On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:34:59 +0000 (UTC), Brimstone
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James Farrar wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:17:14 +0000 (UTC), Brimstone
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"James Farrar" wrote in message
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On 9 Feb 2005 19:46:37 GMT, Robin May
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http://www.backingblair.co.uk/london_underground/

Jesus, when will this horribly boring, completely unfunny song go
away?

When it ceases being accurate?

Accurate about what, the reality or people's prejudices?

Well, I get assaulted by the smells of Burger King and **** and sweat
just about every day on my tube travels, often together. "Every
subway has a ****ing tramp" would have been a better line than
"platform", I admit.

That's down to the lack of consideration by your fellow travellers, the
staff get just as fed up with it as you do.

Thank you for agreeing that it's accurate!

And if the travelling public are prejudiced against the tube drivers
for their frequent strikes and threatened strikes, that's the
drivers' fault, not the public's.

Don't forget it two to tango, people don't go on strike for the fun of
it.

No, they go on strike because the union leadership feels it hasn't been in
the media recently.

I haven't heard anything from Bob Crow lately; I'm starting to get worried.

Whatever the reason published in the media, it's usually the culmination
of a series of events. BTW, it's not always the drivers who are on or
threatening strike, that's simply the slant that the idle tabloid
journalists put on it.

No, but it's the drivers' strikes that tend to cause the greatest
disruption.