Why is because the abstract list of exam questions Stephen posited to Nick is on all fours with the approach and values of elitist academia.

I think it is presumptuous of Stephen to berate Nick with his list when the drivers have scarcely got back on into their busses after the stopwork meeting. If these questions were particular concerns of the drivers I'm sure they would have raised them at the meeting. Its nice of Stephen to set out his idea of what the burning issues are for Nick and the drivers, but in my expeience questions of bureaucracy and democracy in unions are only of interest to workers if they are concrete. As it stands, Stephen's list is an arid academic exercise good for little except his own amusement.

Don