Empty hall: Sunak’s party conference speech hit by rail strike
Once again, the decrepitude of Britain’s railways comes back to bite the PM.
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Once again, the decrepitude of Britain’s railways comes back to bite the PM.
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The single biggest day of industrial action in over a decade took place in Britain on Wednesday.
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There is a lot more wrong with Britain’s railway system than just union militancy. But the government has neither the imagination nor the shelf life to do anything radical about it.
Today’s rail strike is the first of eight planned days of disruption, with the chaos set to ensue for almost a month.
The Tories and Labour will be hurt by the mass walk-outs creating havoc over the next few weeks in the run-up to Christmas.
Transport expert Christian Wolmar warns of the worst rail crisis since privatisation if managers and unions don’t get their act together.
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