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@JayUTV @piersmorgan Amazing ... Comment made my day

Hi Ellen, nice to hear from you. Here's the transcript of our interview, which shows I did no such thing. And you ended it by telling me: 'You're good at this, you know? And you do it with such a light, easy way. This was wonderful.' Keep it truthful, huh? transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/11…

@Lumixrobins @YouTube @RCGFRFI @MartinRCGP @MrTopple @PriorConstruct @iMichaeGove @theRCN Shocking that he can give his buddies a big pay rise... Money was there for that....

One per cent pay rise for NHS staff is all we can manage, says Boris Joh... youtu.be/UpRBKNhqjV8 via @YouTube i open my lips and you hear my truths #boristhespaffer @RCGFRFI @MartinRCGP @MrTopple @PriorConstruct @iMichaeGove @bus_too @theRCN

@comadad @TfL @unitetheunion A driver at my garage told my manager he needs to be furloughed because his wife has a condition. He was then told to change jobs or stay somewhere else during pandemic. Millage over lives...

Q for @TFL Bus Drivers (& @unitetheunion): Do 'verbal assurances' given in 'conference calls' from Bus Operators give you confidence that they're implementing the Commissioner's 'urge' that they 'furlough shielding staff & staff living w those shielding'? So: NOTHING IN WRITING

78 TfL workers have tragically died from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. 13 of those worked on Tube and rail trains, at least 42 were bus drivers. When is someone going to step in and stop extended hrs of work @comadad @SadiqKhan @TfL @BBCTomEdwards @unitetheunion

#StopKillingBusDrivers #StopKillingBusDrivers "What have London’s Bus Drivers Learned from the #COVID19 Pandemic?" Guest Blog by @TfL Bus Driver C19 saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2021/01/stopki… @MalLunam @therealdojj @spencersuckling @bus_too @BusDrivingMiss @LeeOdams @BusSafetyRep @BussesJames

@EndUKLockdown1 @uklockdown @TfL @BTP @SadiqKhan @BBCTomEdwards @comadad If you sneeze then it stops on the face shield. I also seen a lady wearing like a plastic shield over her nose and mouth. She had an exempt badge on. Thought that looked pretty kl... Masks and face shields stop things coming out, won't save you breathing it in

@EndUKLockdown1 @uklockdown @TfL @BTP @SadiqKhan @BBCTomEdwards @comadad Actually there is an alternative, face shields. I'm one of the except but I still wear a mask. Plus a lot of people exploit this. During the war and Spanish flu people wore masks even if they had illnesses. Personally if u can't wear a mask, wear a face shield.

@BBCTomEdwards Yep don't listen to what @TfL and @SadiqKhan posts. They only post pictures from stations that are not busy. My bus is always full...

EXC: Tube drivers getting increasingly concerned at number of travellers. This footage sent to me was Canning Town first thing.

@therealdojj @comadad @H_S_E @BusSafetyRep @skinnerzboy @MalLunam @spencersuckling @wimbledonmac @LeeOdams @seanhoyle1 @RMT_SW_SWales @WKennyGMB @BWTUC @pedalmeapp @TootlestheTaxi @MamaMoose_Be Had two in my garage.

#StopKillingBusDrivers @H_S_E Questionnaire re Driving Safely for Work will be used to update Guidance @BusSafetyRep @therealdojj @skinnerzboy @MalLunam @spencersuckling @wimbledonmac @LeeOdams @seanhoyle1 @RMT_SW_SWales @WKennyGMB @BWTUC @pedalmeapp @TootlestheTaxi @MamaMoose_Be

Totally unacceptable. Bus drivers should not be treated like this. @tfl @SadiqKhan The issues, risks and solutions are known. Bus drivers should not be at risk of dying for going to work. Too late Too litle Too stupid to learn????

@unitetheunion are you ever going to step in and help us? Or should all bus drivers take thing into our own hands and walk out? @comadad @BBCTomEdwards

@BBCTomEdwards 2 more today in my garage. Lack of any support and the fact that duties with 4 hour breaks are forcing us to sit around the garage... We already are begging our garage to issue out straight through jobs just so we don't sit around the garage

NEW: Tfl says 57 staff have died due to covid during the pandemic.

@BBCTomEdwards No one checks buses. I have been driving through this pandemic and not once my bus has been checked. Yes I drive through busy areas in central. I got spat on 3 times already just because I asked them to put their mask on. 2 death in my garage now.More around London. Tfl dnt care

Tfl says it has stopped 127,000 from getting on public transport without masks and given out 1,600 fines.

NEW: Bus drivers say Tfl & bus companies are putting “miles over lives” & are they’re being treated as collateral damage. Lack of mask enforcement also causing anger. More 1830 BBC1 @BBCLondonNews

@MayorofLondon @BBCNews People are not listening. This was a Saturday afternoon in Shoreditch (I was at work)

The reason I have declared a major incident in London is because the virus is out of control. Londoners should stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives. @BBCNews

@SteveMothersole @unitetheunion @TfL @comadad Unite need to step in. In my garage alone we are starting to have more accidents due to fatigue

From follower: I'm too tired to continue driving. My time on duty is just over 11hr. I'm on my 6th day and still 1 day to go. Spoke to my manager and I will be getting a disciplinary for going sick on duty @unitetheunion when are we going to reduce those hours? @TfL @comadad

Another message from the same user. "When I confronted my area manager about the hours, she laughed and said, it's not cost effective and will cost the company more money to shorten the duties" Sorry but that makes my blood boil 🤬

@comadad @TfL @SadiqKhan @Heidi_LDN @unitetheunion @UKLabour @CityHallLabour @LenMcCluskey Brushed under the carpet because it would lower the profits for these companies.

@bus_too @TfL @SadiqKhan @Heidi_LDN Didn't @unitetheunion make a lot of noise about Fatigue in February? What happened to that Campaign? Unite donates a lot of money to @UKLabour so I'd take up your justified fatigue concerns w @CityHallLabour @SadiqKhan & @LenMcCluskey & ask them: WTF Happened to Fatigue Campaign?

11.5hrs @ work for 7 days in a row, Why is @TfL and @SadiqKhan allowing this. Though u r fighting fatigue. I have a life outside of work. With 2 kids my day is at least 15hrs. Hardly any time 2 sleep. I love my job, but private companies are making it difficult to enjoy @comadad

@peterbrownbarra @BCCletts @TfL @SadiqKhan @comadad True. But they get around it by just giving us longer breaks in duties. My duty has a 2hr break. Why... I'm just sitting around the garage. That's not resting. Union does nothing about it because it's within the driving regulations. Our ticket machines record driving hours.

@bus_too @BCCletts @TfL @SadiqKhan @comadad Well if you were on a tacho there is no way round it.

@peterbrownbarra @BCCletts @TfL @SadiqKhan @comadad I agree... But the way they will explain "you're only working 5 days in a week". They fail to explain that you will be working 7 days straight. But according to them, only 5 days and 2 days in a new week. That's how they can get around it.

@bus_too @BCCletts @TfL @SadiqKhan @comadad This must be illegal under the working time regulations and also under drivers hours regulations?