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There are many places around Sheffield that would be appropriate for a degree of pedestrianisation/cycling space I'm sure, but not a major arterial route like Shalesmoor. I think the council and the uni have some big ideas about the university site, Shalesmoor and Kelham all being one hipster student pedestrian/cycling paradise.

Some racist fans gave him abuse. Formula 1 itself didn't stop him going right to the top.

Idris Elba would have been a good choice 10 years ago maybe. Too old now I think. Who the hell would WANT to play Bond in these times anyway? you won't be able to drink alcohol, smoke and have your way women on screen now. They'll turn Bond into a goodie two shoes soy boy.

A government subsidy scheme for E-bikes - proper ones, not those lame ones, would get lots of people commuting to work on bikes. Peddling away on normal bikes...nah, minority pursuit.

Lewis Hamilton has rose right to the top of what is arguably the most elitist sport in the world to even get a foot in the door into, even at the low level of it. The colour of his skin wasn't a barrier for him. As Roy Castle used to say...dedication's what you need.

I have one of those "fiendish feet" yoghurt pots by St Ivel from back in the eighties. Might be worth something...then again, maybe not.

You think I'm a racist, I get that, and there's nothing I'll say here that will convince you otherwise (not that I care what you think anyway) but do you think that I would be so racist that I would refuse to work alongside black people? really? apart from being immoral, just in practical terms it wouldn't be doable would it?

Where do you think I work, Duke Farm in rural Georgia?

I work along side black people, there are black supervisors at my place of work; a few years back the general manager was black. I see plenty of black people employed all over the place and seemingly doing well. I suspect that in some people, and black people are no exception to this, there is a tendency to want to blame others for their own shortcomings.

So nothing practical then?

So tell me, what do you want ME to do about it? lets get down to the nitty gritty now. What, in practical terms do you want me to do about historic mistreatment of black people by white people?

Their answer to this is "bikes have gears" and "its not as hard as you imagine peddling uphill" etc etc. It's easier said than done, believe me I've done it. I got fed up of arriving everywhere sweaty and knackered.

BLM are a divisive oganisation. Broad brushing all white people as racist, saying the western world and all its structures and institutions is racist is completely wrong, and having violent mass riots causing criminal damage to make the point is completely unacceptable, and to have public figures in the media and also people on this very forum basically condoning it is also totally unacceptable.

What racist views? you're going to have to back that one up.

Riiiiiight...so the good things this country did in the past, particularly the relatively recent past such as WW2, is nothing for you to feel proud of because it's nothing to do with you, but slavery hundreds of years ago, also nothing to do with you, is something you feel linked to and ashamed of?