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Donald Turvill

MSP faces backlash after claiming school bike bus pupils are being used to make cycle lanes look popular

An MSP has been accused of hypocrisy after she suggested a school 'bike bus' was set up as a political exercise to prove that cycle lanes are popular.

Sue Webber said pupils at Juniper Green Primary are being "drawn into divisive and sometimes intimidating arguments over Edinburgh Council’s controversial Spaces for People scheme."

But at a council meeting in 2020, the former Edinburgh councillor praised a group cycle to school initiative at James Gillespie's Primary as a "fantastic opportunity" and supported a motion to 'support and enable bike buses.'

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