by Oliver Granthe on the East London bus strike, civic nudity, and the Green agenda’s role in all of this
From Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat.
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
I am writing from the Peckham coffee shop, VPN active, cousin Dave at the adjacent table eating a toasted teacake and pretending he is not reading over my shoulder. Today’s dispatch concerns transport and the curious relationship between the Labour government, the striking bus drivers, and the naked cyclists of London, three groups who are all, in their own way, making a point about how people move through the city, and none of whom appear to be communicating.
The Bus Strike
The East London bus strike is the direct result of a Labour government that talks about workers’ rights and then discovers, when workers exercise them, that this is inconvenient. The buses are empty. The workers are correct. The government is holding a meeting. This is the Labour playbook rendered in transport form and I say this not as a political analyst but as a man who walked forty minutes this morning in the wrong shoes.
The Naked Cyclists
The naked cyclists are, according to The London Prat, about road safety. I accept this. I also note that a Green-adjacent government encouraging cycling while the buses are on strike and robo-taxis proliferate is producing a transport hierarchy in which the only people moving freely are the ones on bicycles and the only people being truly honest about it have removed their clothes. Bohiney has the full picture. Dave has finished the teacake. The buses are still not running. Something must change. Dave says I should stop there. I stop there. The BBC will not cover what comes next. We will.
SOURCE: https://bohiney.com/managing-britains-decline/
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