Crazy moves are afoot by Kate Hoey MP – Mayor Boris Johnson’s sports czar – to ban people cycling responsibly along the River Thames between Lambeth Bridge and Waterloo Bridge.

She has stated in a letter to local residents “There is of course an excellent cycling route on the main road along past Lambeth Palace and the hospital”.

The alternative, which in her opinion is ok for unescorted children, can be seen in these pictures.

I always thought her love of fox hunting from an inner London MP bizarre but this takes the biscuit.