Last night I cycled across London on my way from meeting an old friend for a few beers to Victoria Coach Station (many thanks to Karl McCracken for the Brompton loan).  Aside from a few wrong turns in Whitehall which I suspect took me far too close to Downing Street for comfort I went through Parliament Square past the Palace of Westminster.

I was expecting Parliament Square to be a car sodden mess that in any civilised country would be pedestrianised.  But what really shocked me was that sinc...
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