Railway victory
Sir: Three cheers for the railwaymen. A famous victory! Or was it? Walpole said "They are ringing the bells today. They will be ringing their hands tomorrow." When the rail unions find out what their 'victory' has cost them they may well do the same. The extra £2,200,000 will have to be paid out of increased fares paid by the travelling public who are sick and tired of strikes and of the country being held to ransom. Increased fares have reached saturation point and commuters will be looking around for other means of transport. If an organisation already deeply in the red cannot offer anything else but increased fares and reduced services then the railways are on the way out. Fares going up for everyone except railwaymen who travel free. It has been truthfully said that one man's average increase is another man's redundancy and in this respect 20,000 railway jobs will be axed over the next three years to pay for the 'victory.' Of course Messrs Buckton, Greene and Coldrick will not be among the 20,000 axed; although they will no doubt shed crocodile tears for 'Brothers' Tom, Dick and Harry who are made redundant. It's a pity this country does not have a Mussolini who can make the trains run on time, make them pay and stop industrial anarchy. John S. McCowan 115 Worcester Street, Stourbridge, Worcs
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