The dog ate my homework

Tory MP David Curry asked the transport department’s permanent secretary Robert Devereux: ‘Why are cyclists such irresponsible and arrogant road users?

‘The only time I’ve been knocked down in my life was by a cyclist going like a bat out of hell outside the Commons, dressed like Darth Vader, as they all do. They do not take any notice of red lights. They think traffic cones are not for them.’