It’s already one of the more strident riders’ rights groups out there. And the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has pledged that its political lobbying will be even more ‘loud and proud’ in 2025. The group says that initial hopes for change after Labour won the general election in July last year have faded, with a lack of progress on licence reform and the decision not to allow bikes default access to bus lanes nationwide.
MAG’s director of campaigns and political engagement, Colin Brown, said: “The new government said that change would not be easy, but that doesn’t justify such an uncompromisingly negative attitude towards a transport user group with such potential. We have spent decades explaining to successive governments how motorcycling complies with their visions and aspirations for the future of transport. Yet the Labour government’s position has been rudely made.
“Of course, we won’t stop making all the usual arguments in favour of motorcycling, but there needs to be more to the motorcycle lobby than that. The government may be telling us that it does not care about motorcycling, but we do. We will push far harder to demand the government delivers on our agenda – the agenda of our members and riders everywhere. Our agenda most certainly will encourage greater use of motorcycles!”
MAG’s leadership asks all riders to join the group for a year of hard work. The work will be “loud, proud and relentless: big plans are afoot, and announcements will be coming very soon”.
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