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On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote:
On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...nsport-for-lon Not that Mr Khan is racist! I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the numbers working on public transport are small. As for his being racist, this is just the usual reactionary self-pity. It's a bit off thread, but in Birmingham I have never seen a black or brown person on a road crew. -- Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman |
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On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote: On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote: On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...o-many-white-m n-on-transport-for-lon Not that Mr Khan is racist! I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the numbers working on public transport are small. As for his being racist, Seriously? You ever been on a london bus and seen the driver? this is just the usual reactionary self-pity. It's a bit off thread, but in Birmingham I have never seen a black or brown person on a road crew. So what? Perhaps they don't want to do it. Maybe we should press-gang some into ditch digging and see how well that goes down with this scumbag and his mates in the race relations industry. -- Spud |
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On Monday, 9 May 2016 10:11:21 UTC+1, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 09/05/2016 09:51, d wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100 Martin Edwards wrote: On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote: On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...o-many-white-m n-on-transport-for-lon Not that Mr Khan is racist! I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the numbers working on public transport are small. Wasn't he just referring to the make up of the TfL board? Yes he was. He said that there are 16 seats on the board and 13 of them are men. He said that having only three women was bad because it did not reflect the customers' sexual makeup. |
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On Mon, 9 May 2016 03:21:26 -0700 (PDT)
Offramp wrote: On Monday, 9 May 2016 10:11:21 UTC+1, Graeme Wall wrote: On 09/05/2016 09:51, d wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100 Martin Edwards wrote: On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote: On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...o-many-white-m n-on-transport-for-lon Not that Mr Khan is racist! I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the numbers working on public transport are small. Wasn't he just referring to the make up of the TfL board? Yes he was. He said that there are 16 seats on the board and 13 of them are men. He said that having only three women was bad because it did not reflect the customers' sexual makeup. Hospital patients are 50/50 men and women but I haven't heard anyone from the left making a fuss about the small proportion of male nurses or healthcare assistants. -- Spud |
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On Mon, 09 May 2016 14:19:12 +0200
Steve Hayes wrote: On Mon, 9 May 2016 08:51:22 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100 Martin Edwards wrote: On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote: On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...too-many-white m n-on-transport-for-lon Not that Mr Khan is racist! I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the numbers working on public transport are small. As for his being racist, Seriously? You ever been on a london bus and seen the driver? I drove buses in London, though it was a long time ago. In the garage where I was based (Brixton), about a third were English, a third Irish and a third West Indian, and when any of those groups were talking among themselves I couldn't understand a word they said. You couldn't understand the english ones either? Were they speaking in rhyming slang or something? :) -- Spud |
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On Mon, 09 May 2016 14:19:12 +0200 Steve Hayes wrote: I drove buses in London, though it was a long time ago. In the garage where I was based (Brixton), about a third were English, a third Irish and a third West Indian, and when any of those groups were talking among themselves I couldn't understand a word they said. You couldn't understand the english ones either? Were they speaking in rhyming slang or something? :) I am occasionally unable to understand my colleagues when they converse in Deepest Bristolian... Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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On Mon, 9 May 2016 14:37:01 -0000 (UTC), Anna Noyd-Dryver
wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2016 14:19:12 +0200 Steve Hayes wrote: I drove buses in London, though it was a long time ago. In the garage where I was based (Brixton), about a third were English, a third Irish and a third West Indian, and when any of those groups were talking among themselves I couldn't understand a word they said. You couldn't understand the english ones either? Were they speaking in rhyming slang or something? :) I am occasionally unable to understand my colleagues when they converse in Deepest Bristolian... http://www.hijackbristol.co.uk/board...-brizzle/?wap2 |
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On 2016-05-09 14:27:29 +0000, Paul Corfield said:
On Mon, 9 May 2016 10:11:21 +0100, Graeme Wall wrote: On 09/05/2016 09:51, d wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100 Martin Edwards wrote: On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote: On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...o-many-white-m n-on-transport-for-lon Not that Mr Khan is racist! I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the numbers working on public transport are small. Wasn't he just referring to the make up of the TfL board? Yes but why let facts get in the way of irrational, unfounded "debate"? Indeed. There's one school of thought that racist trolls should be oppsed at every turn, another that it's best to ignore them. I tend to do both depending on my blood pressure but should know that the latter is the best way home. |
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On 09/05/2016 19:41, eastender wrote: On 2016-05-09 14:27:29 +0000, Paul Corfield said: [...] Wasn't he just referring to the make up of the TfL board? Yes but why let facts get in the way of irrational, unfounded "debate"? Indeed. There's one school of thought that racist trolls should be oppsed at every turn, another that it's best to ignore them. I tend to do both depending on my blood pressure but should know that the latter is the best way home. It's the internet, and like I said elsewhere this (utl) is now an old and very dusty crevice thereof. Much (but not all) political debate on the internet is moronic and based on who can shout loudest, at least according to those who seemingly enjoy shouting loud. (I say seemingly enjoy because I suspect many are pretty joyless people.) That said, we should bear in mind that 'Spud', Adrian Hudson and others of their ilk are now deeply marginalised and downtrodden people. Apparently. |
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On 5/9/2016 9:51 AM, d wrote:
On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100 Martin Edwards wrote: On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote: On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...o-many-white-m n-on-transport-for-lon Not that Mr Khan is racist! I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the numbers working on public transport are small. As for his being racist, Seriously? You ever been on a london bus and seen the driver? this is just the usual reactionary self-pity. It's a bit off thread, but in Birmingham I have never seen a black or brown person on a road crew. So what? Perhaps they don't want to do it. Maybe we should press-gang some into ditch digging and see how well that goes down with this scumbag and his mates in the race relations industry. -- Spud Apart from that, how was your goat hunt? -- Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman |
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On 5/9/2016 3:27 PM, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 9 May 2016 10:11:21 +0100, Graeme Wall wrote: On 09/05/2016 09:51, d wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100 Martin Edwards wrote: On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote: On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...o-many-white-m n-on-transport-for-lon Not that Mr Khan is racist! I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the numbers working on public transport are small. Wasn't he just referring to the make up of the TfL board? Yes but why let facts get in the way of irrational, unfounded "debate"? Quite. -- Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman |
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On Mon, 9 May 2016 19:41:10 +0100
eastender wrote: Indeed. There's one school of thought that racist trolls should be oppsed at every turn, another that it's best to ignore them. I tend to do both depending on my blood pressure but should know that the latter is the best way home. Always best not to respond if you don't have anything approaching a half decent counter argument. Or just resort to the name calling then take your ball and run off home -- Spud |
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On Mon, 9 May 2016 22:44:11 +0100
Mizter T wrote: That said, we should bear in mind that 'Spud', Adrian Hudson and others of their ilk are now deeply marginalised and downtrodden people. Apparently. Well you should know all about that Mr RMT supporter. Arn't we constantly reminded how hard done by the poor little darlings are slaving away pushing a button once a minute for 50K? Get over yourself pal. -- Spud |
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There are no white Vic Line train drivers.
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On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 8:10:33 PM UTC+5:30, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2016 14:19:12 +0200 Steve Hayes wrote: I drove buses in London, though it was a long time ago. In the garage where I was based (Brixton), about a third were English, a third Irish and a third West Indian, and when any of those groups were talking among themselves I couldn't understand a word they said. You couldn't understand the english ones either? Were they speaking in rhyming slang or something? :) I am occasionally unable to understand my colleagues when they converse in Deepest Bristolian... I've heard that Bristol can be pronounced Bristow. Is there a word Bristowian? |
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On Wed, 11 May 2016 14:23:58 +0100
Water musician wrote: If you think “pushing a button once a minute” is all that’s involved in being a train driver, perhaps we should take pity on your ignorance – and either ignore you or perhaps take a more Maoist approach and send you for some “re-education”. Odd then how the northern line driver on the recent C5 documentary was happily chatting away to the camera crew in the cab while the train drove itself then. I guess we missed the complex part of the job where she pressed the ON button and did some basic checks. But feel free to tell us all about the complex bits that these documentaries always miss. Alternatively, most good Usenet newsreaders have easy-to-use KILL functions. Sadly, they simply modify the behaviour of local software rather than that of the miscreant. Oh dear. How thoughtless of them. -- Spud |
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On Mon, 9 May 2016 22:44:11 +0100, Mizter T
wrote: On 09/05/2016 19:41, eastender wrote: On 2016-05-09 14:27:29 +0000, Paul Corfield said: [...] Wasn't he just referring to the make up of the TfL board? Yes but why let facts get in the way of irrational, unfounded "debate"? Indeed. There's one school of thought that racist trolls should be oppsed at every turn, another that it's best to ignore them. I tend to do both depending on my blood pressure but should know that the latter is the best way home. It's the internet, and like I said elsewhere this (utl) is now an old and very dusty crevice thereof. Much (but not all) political debate on the internet is moronic and based on who can shout loudest, at least according to those who seemingly enjoy shouting loud. (I say seemingly enjoy because I suspect many are pretty joyless people.) That said, we should bear in mind that 'Spud', Adrian Hudson and others of their ilk are now deeply marginalised and downtrodden people. Apparently. Your tacit endorsement of "eastenders" accusation of racism, on my part, is noted. In this regard you a 1. Incorrect. Anyone who knows me would find the accusation truly laughable. 2. Discourteous. I thought you were better than THAT. 3. Hypocritical. You seem to have no problem with Mr. Khan's intended tokenism with regard to the TfL board. This is racism plain and simple. The board should consist of those candidates best suited to serve on it, regardless of their complexion or other features. Racism is racism regardless of whether it is old style segregation, or modern day quotas. One either believes "All men are created equal, or one does not". |
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On 2016\05\26 19:31, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
In message , Offramp writes There are no white Vic Line train drivers. Rubbish. I have 2 friends on the Vic who are very much white. Well, they don't have much opportunity to get a tan! |
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In article , Steve Fitzgerald
] writes In message , Offramp writes There are no white Vic Line train drivers. Rubbish. I have 2 friends on the Vic who are very much white. Oh dear, Steve, that was a JOKE - there are no black, brown, yellow or rainbow-coloured "drivers" on that line either. As a matter of interest, what do TfL call the bloke who sits at the sharp end doing damn-all? -- Bill Borland |
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Bill Borland wrote:
In article , Steve Fitzgerald ] writes In message , Offramp writes There are no white Vic Line train drivers. Rubbish. I have 2 friends on the Vic who are very much white. Oh dear, Steve, that was a JOKE - there are no black, brown, yellow or rainbow-coloured "drivers" on that line either. As a matter of interest, what do TfL call the bloke who sits at the sharp end doing damn-all? An operator, I thought. |
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On 2016\05\27 20:02, Bill Borland wrote:
In article , Steve Fitzgerald ] writes In message , Offramp writes There are no white Vic Line train drivers. Rubbish. I have 2 friends on the Vic who are very much white. Oh dear, Steve, that was a JOKE - there are no black, brown, yellow or rainbow-coloured "drivers" on that line either. As a matter of interest, what do TfL call the bloke who sits at the sharp end doing damn-all? Sadiq Khan? |
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On 26.05.16 19:31, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
In message , Offramp writes There are no white Vic Line train drivers. Who the hell cares?! All I care about is that the individual at the helm is has the proper qualification and licencing to safely operate the train, and can pass regular testing. |
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