US EditionRobert Jenrick Wants Fare-Dodgers Video to 'Shame People Into Action'
- Robert Jenrick posted a video on May 29, 2025, confronting fare dodgers at Stratford station in east London on social media platform X.
- Jenrick acted due to perceived enforcement failures by TfL and police despite fare evasion costing TfL over £100 million annually and evasion rates remaining above 3%.
- The video shows Jenrick challenging people squeezing through barriers, asking if fare evasion is acceptable and urging them to pay like others while staff appeared inactive or untrained.
- The clip gained over 3.5 million views and prompted TfL to expand investigators targeting persistent evaders who aim to reduce evasion from 3.4% to 1.5% by 2030.
- Jenrick seeks authorities to enforce rules strictly and reassert societal norms, while critics deem the stunt inappropriate but acknowledge it raised public awareness of fare evasion.
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Robert Jenrick confronts TfL ‘fare dodgers’ in social media video
Robert Jenrick has released a video of himself confronting alleged fare dodgers on the London Underground, as he claimed lawbreakers are “chipping away at society”. The shadow justice secretary visited Paddington Station where he filmed several alleged fare dodgers appearing to break the law. The former Conservative leadership contender is also seen reporting a suspected fare dodger to officials, telling him: “You’re on camera, mate, you’re bang…
Jenrick’s stunts are running rings around his biggest opponent - Kemi Badenoch
Plenty of commuters dream of doling out vigilante justice to fare evaders who sneak onto buses and trains without paying.This behaviour is not only obnoxious and arrogant, it also drives up fare prices for the law-abiding majority who are forced to subsidise free transport for criminals.They may now have an unlikely champion: Robert Jenrick. The shadow Justice Secretary has taken a cameraman with him onto the London Underground and confronted yo…
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