what on earth are you one about? As i have said, and will say for a final time, the role of guard is to secure the safety of the train. The pamphlet linked in the article you offered as "evidence" indicates there are 35 safety critical areas to keep the railway and travelling public safe. The guard also does many of the things show in that pamphlet in addition to those safety critical duties.
You see those additional tasks as the primary responsibility of the role. They aren't. The safety critical tasks are. Breaking up a fight is superb customer service. It is not safety critical. Dealing with flashers is not safety critical.
This really isnt a difficult concept.
I said passengers FEEL unsafe.
Are you pretending that the Union DIDN'T play on that falsehood, despite the fact they constantly harped on about it?
Do you not understand what the word SAFE means?
It certainly has nothing whatsoever about the technical competency of a member of staff, as probably less than 1 in 1,000 would even understand that.
The Unions want to pretend that trains without a second safety critical member of staff are in some way unsafe.
THAT is a downright lie.
