"I hit cyclist," Baroness Sharples tells House of Lords

Second offence for the Baroness — but other Lords say she's to be congratulated

(Image credit: Chris Catchpole)

What seemed like a run-of-the-mill debate on cycle safety in the House of Lords took a bizarre twist last Thursday when Baroness Sharples bragged that she'd recently hit a cyclist — and her fellow Lords congratulated her.

It isn't the first such offence for the 91-year-old peer. In 2008 she made headlines after hitting a cyclist with her handbag after she saw him run a red light.

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