The Sun apologises to Bob Crow
The Sun has this tucked away on their website, published on Thursday:
An article on 15 September reported RMT General Secretary Bob Crow had a union-subsidised home and luxury car.
In fact, Mr Crow’s home has never been subsidised by the union and he does not own a car, union or otherwise, and champions public transport.
We are happy to set the record straight and apologise to Mr Crow.
Let’s hope there was a massive legal bill for the Sun too.
via Tom Miller
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Expect more private companies run by meglomaniacs doing the dirty work for a favoured government.
But that is liberty
So he might not have a union subsidised home or car, but neither does he pay much for them. His house is a housing association property when he can afford a normal house on his salary of around £95k. He claims his travel costs on expenses – to the tune of over £2k last year. His total renumeration package in 2009 was £145,548 with his basic salary a 12% increase on the previous year – when most of his members in the RMT where on low single digit pay rises. Not really fair is it?
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How much does the editor of the Sun earn from hard-workin’ taxpayin’ Sun readers? And for that matter how much tax does The Sun’s parent company pay in the UK? (Clue to the 2nd question: it’s close to £0 p/a).
What Bob Crow earns or not is not an excuse for the vile hateful Scum to print lies for political gain.
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Market forces old boy it’s the going rate for the job? Or is that only appropriate to bankers?
I thought LibCon disapproved of our draconian anti-democratic libel laws? Did I miss a memo?
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