DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
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Well that's it for another year. April 1 has come and gone not with a bang but a whimper.
Okay, can we come to a consensus on this? Is April Fools Day not now officially redundant?
The merry spirit of pranksterism and mirth-filled mischief that pervaded for so long has been replaced with sneeringly patronising pap.
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