Robin9 wrote:

As I've now retired, I'm not adversely affected by
this strike. I haven't a clue what it's about but I'll go
to Walthamstow Central later today. TfL were saying
yesterday that there would be no service at all on the
Victoria Line.

I think that line is the only one that's stayed closed all day. I wonder
how soon it'll reopen after the strike ends at 18:00.


One curious feature of TfL's emails about alternative
ways to travel is their failure to mention London
Overground while suggesting passengers try National
Rail services.

It's going to be interesting to see how our modest Mayor
handles this strike. As he has been campaigning for some
Southern services to be transferred to TfL with the boast
that he and TfL would have handled the dispute over DOO
far better, I do hope he will deploy his magical negotiating
skills on home ground.

Yup, he's been left on the sideline, pleading for the unions to keep
talking. Given that he's already committed to hiring more station staff,
I'm not sure what else the unions want. Or maybe they just regard a Labour
mayor as a softer target than an ideological Tory transport secretary.

We now have the curious situation of a Labour mayor condemning the strike,
while the Corbynistas are no doubt cheering the strikers on (Corbyn is
part-funded by the rail unions).