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@bcl1973
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5 months
Tory cuts to Network Rail are now starting to hit home. It’s only a matter of time….. listen to @ASLEFunion listen to @RMTunion #GeneralElectionlNow
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Sad day at #Liverpool Lime Street, Toddy’s last drive after 45 years. @ASLEFunion #ASLEF lovely to watch the passengers clapping along too. #EdgeHillBranch
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@bcl1973
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5 months
The General Election Date should be enshrined in law & locked in, not at the behest of an unelected tit #GeneralElectionlNow
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@bcl1973
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5 months
After more blatant lies today by @RailDeliveryGrp I stand shoulder to shoulder with all my @ASLEFunion comrades. Never before have I been so unified. You will not beat us. We will prevail. #Solidarity #ASLEF rt if u agree
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@bcl1973
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9 months
April 27th this “offer” was put to #ASLEF . It was a self financing real terms pay cut. We were giving everything away for nothing. It wasn’t presented to the members to vote on because our full time officers know a steaming pile of shite when they see one. #Solidarity ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
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@bcl1973
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4 years
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC Teachers very rarely “strike” I know teachers, I’m married to 1. She leave for “work” 07:30 & gets home 18:00 then after a shower (to wash away the covid) she eats then “works” till 22:00, don’t be at it right wing extremist @NickFerrariLBC . Tell us about your work day?
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@bcl1973
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4 months
#ASLEF has no confidence in this corrupt unelected Prime Minister & his government of money laundering clowns. Racist, cruel, vile. Blaming the poor for being poor. Blaming the sick for being sick. #EnoughIsEnough #GeneralElectionN0W
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@bcl1973
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7 months
Fuck the Tories! #ASLEF is going nowhere! #Solidarity #WheresHarper ?
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@bcl1973
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4 months
#ASLEF has never been greedy when asking for pay rises. Large increases have come with productivity & modernisation. @LouHaigh will resolve this national dispute within days of taking office & will make a mockery of the sterile @Mark_J_Harper . I stand with @UKLabour
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@bcl1973
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6 months
More pictures from Toddy’s last drive yesterday #Liverpool has lost an absolute legend. It was so heartwarming to see his family & so many colleagues turn up to clap him home #ASLEF #EdgeHillBranch we salute you Toddy
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@bcl1973
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9 months
#ASLEF When is a #KeyWorker not a Keyworker? When the uk tax payer bailed us out to the tune of £1000 per family. #DfT peddling lies again. The Railway worked during the pandemic at great risk to themselves & their families. We’re only asking for a “fair & reasonable offer”
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@bcl1973
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@bcl1973
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4 years
@ROTBre @realDonaldTrump Said the ghost of Hilter
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@bcl1973
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7 months
Just so you know, you won’t beat #ASLEF
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@bcl1973
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5 months
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@bcl1973
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8 months
No ones travelling on trains “they” say. @Mark_J_Harper costing the tax payer hundreds of millions of £££. @RailDeliveryGrp toothless to put a realistic offer to @ASLEFunion because of Harpers ability to bend #ALSEF
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@bcl1973
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4 months
Imagine being the king that signed Royal Assent to bring into law the #RwandaBill ! This is not the will of the people & like the airline that has the contract will go under so will the #RoyalFamily #NotMyKing
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@bcl1973
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7 months
#GOODMORNING #Solidarity with every #ASLEF member exercising their legal right to #strike .
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@bcl1973
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3 months
#ASLEF MASSIVE turn out to carry on the dispute with this corrupt zombie government. We will out last them. We will be victorious
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@SkyNews Solidarity with the ambulance workers. They deserve so much more
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@bcl1973
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4 months
We are #ASLEF we are solid. Next week mandate results will be MASSIVE YES votes to carry on the 2 year old dispute
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@bcl1973
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7 months
“Automat it”. Said every dickhead that lives in his mums spare room
@1701aStarship
NCC-1701-A Starship 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚄
7 months
"Second Signal to the right and straight on till Newcastle "
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@harrydoyle96 @anthonylavelle1 @Keir_Starmer Strange that at every point of this process I haven’t been allowed to vote or have a say! My email address magically disappeared from @WestDerbyCLP records & then my request to postal vote was also denied. Weird! Good Luck @IanByrneMP
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@bcl1973
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5 months
Inflation busting payrise for @HuwMerriman & @Mark_J_Harper while they manipulate the corrupt unrecognised @RailDeliveryGrp against negotiations with @ASLEFunion . Shameful double standards
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@bcl1973
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8 months
I don’t wish @Mark_J_Harper or @HuwMerriman a #MerryChristmas I hope they rot in hell. I know so many train drivers whose mental health is in the toilet because of their constant attacks. Discussing vile people #FUCKOFF
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@bcl1973
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7 months
The absolute treachery & arrogance of @Mark_J_Harper , @HuwMerriman & @RailDeliveryGrp . They could have spared the public this week of industrial action by us #ASLEF by just taking up @ASLEFunion offer to talk & negotiate. They are pitiful #GeneralElectionlNow
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@bcl1973
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5 months
Corrupt gov't ✅ Impotent RDG ✅ Cowardly TOCs ✅ Gleeful shareholders ✅ Fleeced taxpayers ✅ Complicit Press ✅ Drained train drivers ✅ Patient #ASLEF #RailwayReality #FairPayNow @RailDeliveryGrp @HuwMerriman @Mark_J_Harper @ASLEFunion
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@bcl1973
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3 months
Where’s @RailDeliveryGrp barbs against the life blood of the rail network? Train Drivers reputations have been dragged through the mud for no other reason than a distraction for a corrupt government & a failed Brexit. Proud to be #ASLEF
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Why don’t we all just flood @Mark_J_Harper & @HuwMerriman feeds with this picture every single day until we get an acceptable pay offer #ASLEF
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@bcl1973
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7 months
So it turns out this Great British Railway SALE is a cheap publicity stunt to turn the public against Train Drivers. @HuwMerriman we’re not going anywhere, bring it on. I see you. We see you. @ASLEFunion sees you #ASLEF #GeneralElectionN0W
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@bcl1973
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4 months
@CPhilpOfficial remember when Mick Lynch served you your arse on a plate? @RMTunion @ASLEFunion
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@PeterStefanovi2 Just spent 3 hours in the Holocaust Museum in DC, it’s harrowing & exhausting & our politicians are leading us down the exact same path & need stopping
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@LBC @clivebull All the sympathy in the world, how fat does a fat cat have to get before it gets popped?
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@bcl1973
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5 months
. @GwynTopham 14 months ago you wrote a piece that the rail dispute then had cost the tax payer £1b. What do you think its cost the taxpayer so far now? Isn’t there any mechanism that can force the government back to the table after a year of repeating the same sentence? #ASLEF
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Is it a dereliction of duty from @RailDeliveryGrp @Mark_J_Harper & @HuwMerriman in refusing to negotiate with #ASLEF ? It should be against the law to refuse to get round the table to negotiate.
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@bcl1973
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7 months
@ASLEFunion There should be a law that forces all parties concerned to the table once an offer has been rejected. @Mark_J_Harper wasting 10 months of tax payers hard earned money by refusing to sit at the table. He’s like a spoilt brat #wheresharper ?
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@bcl1973
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4 years
After a long day driving my @AvantiWestCoast train from #Liverpool to #London & back, saying goodbye to “The Ripper” after 46 years driving trains I come home to this a @jimmyfallon mug of @YorkshireTea & a hot bath. #COVID19 #StayAtHome #Thankyou Wifey ❤️🌈
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@bcl1973
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9 months
#EdgeHill branch #Liverpool SOLID @ASLEFunion Unity is Strength
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@bcl1973
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7 months
Unions need to be invited into school to educate the children about #Solidarity , #Collectivebargaining & the benefits of a unionised workplace
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@bcl1973
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6 months
#GoodMorning @Mark_J_Harper I’m sure you’re feeling fair & reasonable today #ASLEF
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2 years
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@bcl1973
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11 months
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@bcl1973
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5 months
So if £100k isn’t a “HUGE” salary, why are train drivers paid too much at £60k? #GeneralElectionNow #ASLEF #TUC2024
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Good Afternoon @Mark_J_Harper , I just finished me @The_TUC Level 1 reps course for today. How’s your day going?
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@bcl1973
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7 months
Absolute privilege to be a part of Edge Hill Branch tonight we got to honour 1 of our own, a true gentleman & friend. Packed out meeting, joined by @MickWhelanASLEF . So much solidarity, it was wonderful to see. #ASLEF is going nowhere ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Good morning @HuwMerriman
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@bcl1973
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2 years
Someone over at @RailDeliveryGrp needs medscreening, coz they’ve been smoking crack
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@PippaCrerar Cocaine damage?
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@bcl1973
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2 months
. @bbclaurak why do you constantly allow the snake that is @Mark_J_Harper off the hook about the longest rail dispute in British history? Shame on you. #ASLEF
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@bcl1973
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7 months
"We encourage #Aslef to work with us to find a way to end this long running dispute which only damages the rail industry." @LNER aim your frustration at @Mark_J_Harper @HuwMerriman & @RailDeliveryGrp We both know this dispute would be over yesterday if you had a back bone
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC All them strikes hey on his watch? I work on the railway & there’s been no strikes in the last 3 years, we worked through the pandemic, we did our bit for the country & this is how we’re rewarded. My wages are everyone’s business now, imagine how that feels…..
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@bcl1973
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3 months
When you realise @ASLEFunion won
@NoContextBrits
No Context Brits
3 months
Caption this.
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@bcl1973
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9 months
Let’s talk about the “fair & reasonable” offer that was rejected by our full-time negotiators & the EC. It wasn’t a pay rise, it was a self funding pay cut & stripped us of t&s for free
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@SaulStaniforth
Saul Staniforth
9 months
The transport secretary says he's refusing to sit down and talk to @ASLEFunion . As the host says, "I don't know how its going to get resolved?" And for those people playing Tory Trade Union bingo, Harper refers to trade union barons & says @MickWhelanASLEF is a Labour member!
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@bcl1973
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7 months
@Mark_J_Harper
Mark Harper
7 months
ASLEF bosses still order strikes despite having an offer on the table that would lift their members’ average wage to £65,000 for a 35hr week. This is all while they block the vital reforms needed to safeguard the future of the railways 👇
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@bethanb90 @BBCRadio4 @RMTunion What show was this on? I’d like to listen & as a driver we’re desperate to keep Guards on trains, in fact it’s in ASLEF constitution to not expand the current DOO that exists. Thank you for your support, it means a lot & strengthens our resolve to see this through
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Good Morning, happy Sunday @Mark_J_Harper
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@bcl1973
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@Mark_J_Harper
Mark Harper
5 months
👉 Out & about in Newent on a fine Spring morning ☀️ 👮‍♂️ The Forest of Dean @Conservatives team was delivering leaflets for @ChrisNelsonPCC 🙋‍♀️ Lots of ground covered & still saw some constituents to discuss local issues 🥪 + ☕️ Finished with a bite to eat at The Ark Cafe
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Little Ant & Dec are shit
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@bcl1973
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7 months
@Mark_J_Harper You didn’t protect my job. You protected every other industry with your furlough scheme, not us mate. We were key workers working for the people of this country. Turn the light on the owners who paid shareholders during #covid . U wanna fight Mark, bring it on #ASLEF
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@bcl1973
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@bcl1973
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9 months
@Mark_J_Harper @Daily_Express Mark lad or whoever writes your drivel. I’ll say it slowly. #ASLEF members have twice now returned MASSIVE mandates or “no votes” since your pathetic offer. You’re showboating to get “minimum service levels legislation” over the line @ASLEFunion
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@bcl1973
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10 months
@ASLEFunion So they want me to cross a picket line to drive a multi million pound train with hundreds of passengers on it when I’m severely distressed. 1 SPAD, 1 TPWS, 1 wrong side door release from disaster & then I lose my job & go to prison
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@bcl1973
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5 months
So now @HuwMerriman has said at the dispatch box he’s meeting @MickWhelanASLEF it must be true? 90% of all problems disappear with a pay deal. Why would you abuse your number 1 asset?
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@bcl1973
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5 months
Full of shite as usual. #Gobshites
@RailDeliveryGrp
Rail Delivery Group
5 months
Our latest statement on strike action called by the ASLEF leadership ⬇️
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@bcl1973
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1 year
@HuwMerriman Not one single train driver in that heavily staged photo…… lie upon lie upon lie
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@bcl1973
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7 months
#BorisJohnson sending your sons and daughters off 2 the slaughter. They haven’t fed them, they haven’t educated them & now they want to send their cannon fodder, our children, off to war #FuckTheTories #GeneralElectionlNow We should bring back hanging 4 corruption in government
@i_iratus
The Bear
7 months
Well, fuck me sideways, if it isn’t Boris “Bumblefuck” Johnson, our disgraced ex-Prime Minister and resident clown, back at it again with his latest bullshit smeared extravaganza in The Daily Mail. For some reason the semi-sentient bowl of rancid pudding is spewing utter tripe
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@bcl1973
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4 months
Let’s do this #Solidarity with all my #ASLEF Comrades. We will out last this corrupt Tory Shit show
@ASLEFunion
ASLEF
4 months
NEW: Strike action announced for 7 - 9 May
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@bcl1973
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5 months
I want more @UKLabour mps to stand shoulder to shoulder to shoulder with @ASLEFunion #Solidarity
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@bcl1973
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9 months
They didn’t protect me. I worked through the pandemic to drive key workers to & from work, I also was a key worker. I cried myself to sleep, had a mini breakdown & drank too much…. Fuck the DfT
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Roger Ford
9 months
From a DfT press release: “Taxpayers contributed £1000 per household to protect train drivers’ jobs during the pandemic.” And I thought it was to keep the railway running so that essential workers could get to their jobs, and freight trains could still run.
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Been thinking on this all day @RailDeliveryGrp is bust, a completely broken collection of cowards & conmen. @Mark_J_Harper hides behind them & RDG hide behind him. #ASLEF rejected the pathetic offer 11 months ago #GeneralElectionN0W & disband these clowns
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@bcl1973
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6 years
I don’t get many pictures with my Kerry. 20 years married 25 years together & my 💓 still skips a beat when I see her
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@bcl1973
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7 months
Solidarity with all our colleagues over at LNER
@MickWhelanASLEF
Mick Whelan
7 months
LNER train drivers to strike for five extra days in minimum service row | Rail strikes | The Guardian
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@bcl1973
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8 months
To all the lefty key workers including the super lefty over paid train drivers #MerryChristmas I love you all
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@bcl1973
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1 year
@SkyNews You enabled this with your negative portrayal of “union barrens”
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@bcl1973
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4 months
Oh @HuwMerriman when u crossing the floor? Remove @Mark_J_Harper hand from your arse! You ain’t a puppet/parrot….. I’m told it’s imminent
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Marcus G.
4 months
Looming a bit glum there @HuwMerriman , something bothering you?
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@LBC @SangitaMyska What about the failed Brexit, the cost of living, the national strike, energy costs, Hundreds of thousands dead & mixing with Russian spies? All on his watch, he should not only be sacked m, he should be in the Tower of London
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@bcl1973
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5 years
Goodbye @VirginTrains just worked 05:51 from Holyhead to Chester for my last turn in the Virgin Red. My first time turning a wheel was from Holyhead on 04:48 on a summer morning in 2005. How time flies! #Thanks4theMemories
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@bcl1973
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3 months
Currently @ASLEFunion waiting for @RailDeliveryGrp & @transportgovuk to get a change of management
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@bcl1973
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6 months
Good Afternoon @HuwMerriman
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@bcl1973
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5 years
@UniversalORL @netflix Only as flat as your #HHN29 announcements
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@bcl1973
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7 months
It can mate & it will. 5 years without a pay rise. By your logic no one can ever earn more than £65k. You’re a fucking communist #Dickhead
@montie
Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧
7 months
Because of inflation I have sympathy for many ppl taking strike action but zero sympathy for train drivers. They are well-paid and they are greedy. The impact they are having on the country can't go on.
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@bcl1973
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10 months
Basically exposes the corrupt @RailDeliveryGrp & @transportgovuk . This whole engineered dispute has always been political & a blatant cash grab by corrupt government minsters. They’ve basically politicised & radicalised a whole industry #ASLEF & #RMT need to stand strong
@The_TUC
Trades Union Congress
10 months
BREAKING 🚨 | Plans to close hundreds of railway ticket offices in England are set to be SCRAPPED - according to BBC source. If true, huge success for the unions and campaigners involved in opposing these outrageous plans.
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@bcl1973
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5 months
#GoodMorning #GreatBritain give us a like if the Tory’s are still cunts
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@PoliticsPollss Non of the above
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@bcl1973
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4 months
@Mark_J_Harper We are #ASLEF we will outlast you Mark Harper. We see you
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@bcl1973
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6 months
#GoodAfternoon @Mark_J_Harper & @HuwMerriman I bet you are hammering the parliament bar after that shit show today? #GeneralElectionN0W #ASLEF
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@bcl1973
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8 months
@mrjamesob Start calling out Rail Delivery Group & @Mark_J_Harper for keeping the national rail dispute going when there’s absolutely no reason to not get back around the table #WheresHarper #ASLEF
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@bcl1973
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4 years
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC & we can all quite easily find what a teacher earns & what their work day consists of, they are scrutinised beyond belief, what do you earn Nicky boy?
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@bcl1973
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5 months
You slagged us off publicly nearly 2 years ago & you apologised privately just to get a shite agreement. I don’t accept your apology & I haven’t forgiven you or moved on. We go again! Solidarity with my #ASLEF comrades
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@bcl1973
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2 years
@10DowningStreet These amazing young adults achieved their results despite you & your hangers on
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