If only Cllr Naylor had spoken out at the variety of Council meetings last year about the Highways scheme and the ‘purely cosmetic’ cycle lane plans we might not be in the mess we’re in now.

Why was he so dismissive of the positive suggestions and proposals made by Richmond Cycling Campaign, myself and many others back then when it might have made a difference?
Why didn’t he listen to us when it mattered, rather than publicly poo-pooing our proposals for safe, continuous, and (where possible) seggregated cycle lanes through the centre of Twickenham.

Sadly, the ‘huge noise’ he is now making is all about self-promotion, and nothing to do with listening to and representing the Riverside residents who elected him.

I suggest he gets on his bike asap and peddles off to UKIP towers for good.

Maybe this is the verbal kick up the backside Lord True needs to hold a by-election for Cllr Naylor and Cllr Salvoni’s positions.

It’s a shame that cllr. Naylor has decided to use this issue as a political football.
It appears, if he is to be believed, that his former colleagues, the opposition and even the council officers are at fault and the solution is simply to adopt his suggestions! Can everyone else be so wrong and one man so right?
It is desirable and constructive to discuss the issues and decisions made by the current administration, but to lace any such a study with the sort of play ground name calling that SG uses is surely, not only rude, but counter-productive. We should be seeking compromise and a mutually agreeable plan, not fuelling the fires of controversy.
Cllr. Naylor’s reasons for crossing the floor of the council chamber to represent UKIP (a tiny minority among local voters) may include the reason given – but surely it has more to do with the fact that ordinary members of the local Conservative party decided that there were other, more worthy, candidates to stand in the Riverside ward. He may be ‘pretty good at, make[ing] a huge noise’ but doesn’t appear to be capable of producing anything else – unless you count his participation in keeping Twickenham Station looking like a third world eyesore until after rugby fans from around the world come to our town in 2015.
And frankly his division of the world into cycle riders (good), non-cycle riders (bad) is as comic as it is disturbing.
To serve the community we need dialogue and understanding, not contention, character assignation or ‘huge noises’ fuelled by sour grapes. The aim of the RCC is extremely worthwhile – to improve our area’s provision for cyclists, not to assist one man in his petty quest to stroke his bruised ego. The RCC would be wise to distant itself from SG’s insulting, childish and bullying diatribe. If he continues in this vein I suggest the decent people within RCC tell him to “get on your bike.”