Cost of living is much higher, what looks like a well paid job in the north isn't when a house costs half a million pounds. The rail unions have a stronger hand in London as well, it's a massive issue if they strike, the rest of the country doesn't have that sort of reliance on public transport.dynamiteReady wrote:Why have the transport unions in the South East been so quick to call strikes under the Tories? To me, it felt as though this trend of tube strikes started under Boris Johnson's time in the mayor's office. This TFL tube strike on Monday is going to be hellish. Couple that with all the issues with Southern Rail, Thameslink... All this, and tbh, I have no idea what's going on in the rest of the country. What's the key here? Underinvestment, or an unheralded rise in demand?
Yossarian wrote:
dynamiteReady wrote:Did anyone read that passing story about Corbyn officially supporting Brexit?
Childintime wrote:Nothing earth shattering here, but a nice summation of some issues in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/10/blunt-heckler-economists-failing-us-booming-britain-gdp-london
Diluted Dante wrote:I'm going to have to ask for a source on that, because I can find nothing to suggest this.dynamiteReady wrote:Did anyone read that passing story about Corbyn officially supporting Brexit?
Jeremy Corbyn will use his first speech of 2017 to claim
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Corbyn will lay into
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Corbyn will also say, however
Diluted Dante wrote:Happens all the time, they release the transcript to the media in the morning.
Yossarian wrote:
poprock wrote:This is just uninformed opinion, but … I reckon the problems with the UK transport system stem from privatisation. Our transport network is just not able to turn a sustainable profit while also providing a good service (and treating staff fairly) – which is why it should never have been privatised.
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