Amadeus Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 How will this change the union landscape? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2578155/BREAKING-NEWS-Bob-Crow-Rail-Maritime-Transport-union-leader-died-52.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 There'll be a six foot deep hole in the middle of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgandy Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Boris must be gutted at this news. I wonder if he'll manage to hide a little smirk as he says how sad he felt when he heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I was only listening to Bob Crowe on R4 yesterday thinking what a decent sort he sounded. His politics were perhaps too far left for me but he stood up for the rights of the ordinary working man which is sometimes in short supply these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 There was more to Bob Crowe than his union leadership, which was admittedly well to the left; but when you heard him on Question Time or Any Questions for Radio Four, he had some decent views on a range of topics, and he was very proud of his country, its people, and his own English roots. I'm very sorry he's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jampton Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 A lot of his union members enjoy a good standard of living thanks to Mr Crowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 London Underground drivers now start on £44k. Nice work if you can get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I bet the sneering, Guardian-reading left hated him as he was everything they hate about Britain. White, working class, outspoken... The fact he shared the same Labour platform as them made them sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Terrier Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 London Underground drivers now start on £44k. Pfftt...peanuts. Ian Longworth at Bus Vannin is on double that! Any update on the diesel loco? TBT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 He looked a lot older than 52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/oh-shit-say-tube-drivers-2014031184499 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 He and Boris both believed passionately in the underground. Just had different ideas about how to deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 A lot of his union members enjoy a good standard of living thanks to Mr Crowe. Not quite as good a standard as he did, I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Not quite as good a standard as he did, I suspect. But unlike him a lot of them will probably go on to collect their (thanks to Bob Crow) generous pension... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The only thing that surprises me about this thread is that we haven't had our resident conspiracy theorists blaming the dark forces of organised capitalism for the loss of a socialist comrade. Think about it. He has been described as "the last union leader anyone has heard of", an "unreconstructed militant" and an investment banker commented "I think I'm good value for £2million a year, but he had the power to bring the most capitalist city in the world to a standstill. I can't do that." He was a constant thorn in their side and Ken Livingstone said that Crow's members were the only working class people in London still earning a decent wage. He said he felt unwell the day before and thought he was going down with flu. Could he have been got at? On the other hand of course, he was well overweight, prone to be excitable and didn't look like he took fitness too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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