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David Cameron has appealed for the return of his bicycle after a thief stole it from outside a supermarket in west London.
The Tory leader, who regularly rode the bike to the House of Commons, had chained it to a bollard while he popped into a Tesco store in Portobello Road to buy some groceries yesterday evening, close to his home in Notting Hill.
The thieves had apparently lifted the bike - and the chain - over the bollard and vanished.
“Someone must have just picked it up and walked off with it,” he told reporters.
“I was cycling home and stopped to pick up some things for supper. I chained the bike through the wheel then put it around one of those bollard things.
“If anyone has seen it I would very much like it back. To me it was absolutely priceless.”
He added that he had reported the theft on Scotland Yard’s online crime reporting site, but said he was pessimistic about its return. “I am not holding my breath.”
Mr Cameron's spokeswoman said that he had had the bike for about five years and regularly used it to cycle to work at the Commons.
“He will have to get a new one when he gets back from his holidays,” she said.
Nearly 19,000 bicycles were reported stolen in London last year.
In March, Mr Cameron pledged to cycle more carefully after the Daily Mirror newspaper filmed him riding through two red lights and the wrong way down a one-way street en route to the Commons.
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Bikes are like mustangs. You never 'own' them, you just ride them for a while before they disappear. They you corral another one, if you see what I mean.
dan, tokyo, japan
The Schadenfreude here makes me smile. However, knowing the chief moralist 'riding through two red lights and the wrong way down a one-way street' leaves me with resignation. This says so much about the state of this country: Hypocrisy. I-don't-care mentality. Yobs everywhere.
Hans Wurst, London, UK
I bet he gets better service from the police than the other 19k of people! As anyone who has had to report a bike theft knows - they cant be bothered. With car theives alledgedly giving up on cars for bikes this will only get worse.
downfader, suthampton,
Let's see him hug a hoodi now!!! :D
S., Toronto, Canada
Mr. Cameron: this is Labour's legacy - expect to have your personal property stolen within FIVE minutes of leaving it carelessly shackled.
Also, as a victim of crime, expect zero sympathy from left-wing saddos.Only the criminals get their support.
Richard, Surbiton ,
If Mr Cameron lived in the same world as everybody else he would have a bloody big chain and lock between his bike and a post. In some cases if you're away for ten minutes all you have is the frame and no wheels ! Anyway bikes don't walkies they go rideies ! Unless the plank who stole it can't ride
Phil de Buquet, Newport,
Maybe Norman Tebbit's Dad will lend him his?
Yves Ferrer, Algoz, Portugal
Hey David,
You can't eat the cake and have it. You can't save polution and money at the same time. If you save polution, you have to spend money.
Stara D, London, UK
Mr Cameron, capture that moment. That feeling of confusion, of disbelief and of sickness in the pit of your stomach. That is what life is like far, far too often for those of us outside the trappings of Westminster.
Capture it, articulate it and eliminate it and your voters will be forever loyal.
Mark, London, UK
He didn't realise that they could just lift it up and carry it away.
It beggars belief that some think this twerp fit to run the country.
A product of a very sheltered upbringing, with limited intelligence, and no spatial awareness.
If only he'd chain himself somewhere and get stolen.
J D S, Cardiff, UK
psst. Wanna buy a bike? One careless owner.
Steve, Watford, SE England
Look out for it on ebay.
judy, Liverpool, England
Dave try Ebay,
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sean james hamilton, Gravesend, England
Atleast he will now be able to identify with victims of crime. I miss bicycling and stopped for another reason. The brakes on my bike were cut and I very nearly got into an accident. I told the police who I believed was behind it. They did nothing because she is the partner of a City grandee.
Elaine Decoulos, London and Massachusetts,
Oh! nicked at Tesco's. I wonder how he got home. I had to walk home when mine was nicked at Tesco's despite having locked using 2 chains to a cycle stand 2 years ago.
Edgar, Leyton, UK
Now that everyone has been urged to bicycle, they need to install a lot more bike racks all over London. I bicycled to St Paul's and I couldn't find anywhere to lock my bike. I went to the official Visitor's Centre and asked them if there were any around. They didn't have a clue.
John, London,
Another tick inthe boxes that link him with Boris - and separate him from me
diana, derby,
Not the sort of display of wisdom to run a country, chained to a bollard !!!! Clever man.
Dave Madley, Alicante, Spain
that's why I drive a car.
andrea ceccanti, london,
Just keep an eye out on Ebay, its bound to come up on there soon !
Alex, london, uk
Can he claim for a new one on Expenses?
Martin, Poole, UK
Unlucky Mr Cameron - I should hope that we the tax payers will not be replenishing that stolen bike though. Maybe you should have a change of direction and show the people of Britain that public transport is also just as easy and is also extremely useful to those you wish would stop driving cars.
Rob Delve, Manchester, UK
Welcome to Britain, Mr Cameron, enjoy your stay..
debra steadman, Leicester, uk
Deal with it, I'm sure you'll be able to find a new one at John Lewis...Why not put it on your expense account..
Phil, Andover,
Most peoples comments here sum up the state of the UK. Someone is the victim of crime, in this case it happens to be Cameron, and people find it funny. And I don't think he needs any 'welcome to the real world' as I anyone who lives in London are well aware of how rough it is in most places.
Gordon, Glasgow, Scotland
Don't worry about the bike. It can be replaced. We all need to learn not to get too attached to the material things in life. Attachment to material things can lead to unhappiness.
Compared with my daughter, who can't see without her glasses and she's just lost them, its hardly a problem.
Tim Palmer, London,
Where were his MI5 or Police security people ?
David, London, UK
Look like the Tories will have to be recylced....
Frank BIrd, Penarth , Cardiff
This is the man who intends to lead our country? Oh dear!
kevin, Lincoln, Old Blighty
HA, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I first read this two hours ago, and it's still funny.
Chris, Derby,
If "Dave" can't take care of his own bike, how on earth does he expect to take care of our country?
Garan Dempsey, Wrexham, Wales
What's the point of chaining a bike to a bollard? (I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure that one out - even a politician could!)
Max, Colchester,
So, if he cycles the wrong way down a one-way street, he get's photos of it plastered all over the papers the next day... but when somebody nicks his bike, nobody sees a thing?
Now, I'm the last one to feel sorry for a Tory but....
Joe, brussels,
Isn't the helmet supposed to be on his head? (2nd picture)
Jonathan L, London, UK
haha - this story has put a smile on my face after have a rubbish day at work! lol
vish, beds,
Nice little plug for Tesco's ...
Benzo, Nr Chelmsford,
Welcome to life in London. All you need do now is take your crime reference number and use it to choose your lottery numbers, about all its good for. The police certainly aren't interested.
Perhaps if Labour jailed a few more hoodies and you stopped hugging them, you'd be home by now!
Grant H, London, UK
Bristol may be the cycling centre of the UK, but try telling that to the idiots who broke into my garage to nick my bike. That's on the back of having 2 others stolen in 3 years. Maybe Dave can help the police do something about this real problem that affects loads of people when he assumes power!
Justin Ogilvie, Bristol,
Yes, real world London - I'm on 8th bike in 6 years. Although alot more 'bike parks' in recent times, not all are obvious, and there's a new obstacle: privately managed 'public space': bikes get 'security' locked up if attached to 'privately owned' lamposts. Get Boris to check around City Hall.
Hamilton, London,
But crime's coming DOWN !
Has nt the Labour brain-washing got through to the thieves ??
I had a padlocked bike stolen a while back, the police could nt have been less interested. I guess they did nt want to record it as a crime so that we could all be told that -
crime's coming DOWN !
Rick, London, England
Oh dear! Still it's not like he can't afford another one or ten.
kim, London,
David, it happens. Goto cyclescheme.co.uk and get yourself a new one.
Tom, London,
This is hilarious.
Tom Dove, Haslemere, UK
Welcome to the real world Dave! Cyclists round where I live are subject to constant petty and not-so-petty crime - bikes are nicked, saddles lifted, panniers snatched, eggs and stones thrown. The police aren't interested.
Pandle, London, UK
London simply cannot beat Montreal or Toronto as Bike Thief Capitals. In two years I have had four double-locked bikes stolen. In Toronto the bikes on balconies were taken away by a crane. Mr Cameron should request Scotland Yard set traps for the thieves. Simple: just arrange for plain clothes to...
San Ying, Montreal, Canada
Must have been a German....
Henrich Von Pelzen, Berlin, Drieter Rich
No problem, When he finds the Hoodie that did it, He can give him a hug
Dean Speake, Evesham, Worcestershire