew ewe'd say that.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    I expected the Wool Marketting Board to get the chop.
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Crapaud wrote:
    I expected the Wool Marketting Board to get the chop.

    I think they mint to, but forgot.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    The government are probably going to set them on the banks - after all, they fleeced us first.
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Well, the pen is mightier than the sword.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."

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