Im just wondering when the greedy b'stard Bob Crowe will get his backside handed to him.

Just out of curiosity.



Why?

Do you live in London?

David Jones and Joe Green.



We still remember.

what about David Wilkie then?

Is he still remembered by that scum Scargill!!!

Do you usually answer questions with totally meaningless and superfluous questions instead of actually answering the question?

Well if he lived in London and possibly relied on public transport I thought it would be obvious as to why Bob Crowe isn't popular.

Is he related to Bob Crow?

So Crow is personally responsible for all the problems on London Underground?



Nothing whatsoever to do with Boris Johnson and his trained chimps at TfL?

Hello from the capital, where I use public transport.



Did you want to discuss BoJo hiking bus fares by vast amounts in the last couple of years?



I'm not the biggest fan of Crow – I think he's rather lumpen (and I know people who know him). However, to believe that all those in London who use public transport simply hate Crow is facile, as would be pretending that occasional Tube strikes are the biggest problem facing Londoners on public transport (massively-rising fares would be one of those).



Crow is elected by his members – so presumably they're happy with his performance. He has maintained their pay levels and jobs while pay levels and jobs have been hammered in other industries apart from those at the top – this being something that is now generally seen as problematic for the wider economy.



Whether as a happy side effect or otherwise, the RMT's actions have also reduced the plans for reductions in staffing levels at stations etc – something else that those using the system are concerned about (unstaffed stations, lack of proper ticket offices etc) are not popular ideas.

I just looked this Crow fella up. He's a Millwall fan. Interesting. I don't care that he earns so much and still lives in a council flat. His place would have been turned over a few times by now. Though it did state he got a 12% pay rise in 2009. As a former union member myself that would have peeved me right off. Mintball tell me about fares in London, because I bought an Oyster Card which was delivered to Oz and found transport in London with it all really cheap. Transport in London got better when Ken got back in I'd heard. Now this link will probably not tell the full story as it's from the company selling something, but how much have things gone up in real terms. Give us your example as everyone's journeys will differ. www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/26385.aspx

I just looked this Crow fella up. He's a Millwall fan. Interesting. I don't care that he earns so much and still lives in a council flat. His place would have been turned over a few times by now. Though it did state he got a 12% pay rise in 2009. As a former union member myself that would have peeved me right off. Mintball tell me about fares in London, because I bought an Oyster Card which was delivered to Oz and found transport in London with it all really cheap. Transport in London got better when Ken got back in I'd heard. Now this link will probably not tell the full story as it's from the company selling something, but how much have things gone up in real terms. Give us your example as everyone's journeys will differ. www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/26385.aspx

Lobbying is part of the democratic process - I occassionally lobby my MP on matters of personal importance to me, these days often via campaigning websites. Bribery and corruption though must be stamped out.



The issue in the Scargill era was unions believing they could bring down a government they did not like, even if democratically elected. There was a real threat to democracy.



Who were these global businesses that brought down governments? Was there deliberate acts?