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Boris amazed 10% per of Hackney journeys made by bike

While pushing for even more cycle-friendly features in the Olympic Park, Jennie Jones amazes the Mayor by announcing that in the neighbouring borough of Hackney, 10 per cent of journeys are made by bike.

Superb… that's a stunning new fact for today… that's absolutely marvellous.

– Mayor of London Boris Johnson

There is a bizarre debate with the Lib Dem Steve Knight, over what constitutes a new 'job' created by the Olympics and Paralympics. The context - did Boris Johnson say he'd create more jobs than he has? His response was, "you've got to be attacked for something…".

The Mayor of London takes a moment to dismiss the "absolute codswallop" put about in the election campaign that London has the dirtiest air in Europe - Paris, Rome and Barcelona are worse he says. In an aside he says that London has just staged the cleanest Olympics in history.

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