20 more with real influence: Campaigners and Lobbyists

Campaigners and Lobbyists

Bob Crow, RMT union general secretary

Bob Crow, RMT union general secretary

Tom Steinberg, MySociety, charity

Tom Steinberg, MySociety, charity

Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Transport

Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Transport

The economic circumstances of 2012 gave added impetus to a range of lobbyists and protestors, harnessing public support against cuts in spending on transport, or the need to raise additional revenue through fares rises.

RMT union general secretary Bob Crow showed his ongoing old fashioned union power to win concessions for his members through threatened and actual industrial action, notably in gaining supra-normal bonuses for rail staff working during the Olympics, but also as he positions...