Just because you despise someone doesn’t mean you want them dead.

So I’m genuinely sad about the sudden death of Bob Crow. But I’d be a hypocrite if I pretended I didn’t loathe him. I detested the misery he inflicted on the lives and livelihoods of innocent people by regularly calling tube strikes. There’s nothing socialist about deliberately hurting other workers, who rely on public transport, in greedy pursuit of even more money and protection for a small and privileged elite. But obviously I didn’t want him to die and I feel enormous sympathy for his family and friends. Apparently, when he wasn’t calling people out on strike, Bob Crow was great company and had a wicked sense of humour. So I’m sure he’d have appreciated this.