Been surprised by the lack of support for trades unions. I didn't think it was a political problem, it always seemed to me to be a business problem and the objective I had assumed of both management and the unions was to make the business bigger and better.

I may be naive in hoping that the rail strikes end and the railway workers can sort out their differences. I think the unions know that their industry is in big trouble and that trouble is systemic rather than a short term problem of the level of pay. Media just love a row, and anything that causes trouble for the government of the day is meat and drink to them. It isn't helping and we should be much more concerned about the work from home attitude that seems to be very firmly entrenched. city centres are dying and this suits the Green agenda.