My campaigning hit a raw nerve today.
Some jobsworth from South Eastern Trains reprimanded me for canvassing voters outside Folkestone Central Railway this evening.
Moved me along 100 yards down the pavement for allegedly obstructing railway property.
Never mind my Election Address was giving the High Speed Service to London top billing and free publicity
Never mind that Democracy is the Guardian of all our freedoms.
Never mind I was actually talking to a friend when hounded on my way.
Never mind that the British Public own the Railways.
Socialism on the Railways it appears must be countered at any cost.
A Labour Candidate canvassing rail passengers. Heaven Forbid!
Long gone the days of the friendly and helpful staff of British Rail.
Company man now must pursue the ruthless goal of profit with an iron will.
Coming less than a week since the Ticket Kiosk was closed and heavy handed Revenue Enforcement Officers demanded I use an automated ticket machine rather than buy a ticket on the train the Re-Nationalisation of the Railways can’t come a day too soon.
The Tories sold off BR ,so they said, to end restrictive practices and introduce competition just forgetting to mention service to the travelling public would be sent down the track and corporate officiousness become the norm.
Donald Worsley 4th May 2010
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Quite right too.
A friend of mine is being prosecuted by Southern Railways for the fact that the sheer volume of commuters on a too-short train pushed him into a FIRST CLASS overcrowded corridor where he still had no seat and was crushed to within an inch of his life whilst being threatened by an obnoxious ticket collector who threatened to break his camera, despite Chris possessing a gold card and offering to pay extra for the privilege of standing in these little better than Nazi death camp transport conditions.
I said he should let them take him to court and expose how they drive a coach and horses through every aspect of health and safety and customer care, whilst charging customers through the nose for the privilege (and he's an ex journalist so could get lots of publicity for his case!)
About time these a-holes were given a run for their money anyway.
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