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Tube booze binge leader exposed as a City banker; 1.Party time: Young revellers swaying on a Circle Line train 2.Drinking-up time: Alexandre Graham toasts the start of his party. He says his group left before the trouble.

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Publication Date: 03-JUN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Paul Bracchi

ONE of the organisers of the London Underground protest that descendedinto drunken chaos at the weekend is a City banker who fears losing his job asa result, it emerged yesterday.

Alexandre Graham, 26, whose group on the social website Facebook was called theCircle Line Cocktail Party, insisted last night that he had wanted only a smallprivate gathering.

But the Daily Mail understands an internal review of his conduct is under wayat the Royal Bank of Scotland.

It also emerged that internet groups behind Saturday's chaotic scenes areplanning more such 'events'. One is asking revellers to gather again in HydePark, urging them: 'Let's keep the party happening'.

A string of Facebook groups were involved in the mass 'drink-in' in the finalhours before London Mayor Boris Johnson's ban on alcohol on public transportcame into force.

It degenerated into shocking scenes of drunken violence and vandalism.

Seventeen people were arrested, seven Tube staff and two police officersassaulted, six stations closed and several trains...

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