The BBC news carried an interview with a 'yes' voting CC who expressed the view that the timing and duration of the strike came as a surprise. No matter what else, an 80% turnout and 92% sends a message to the mangement: only problem is they will know it already ! I think its a
PR disaster for the union and, speaking as someone born in Liverpool 14 with strong memories of the 1970's industrial debacles, your union leader needs to loose that accent he shares with me.