Marina Hyde's diary section of The Guardian today pokes fun at Eric Martlew, the Labour MP for Carlisle. The piece alleges that Martlew responded to a letter from an IBD by saying the IBD would be shamed in public as "more interested in selling bikes than saving lives."

Guardian takes a pop at helmet-law MP

The Association of Cycle Traders also gets an honourable mention in the piece.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/…/0,3604,1184189,00.html

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