Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 39


     
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     2   Q.   -- when there was a bit of a stir at the North London
     3        Poly.  Was that around this time or not, can you remember?
     4        A.  I do not know, sir.
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     6   Q.   There may have been more than one stir at the North London
     7        Poly, but there was one which attracted a lot of attention
     8        in the media at one time.  Can you remember whether that
     9        was around this time?
    10        A.  No, I cannot, sir.
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    12   Q.   I cannot remember the particular subject matter of it now.
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    14   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  There was an alleged fascist lecturer -- oh,
    15        student, Patrick, or self-declared fascist student -----
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    17   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Did the North London Poly have a reputation
    18        for radical politics at that time?
    19        A.  Not that I was aware of.
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    21   Q.   That was not a feature in your thinking?
    22        A.  No.
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    24   MR. MORRIS:  These leaflets which you saw in a pile that were
    25        left in pile for the crew to pick up during their break, as
    26        you said in your statement, did somebody say to you:
    27        "I think you should go in the crew room and there are some
    28        leaflets in there"?
    29        A.  No, because that morning I had an inspection from my
    30        Area Supervisor, and we had spent the previous night
    31        cleaning every single room out, getting everything ready to
    32        have a good visit.  So, as soon as I saw anything or any
    33        environment/index.html">litter or anything, I would have thrown it away.
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    35   Q.   So this insignificant incident starts developing a bit
    36        now.  The Area Supervisor, was that a planned visit or was
    37        it an unannounced visit?
    38        A.  Planned -- it was to do my audits.
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    40   Q.   Who was it, the Area Supervisor?
    41        A.  Peter Tassell.
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    43   Q.   Peter Tassell.  Everyone would know that this Supervisor
    44        was coming?
    45        A.  No, normally it would be myself and maybe one -- the
    46        night shift Manager from the previous night.  So I would
    47        give him a list of things to get cleaned up and things to
    48        sort out.
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    50   Q.   Doing an audit? 
    51        A.  Yes. 
    52 
    53   Q.   It was, what, is it a three month audit or an annual
    54        audit?
    55        A.  No, in those days it was a monthly audit where you
    56        would have a cleanliness report, like a quality report,
    57        etc. etc.
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    59   Q.   It is quite important, is it not?
    60        A.  Very important.

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