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Old 08-05-2008, 14:09   #146
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Re: Boris Johnson wins London mayoral race

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Originally Posted by Gavin View Post
The poor sod is getting slaughtered left, right and centre for his first policy. Its all rather personal. The unions are complaining that staff now have to confront people drinking, but wouldn't they have to if passengers were smoking, trashing the carriages or otherwise being anti-social? I think they are jumping on him because:
I have a friend who is a bus driver. The problem with confronting drunks (and I suspect the reason for the complaints) is that drunks can turn violent very easily. He himself got threatened with a kicking because he woke up a drunk when the bus had terminated and gone back to the garage.
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