Labour’s failure to issue outright condemnation of crippling rail strikes is a national disgrace
LABOUR’S failure to issue an outright condemnation of the crippling rail strikes is a national disgrace.
But their shameful reluctance to come off the fence is no surprise when you examine how deeply they are in hock to their union paymasters.
Not only has the party gratefully pocketed some £1million over the past five years from the wreckers who will bring the country to a grinding halt.
But their own leadership is horribly compromised by union cash.
As we reveal today, sanctimonious Sir Keir Starmer has declared a £2,000 donation from Unite, which is shutting down the Tube.
His deputy Angela Rayner and shadow levelling-up secretary Lisa Nandy have stayed in hotels courtesy of union bosses.
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No wonder Ms Nandy says she is also on the rail workers’ side.
While Sir Keir sits on his hands some of his Corbynite MPs will relish a return to Seventies-style chaos.
They yearn for the dark days of industrial unrest when Marxist union barons held the country to ransom.
Don’t forget, this week-long act of deliberate union destruction will cause devastation for millions of ordinary Brits.
Think of the patients trying to get to vital treatment at hospitals, young people trying to finish crucial exams or hard-working families trying to earn a crust in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.
The unions may not care about them. But Labour don’t appear to either.
Cut 10p more off fuel
SPIRALLING fuel prices should be top of the Government’s agenda.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng’s probe into why cuts haven’t been passed on to motorists is all well and good.
His Competition and Markets Authority inquiry must report by the beginning of next month.
But by then the greediest garages could be charging £2.50 a litre.
What we need is action NOW.
The Treasury is raking in more than it did before the fuel duty cut thanks to increased VAT.
The PM should step in and slash another 10p off fuel duty with immediate effect.
Troops on burger all
THE revelation that a serving British soldier is having to work in McDonald’s to supplement his income is shocking.
Drastic cutbacks in our Armed Forces have been exposed by the war in Ukraine.
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But we need our troops properly trained and fairly paid to face an uncertain world.
This soldier should be training to fire a gun, not flip a Big Mac.