On 14/01/2011 22:25, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:54:04 +0000, Arthur Figgis
wrote:

On 14/01/2011 16:11, Mizter T wrote:

Just looked at the title I used for this thread, it's probably not the
best - I'd originally written "talk of driverless trains", prompted by
the BBC's piece which uses that phrase, but then edited it to say
"automatic trains" instead, given that Boris seemingly didn't use the
word 'driverless' during his spiel.

The full spiel (or what the alien lizards want us to think is the full
spiel) is he

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/d...on-tube-unions
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[...]
[snip]

Thanks for digging that out. I just goes to show that it is best to read
things in their full context. Seemed pretty well balanced to me and not
the hysteria inducing nonsense "edit" we were initially presented with.

Quite. Though I bet "well balanced" doesn't attract anything like the
number of sales/viewers/clicks that "Boris/Bob [delete according to
taste] Kills Your Kittens!" does....


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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On Jan 14, 10:40*pm, Arthur Figgis
wrote:
On 14/01/2011 22:25, Paul Corfield wrote:



On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:54:04 +0000, Arthur Figgis
*wrote:

On 14/01/2011 16:11, Mizter T wrote:

Just looked at the title I used for this thread, it's probably not the
best - I'd originally written "talk of driverless trains", prompted by
the BBC's piece which uses that phrase, but then edited it to say
"automatic trains" instead, given that Boris seemingly didn't use the
word 'driverless' during his spiel.

The full spiel (or what the alien lizards want us to think is the full
spiel) is he

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/d...n/14/boris-joh....
===================
[...]
[snip]

Thanks for digging that out. I just goes to show that it is best to read
things in their full context. Seemed pretty well balanced to me and not
the hysteria inducing nonsense "edit" we were initially presented with.

Quite. Though I bet "well balanced" doesn't attract anything like the
number of sales/viewers/clicks that "Boris/Bob [delete according to
taste] Kills Your Kittens!" does....

--
Arthur Figgis * * * * * * * * Surrey, UK

It seems to me that this whole thing with ASLEF is a response to the
press coverage given to Bob Crow and the RMT. The RMT have been very
active over the last few years and they've had lots of media
coverage. They've been taking out huge ads in some of the trade press
too. ASLEF could see their star in the descendent so they grabbed the
chance to rock the boat with the Boxing Day attack. The losers are
the staff and the passengers.