Boris Johnson saves filmmaker Franny Armstrong from attack.
Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a high profile climate change activist and filmmaker who was being attacked by a group of young girls brandishing an iron bar, it was revealed today.
"He said to the girls: 'What do you think you are doing?' He picked up the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them."
On Nov 3, 11:35 pm, spindrift <newty...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Truly incredible story:
> Boris Johnson saves filmmaker Franny Armstrong from attack.
> Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a high profile climate change > activist and filmmaker who was being attacked by a group of young > girls brandishing an iron bar, it was revealed today.
> "He said to the girls: 'What do you think you are doing?' He picked up > the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them."
> Boris Johnson saves filmmaker Franny Armstrong from attack.
> Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a high profile climate change > activist and filmmaker who was being attacked by a group of young > girls brandishing an iron bar, it was revealed today.
> "He said to the girls: 'What do you think you are doing?' He picked up > the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them."
> > Boris Johnson saves filmmaker Franny Armstrong from attack.
> > Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a high profile climate change > > activist and filmmaker who was being attacked by a group of young > > girls brandishing an iron bar, it was revealed today.
> > "He said to the girls: 'What do you think you are doing?' He picked > > up the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them."
On Nov 3, 11:35 pm, spindrift <newty...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Truly incredible story:
> Boris Johnson saves filmmaker Franny Armstrong from attack.
> Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a high profile climate change > activist and filmmaker who was being attacked by a group of young > girls brandishing an iron bar, it was revealed today.
> "He said to the girls: 'What do you think you are doing?' He picked up > the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them."
Good on him. Not afraid to have a go, and not afraid to admit when he's wrong. What the hell is he doing in politics? These traits are anti-survival in that field! -- Guy
> On Nov 3, 11:35 pm, spindrift <newty...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Truly incredible story:
> > Boris Johnson saves filmmaker Franny Armstrong from attack.
> > Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a high profile climate change > > activist and filmmaker who was being attacked by a group of young > > girls brandishing an iron bar, it was revealed today.
> > "He said to the girls: 'What do you think you are doing?' He picked up > > the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them."
> Good on him. Not afraid to have a go, and not afraid to admit when > he's wrong. What the hell is he doing in politics? These traits are > anti-survival in that field! > -- > Guy
Would he have stopped, or even noticed, had he been in a car? I suggest that the streets seem extremely unthreatening if there are lots of bikes about. There's a perception, to both the yob and the potential victim, that cyclists are more likely to stop and assist. Hence an environment which not only is perceived to be safer, but probably is materially safer. I discount the danger of absent- mindedly stepping in front of a bike and getting knocked down.
A number of years ago I stopped on a Sunday morning to assist a paper boy who'd been beaten up. Out of the corner of my eye I caught sight of newspapers strewn across the lawn of a large house. Took a couple of secs to realise that that indicated something was wrong, and it was easy to stop and ride back. In a car I probably a) would not have noticed, and b) would probably not have turned around.
and as for this quote, "If you find yourself down a dark alleyway and in trouble I think Boris would be of more use than Ken." I think that for certain young ladies, that's true.
In message <f703f1ba-a030-4bb7-bb1b-15b4c4524...@t2g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, spindrift <newty...@hotmail.com> writes
>Boris Johnson saves filmmaker Franny Armstrong from attack.
>Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a high profile climate change >activist and filmmaker who was being attacked by a group of young >girls brandishing an iron bar, it was revealed today.
>"He said to the girls: 'What do you think you are doing?' He picked up >the iron bar, called after the girls and cycled after them."
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