Disgraceful. The big fella didn't actually bring up the knuckle as far as I could tell. 
Sadly, as soon as you 'lay hands' upon a person its deemed assault up thisaways. What becomes negotiable thereafter is the degree and method of conduct/contact.
In my eye, Big Man was doing quite fine right up until the young lad was launched from the train onto the platform. Even from the 'phone footage, its obvious that the lad is going to do a face plant on the platform - and I bet thats what cooks the Big Mans goose at the end of the day, unfortunately.....
And in all honesty, I am on the side of getting the lad off the train by use of common sense. But as a nation we now have an over abundance of doogooders and 'Elf and Softy' rools and regs which decree that the police are called to deal with this at the next stop and thats where the reality falls on its face.
The Police would be either at Edinburgh Waverley or Glasgow Queen Street, both a fair distance behind the train and at least an hour, perhaps two, from attending. Jurisdictions etc are now such that the local Constabulary are no longer allowed to deal with train circumstances as its the empire of BTP.
Sadly, we now have ambulance chaser lawyer types ready to assist on a no win-no fee basis all those those who feel the world is due them a living and fek the rest of the world.
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