May 2014

	Cyclists protest Death at the Elephant Elephant & Castle, London. Wed 21 May 2014
	Pedestrians Need to see us too Stop Killing Cyclists Donnachadh McCarthy, Donnachadh McCarthy speaks to the son of Abdelkhars Lahyani who died here on May 13th, 8 days ago co-organiser Steve Routley read out the names of cyclists killed in London Abby Taubin reads a poem by Seamus Heaney A friend reads the speech written in hospital by Bert Chan,lucky to survive being run over by a HGV on May 13th Cycling and environmental campaigner Donnachadh McCarthy makes the final speech
	putting the blame for cyclists deaths on failures by local and central government - Southwark Council, London's Mayor and the government and calls for a bike lift to end the protest Liberal Democrat MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Simon Hughes talks to Donnachadh McCarthy who does not seem very impressed as Hughes's attempts to defend the coalition government's failure to support cycling A protest rides home around the Elephant roundabout
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