Greedy train drivers refuse 24% pay rise

And again, you fail to answer.

If you are able to get a Consultant position at a hospital in a decent area which takes at least 10 years.

A Trauma Surgeon is not going to earn vast amounts from private work. .

I did, funnily enough: rejecting pay and hours terms in a pay and hours dispute generally means they are not good enough. If in fact they only wanted, say, 10% they would be mad not to accept 24%. But once again you are certainly going to shout fake news, and I see you've stopped trying to claim you can't find cheap fares, interestingly enough I just did a little look around and found that advance fares are some of the cheapest in Europe, and that's before considering our archaic rules requiring returns for just £1 more than a single.

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No, I asked first. You come up with the evidence there is a safety problem and then we can move on to your questions.

Here's an account from an actual train driver...

That reflects his supposed individual fears, not the actual issue. The rail safety bodies and actual experience contradict those fears. There is no safety issue.

For crying out loud, this anonymous union shill's attempt to influence the travelling public' opinion is the best you can do?

Still waiting for the evidence that there is a safety issue.

Again it's great that you're such an expert on train safety.

You do keep repeating nonsense, and like to put words in the mouths of others, don't you?

I have repeatedly said that the rail industry safety bodies, whom we all rely on, are the ones that deem single man working safe, not me. I rely on those experts and trust their opinions (statutorily given), as I rely on the medical experts at my GP and local hospital.

You, by contrast, seem to be advocating reliance on the views of a single anonymous train driver, probably a union official, who has no known knowledge of the engineering and design of safety systems and has an obvious union axe to grind.

On the same basis, do you always ask to see a union member nurse rather than a fully-trained and experienced doctor when you have a medical emergency? Do you try to buy a car that has been designed and built by your local mechanic? Do you fly in planes that have been built by the local branch of the aircraft fitters' association?

Please can you name me one example of industrial action which you have supported?

Evidence that there is a safety issue.

Please will you give just one example of industrial action which you have supported?

Because they're not asking for more money... Again please explain how rejecting money is greedy?

The data quite simply shows our rail fares are the most expensive in Europe. I don't know where you've got this nonsense that returns here are cheaper... also returns here are not just £1 more than a Single. Are you telling me a return from london to manchester is just £1 more than a single?

Interesting that you've dodged the question on globalisation. Do you support it now having previously backed candidates who made opposition to globalisation the central theme of their campaign?

You seem to change your mind daily on globalisation.

Please will you give evidence that there are safety issues with one-man trains?

The unions say so, and they're infallible and never have vested interests

How about instead of incessantly rejecting answers you don't like and changing the subject to avoid having to tell the truth you actually show us your proof of safety issues, despite said concerns being totally irrelevant

Oh, and I guess full fact are peddlers of fake news as well as the times: https://fullfact.org/economy/do-uk-commuters-pay-highest-rail-fares-europe/

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So return tickets to London are £1 more than single tickets?

You don't need a degree in rocket science to do lots of well paid jobs.

I don't disagree but I doubt it's that hard to be a driver


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So return tickets to London are £1 more than single tickets?
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You brought up globalisation, not me.

Do you or do you not support globalisation? And if you do, why have you backed numerous campaigns thatso vigorously opposed globalisation?

The problem with many British workers is they are so meek. They accept pitiful raises, are happy to work unpaid overtime, etc. So I respect these drivers for actually standing up for themselves.

If you want to get on in life and are not a complete numpty, become a train driver.