Keith Sansum1
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worse thing they could do would be to bring army in to inflame the situation
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Captain Haddock
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:worse thing they could do would be to bring army in to inflame the situation
Mounted police and crack a few heads?
Has worked previously!
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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They could turn up leading Tom Pearce's grey mare, but it still ain't going to shift many would-be passengers.
(Not my real name.)
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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The conservative line bob?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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From an informed source.
SOUTHERN Rail has greeted commuters returning from the Christmas break with a menacing cackle.
The fake train operator said: “So you’ve had a quiet time with the family, having some nice food and drink and watching a bit of telly, have you?
“Well, this morning your train’s only two carriages long and it’s going to terminate outside a field. Ha!
“And did we mention it’s going to cost you even more this year to go slightly faster than an injured cow? Eight times the rate of inflation has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? Happy New Year.”
Commuter Nikki Hollis said: “Just after midnight on New Year’s Day a brick came through the window with the amended Croydon to Victoria timetable wrapped around it.
“When I looked outside there was someone from Southern grinning at me and giving me the finger.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Where will it end?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 day strike coming up next week but all gone strangely quiet on the arranging coaches issue.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38506639Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Meanwhile those who drive trains in the dark (at £50,000 a year for a 36 hour week) are threatening strikes over having to drive when it's dark! Up the 'workers'.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11730449/Want-to-be-a-Tube-driver-Well-you-cant.-Heres-why.html
On the other hand I see that they've got the dinosaur out of the Natural History Museum.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Unite is one of the largest unions
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:Unite is one of the largest unions
Of course it is you pillock. Otherwise my reference to the diplodocus would be meaningless. Doh!
Be respectful to other members
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Oh Bob, chill out geezer
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Whilst not a solution at least it would bring a bit of honesty to the dispute.
This has damn all to do with safety. It is the last large lefty Union trying to 'take on the Government' through a proxy i.e. Southern Rail.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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It's good we have a union sticking out for its staff and the safety of passengers
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:It's good we have a union sticking out for its staff and the safety of passengers
Do tell us why there is no train manufacturer in the whole of the EU manufacturing other than driver operated door carriages for anyone anywhere?
I'm only surprised the overpaid and at best semi-skilled Union members are not insisting on having a fireman in the driver's cab like they used to in steam trains.
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Guest 1865- Registered: 26 Sep 2016
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Can't help but feel striking is childish and blackmail.
Some people strike over pay - err you knew how much you were getting paid when you took the job.
The Xmas train strike - they get to sit at home while other people who have took time off work are unable to use the train to finish their Xmas shopping.
So I see it as selfish and a disgrace that they punish innocent people, companies should write a clause in contracts allowing them to sack anyone that goes on strike. Then when they plan a strike for 2 weeks time - get temp workers are o cover and show them they aint causing any disruption. Simple.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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Strikes , sadly they achieve very little in the long run as the workers often loose as much as they might gain, they antagonise management and all to often annoy the public who are at the very least inconvenienced.
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TheThinWhiteDuke- Registered: 7 Jul 2016
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:It's good we have a union sticking out for its staff and the safety of passengers
Quite. Those angry at strikers should maybe be more angry at the lunacy that is our country's current train operating model. Supposedly private companies getting millions in subsidies regardless of efficiency.
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Paul M- Registered: 1 Feb 2016
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Can I be really angry with the operating model and the strikers who are causing massive inconvenience mainly because they don't like their employer?
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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here is angry,train operater not fit for purpose,
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