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Food In The Cab

We think management may be planning to install minibars in drivers' cabs. Stands to reason, since their 'top form' booklet recommends having the following with you in the cab - water, orange juice, coffee or tea, bananas, low-fat low-sugar cereal bars, cheese/tuna/turkey/salmon/peanut butter...

Six degrees to ruin the planet

Six degrees of global warming will effectively ruin the planet. That’s the message in Mark Lynas’ new book, Six degrees: our future on a hotter planet.

Basing himself on scores of scientific papers, Lynas does a good job in describing the likely consequences of global warming.

At 1°C warming...

Want To Take Over Metronet? Have A Billion Quid.

The PPP Arbiter (excuse us, but who elected you?!) has ruled that TfL can be held liable for half of Metronet's overspend, and therefore any new bidder for the Infraco contracts can expect a £1bn handout from TfL. This simultaneously makes it harder for TfL to make its bid, and far easier and more...

SPADs? Concentrate!

As we know, management are constantly figuring out way of reducing SPADs. They have expert analysts on the case, and no stone is left unturned in their efforts to deploy the latest scientific strategies. So a prize for innovation, please, to Bakerloo line management, for coming up with this...

That's Magic

Traffic Circular 38 contained a rather odd recruitment advert. Service Controllers wanted, should have a 'bit of magic' and the ability to 'make problems disappear'!

Could this be an admission by management that mere Muggles can not operate their system? Could that be because of impractical...

A virtual picket line - a first in labour history

I have been on many picket lines in my time but until today they have all taken place in the real world. Today saw the first ever strike and picket to take place in virtual reality. Second Life allows you to create a virtual person (or avatar) and go around doing the sorts of things you supposedly...

SWP volte-face on academic boycott of Israel?

SWP chief mandarin Alex Callinicos has written a rather surprising volte-face on the Israel boycott debate in the UCU lecturers union.

In the latest Socialist Worker his assessment is a) much of the left opposes the boycott b) a membership ballot on the issue (proposed by general secretary Sally...

No Deadman, No Driver

The Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and the District line's Wimbledon branch have come to a halt this evening as drivers refuse to go along with management's wish to operate trains that may be fatally unsafe.

'C' Stock trains seem to have a problem with the 'deadman's handle', the kit that...

Congestion Crisis - But What Do Management Care?

King's Cross station closed due to overcrowding in the middle of the evening rush hour on the night that Arsenal played Newcastle. Euston became packed with their traffic so had to close as well. Fuming passengers took their aggression out on staff, refusing to evacuate, saying we 'don't deserve our...

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