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Bob Crow in quotes

Tuesday 11 March 2014 14:31 GMT

Bob Crow (JeremySelwyn)

Bob Crow in quotes

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Bob Crow in quotes

Defending himself after being questioned for a trip to Brazil while living in a council-subsidised house

"If I want to spend £10,000 on a car, or £10,000 on a holiday, or £10,000 on cigarettes, that's up to me. What do you want me to do, sit under a tree and read books of Karl Marx every day?"

JeremySelwyn

Bob Crow in quotes

Criticising Conservative government

"Companies promise the earth, jack up fares and slash jobs and services in a drive for profits, and if the numbers don't stack up, they throw back the keys and expect the public sector to pick up the pieces"

Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

Bob Crow in quotes

In defence of his living arrangements despite his £145,000 salary

"I was born in a council house, as far as I’m concerned I will die in one"

Edmond Terakopian/PA Wire

Bob Crow in quotes

On Margaret Thatcher's death

"I won’t shed one single tear over her death. She destroyed the NHS and destroyed industry in this country and as far as I'm concerned she can rot in hell"

Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Bob Crow in quotes

On outsourcing to China

"If you have robots build cars, how are robots going to buy them?"

Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Bob Crow in quotes

On negotiating with Boris Johnson

"You keep telling us it’s an open door, but it’s a revolving door, we keep on coming out the same side we come in"

Fiona Hanson/PA Wire

Bob Crow in quotes

On MPs’ pay

"I do believe that the MPs should be paid adequately because what you will get, in my view, is a lot of people not going into parliament because they'll say that we're going to lose out. I want my MP, particularly those who don't live in London who've got to travel down into work in London, to have decent accommodation to go home to. I want them to have a proper meal, I don't want them to scramble around the place"

Johnny Green/PA Wire

Bob Crow in quotes

When asked about running for re-election in 2016

"I'm not going to be hanging around for ever. I won't be one of these people like Lenin in a mausoleum"

Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Bob Crow in quotes

Crow’s depiction of negotiations with LUL before the Tube strikes in February 2014

"It’s an ultimatum by LUL (London Underground Limited); it’s like Henry Ford saying you can have any colour you want as long as it’s black"

Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Bob Crow in quotes

Crow’s views on former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s tenure were highly critical

"He squandered a massive landslide from an electorate hungry for change, poured billions of public pounds into private pockets and accelerated the growing gap between rich and poor"

Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

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