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On 11/03/2014 10:12, Recliner wrote:
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Confirmed by BBC News.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26527325


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Peter Crosland

On 11/03/2014 10:12, Recliner wrote:
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Blimey. 52 years of age.

He was the subject of an interesting piece - a quasi-interview really -
which was broadcast yesterday on Radio 4's PM programme, where
journalist Becky Milligan took Bob Crow to lunch. Worth a listen -
around 7 minutes in duration.

Starts at 49mins 45secs:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xdk8q

On 11/03/2014 10:12, Recliner wrote:
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B----y hell, he wasn't that old. 52 according to the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26527325

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On 11/03/2014 10:22, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:12:08 -0500, Recliner
wrote:

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-...bob-crow-dies/

Interesting to listen to a decent set of comments from the BBC's
Norman Smith about Bob Crow. He recognised that Mr Crow was a shrewd
political operator and good in dealing with the media. I can't recall
when I heard anyone give a decent overview of the man rather than just
portray him as a villain.

See my other post re the recent R4 'interview lunch' with him. Two
points I remember from listening to it yesterday - the first is that he
was brought up in a pretty poor East End home, which inevitably guided
his politics. The second is that he said he won pay rises for his
members throughout his leadership of the union, including the "austerity
years" (the term he used).


Mr Crow's appearance on the Sunday Politics a few weeks ago was great
fun with him offering to take over from Andrew Neil - provided he got
Mr Neil's money for doing so.

I dread to think what the "rent a gobs" in the comments section in the
Daily Mail and Evening Standard will make of the news.

Comments sections of newspaper websites are best avoided - for all the
egalitarian notions of new technologies giving readers a voice, the
shrill and vile nonsense that seems to all too easily flow doesn't
really do much for one's view of human nature.

In message , at 10:35:44 on Tue, 11 Mar
2014, Graeme Wall remarked:

B----y hell, he wasn't that old. 52 according to the BBC

Mortality rate for a man that age is low, but not insignificant; around
7% of men will die in their 50's.
--
Roland Perry

On 11/03/2014 10:20, Peter Crosland wrote:

On 11/03/2014 10:12, Recliner wrote:
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-...bob-crow-dies/

Confirmed by BBC News.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26527325


Tweet just now from TfL, comments from the Commissioner of Transport for
London:
"Sir Peter Hendy: Shocked by this terribly sad & unexpected news. Our
thoughts are with Bob Crow's family, friends & all those he represented"

https://twitter.com/TfLOfficial/status/443339012867366912

Mizter T wrote:
On 11/03/2014 10:20, Peter Crosland wrote:

On 11/03/2014 10:12, Recliner wrote:
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-...bob-crow-dies/

Confirmed by BBC News.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26527325


Tweet just now from TfL, comments from the Commissioner of Transport for London:
"Sir Peter Hendy: Shocked by this terribly sad & unexpected news. Our
thoughts are with Bob Crow's family, friends & all those he represented"

https://twitter.com/TfLOfficial/status/443339012867366912

And from Boris: "@MayorofLondon: Sad news about Bob Crow. We may have
differed politically but he was a man of character who fought tirelessly
his members."

On 11/03/2014 10:57, Mizter T wrote:
[...]
Tweet just now from TfL, comments from the Commissioner of Transport for
London:
"Sir Peter Hendy: Shocked by this terribly sad & unexpected news. Our
thoughts are with Bob Crow's family, friends & all those he represented"

https://twitter.com/TfLOfficial/status/443339012867366912


Further comments via BBC Local Live (London)...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/london/

* Boris Johnson pays tribute
10:42: In a statement, London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "I'm shocked.
Bob Crow was a fighter and a man of character.

"Whatever our political differences, and there were many, this is tragic
news."

~

* 'A sad day'
10:45: Mr Johnson added: "Bob fought tirelessly for his beliefs and for
his members.
"There can be absolutely no doubt that he played a big part in the
success of the Tube, and he shared my goal to make transport in London
an even greater success. It's a sad day."

~

* 10:31: Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said said: "I assumed he
would be at my funeral not me at his."

He told Sky News: "He fought really hard for his members. The only
working-class people who still have well-paid jobs in London are his
members. With the passage of time people will come to see that people
like Bob Crow did a very good job."

On 11/03/2014 10:22, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:12:08 -0500, Recliner
wrote:

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-...bob-crow-dies/

Interesting to listen to a decent set of comments from the BBC's
Norman Smith about Bob Crow. He recognised that Mr Crow was a shrewd
political operator and good in dealing with the media. I can't recall
when I heard anyone give a decent overview of the man rather than just
portray him as a villain.

Mr Crow's appearance on the Sunday Politics a few weeks ago was great
fun with him offering to take over from Andrew Neil - provided he got
Mr Neil's money for doing so.

I dread to think what the "rent a gobs" in the comments section in the
Daily Mail and Evening Standard will make of the news.


All in all, not as bad as it could be.

I love the quote from Bob about Thatcher: ‘I won’t shed one single tear
over her death. She destroyed the NHS and destroyed industry in this
country and as far as I'm concerned she can rot in hell.’

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