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Bob Crow Has Died

WSS
WSS Posts: 25,070
edited March 2014 in Not Sports Related
Controversial figure has now died. RIP.

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  • Charlton Dan
    Charlton Dan Posts: 4,937
    Never liked him but RIP
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/59538/bob-crow#latest
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,738
    edited March 2014
    Very sad.

    As an RMT member he will be sorely missed.

    What a day.


    RIP Mr Crow.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    I am staggered at this news .. he was only just over 50 years of age .. very sad for his union membership and his family of course
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    All the trains are going to run on time as a mark of respect.
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    RIP
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    edited March 2014
    RIP, very sad, didn't agree with all his views but always liked him (in a minority on here for sure) and he always did a fantastic job for his members.
    Heard him on the radio only yesterday (a recorded lunch on the PM programme).
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    Bad news for all working class people.

    RIP
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,914
    edited March 2014
    Shit. It really is a day for owners and senior managers today. If people thought that the railways were shit now, wait until no one is in place to stop train companies speeding towards profit before safety.

    RIP Bob.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,153
    RIP. Did a good job for his members, cared about people. Sad for his colleagues and family.
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  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,446
    RIP, I'm sure his heart was always in the right place with his union members.
  • RedArmySE7
    RedArmySE7 Posts: 5,407
    Gutted
  • Lazy_eye_metaphor
    Lazy_eye_metaphor Posts: 1,959
    Not a good day if you're a Charlton fan and an RMT activist
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,032
    edited March 2014
    RIP

    Although I opposed him politically. I knew him and can confirm that away from the negotiation table he was actually good company in the pub and would talk about quite knowledgeably about football with his love of the Spanners and Dagenham.

    Can I request that the usual respect for RIP threads is shown by those who didn't like him.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    RIP, no age at all.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    blimey
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    RIP, gutted to hear this, met him many times whilst working on the underground and on quite a few ocassions since.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,169
    God, that's no age to go. Feel for his family
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,866
    Very sad and shocking. Apparently he was on Radio 4 yesterday. RIP.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Richard J said:

    RIP

    Although I opposed him politically. I knew him and can confirm that away from the negotiation table he was actually good company in the pub and would talk about quite knowledgeably about football with his love of the Spanners and Dagenham.

    Can I request that the usual respect for RIP threads is shown by those who didn't like him.

    Asked me once to get him a ticket at the Valley for a Millwall game....told him where to go (in a nice way) don't think it would have gone down to well having Bob in the Covered End.
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  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,087
    Seems very sudden. I'm shocked by this.
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,032
    Hastingsaddick said:

    Richard J said:

    RIP

    Although I opposed him politically. I knew him and can confirm that away from the negotiation table he was actually good company in the pub and would talk about quite knowledgeably about football with his love of the Spanners and Dagenham.

    Can I request that the usual respect for RIP threads is shown by those who didn't like him.

    Asked me once to get him a ticket at the Valley for a Millwall game....told him where to go (in a nice way) don't think it would have gone down to well having Bob in the Covered End.

    Unlike a lot of well known fans,he did actually attend matches regularly and watched football at grass roots level.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,362
    Always liked him. RIP
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,567
    AFKABartram said:

    blimey

    My sentiment. RIP ... Look out God, here comes Bob!

  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,167
    Probably a minutes silence on Saturday as he was a big (in more ways then one) Millwall fan.
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    We'll find out how accurately he represented the RMT membership or whether his was a cult of personality.
    One of the last of a dying breed of adversarial union leadership? Time will tell.
    A controversial character of that there is no doubt. Working class hero to some - ethically compromised pantomime villain to others, the truth, as always I suspect, lies somewhere between the two.
  • kielyskickingboots
    kielyskickingboots Posts: 564
    Very sad for the union movement and all those who believe in sticking up for the workers. I didn't always agree with his tactics (though mostly I did agree with him), but deserves respect for making sure that his members didn't constantly get stiffed by the bosses. Pity there aren't more like that.
  • Indigo Joe
    Indigo Joe Posts: 551
    R.I.P.
  • Chrispy51
    Chrispy51 Posts: 472
    To use one of his quotes when Margaret Thatcher died:

    "I wont shed one single tear over her death," he added. "She destroyed the NHS and destroyed industry in this country and as far as I'm concerned she can rot in hell."

    The feeling is mutual I am sure. He has bought London to it's knees a number of times with his union protests - which did not even have the full backing of the union members - costing the economy millions, if not billions, of pounds
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Sod his politics.

    Fifty fecking Two (gulp)

    RIP Bob.

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