On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 07:37:09 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote:
On 10/23/2015 9:46 PM, Recliner wrote:
No, the 378 seats are really hard, much worse than the 313s. The new
Victoria line 2009 stock also has thin, hard seats.


Like much else that is wrong today, it has its roots in the Thatcher
era. It was assumed that everyone would eventually have cars and the
railways would die out. Today's problems are caused not by malice, but
the unprecedented demand on rail travel, especially to, from and round
London.

Wow, blaming hard seats on a train built only a few years ago on a PM who
left in 1990 would be pushing it even for the most diehard, out of touch
Corbynista. Thats quite an impressive political contortion you managed there.

Thatcher was mainly a response to the **** The Lot of You attitude of the
unions in the 70s who were composed mainly of indolent, greedy, bloody minded
halfwits (see RMT for a modern equivalent). If the Wilson and Callagham
governments of the day had anything resembling a backbone the political
landscape of the 80s might have been rather different so if you want to blame
anyone blame them.

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Spud