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The Secretary of State for Transport has been joined on the fence by the Road Haulage Association on the tachograph issue. Despite a declaration that they were not fence-sitting by John Silbermann — the man likely to become national chairman next month — their uncomfortable posture is all too apparent.
Of course the RHA want to obey the law, but they do not want to alienate those of their members who are still opposed to the tachograph. Only last month Ken Rogers, the other RHA vice-chairman, appealed to "employers and employees to get together to reach agreement."
What the employers and employees want is direction from the top. If the leaders refuse to lead someone else will do it for them. Ken Rogers said if a solution was not found to the tacho impasse, -there would be no winners — in fact we will all be losers and who benefits then?"
We cannot believe that John Silbermann did not have his tongue in both cheeks as he made his "declarationwhile sitting on the fence. A needlessly painful position for cheeks in any part of the anatomy