disgoftunwells wrote:
On 29 May, 13:24, Tony Polson wrote:

So you want a General Strike, rather than just TfL? =A0;-)

I'm sure some legislation regarding strikes in essential services will
come in if the Conservatives win.

There'll need to be general acceptance of this

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OK, what's the USP? How will you get people to accept the inevitable
disruption that will occur, for benefits that are far from clear?


David Cameron is a master at selling things,


David Cameron is completely untested - he hasn't managed to sell
anything to anyone yet.


and in this instance he
would have the full help of Bob Crow and the RMT, who have spent much
of the last decade trying to convince the public that such legislation
is required.


If you think that there is widespread public support for such
legislation, then I think you are sadly mistaken.

There was a window of opportunity after the firemen's strike when the
public might have accepted no-strike legislation in the essential public
services - fire, police, ambulance, perhaps even the NHS. However, I'm
not sure that, even then, people would have had the stomach for seeing
such draconian legislation extended to workers in public transport. In
London, perhaps, but not nationally.