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Like the good soldier he once was, Mr Alan Law has made a smart about-turn on tachographs for the second time as he prepares to march off to the obscurity of retirement four weeks from now. Behind him on the battlefield he leaves confusion and disorder.
Mr Law, who once supported the tachograph, and then became its most vehement opponent, has told his TGWU brothers they must now accept it. Mr Law appeared to be the last of the scaremongers. Others had already accepted the instrument, despite previous opposition and reservations.
It seems, however, that another trooper is stepping forward to fill the vacancy in the ranks — a Mr Hill, one of the TGWU branch chairmen in the West Midlands. He describes the feeling among the 5000 West Midland drivers as "electric"; he calls the instrument a management control tool; he argues it will cost the nation £400m.
His diatribe on BBC Radio 4 last week was emotive and not always articulate. Before the previously unheard-of Mr Hill goes too far, he should be told by Moss Evans that his 5000 electrically charged drivers represent less' than one per cent of those involved. He should be told to sit down and keep silent until he understands the facts.