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THE ASLEF driver found in the Queen's bedroom had been hiding under the floorboards since 1974, it was revealed last night.
In the latest shock disclosure to the Commons, Home Secretary William Whitelaw said that teams of highly trained anti-terrorist police had seen the man on a number of occasions when searching the royal apartment for drugs, but had assumed he was an electrician and brought him cups of tea. The scandal has rocked the British Constitution to its foundations.
The revelations continue to appear. A shocked Cabinet has learned that almost every time the Queen has shown her face out of doors she has been openly stared at by a variety of common working people, with dirty occupations.
In future, the Home Secretary said last night, there would be security vetting of everyone wanting to watch royal processions.
An American tourist who photographed Buckingham Palace yesterday was shot dead by Guardsmen who said they had been ordered to fire at anyone showing an 'unusual' interest in the Palace.
A special legal commission headed by Lord Denning is drafting new legislation under which royal intruders can be charged. They are devising a- retrospective Royal Familiarity (Defence of the Realm) Act which will carry a 12-year sentence.
The first person to be charged under it is the Queen's chambermaid, who was arrested after the Queen told luncheon guests that she had burst out: "Ee up mum, what's young bugger doing in t'fucking floorboards"
It was revealed exclusively in this paper last week that the man was an ASLEF member. "I was asking her advice about whether I should accept flexible rosters" , he told Socialist Organiser. "I wanted to know what she felt about me having my sleep fucked up".
It has now emerged that the man has been under the floorboards for eight years since police were first alerted. He waited until night to come out, but otherwise his only contact with the out. side world was through the Queen's private detective, who took betting slips to the bookies for him.
Eight years
Sir Peter Parker, head of British Rail, said that it showed that ASLEF drivers were not doing enough time on the trains if they were able to spend eight years
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Socialist Organiser, Thursday 22 July, 1982 can stil win By Martin orke