There was overwhelming public support across the political spectrum for the new deal for workers. Trying to whip up a 'them and us' split between unions and the public is not going to work.
The Conservative party and their friends in the media have been in full cry since the government made an offer to train drivers last week aimed at ending two years of disruption on the railways.
Labour made no secret of its determination to bring an end to industrial action affecting the NHS, to repeal a 2016 law making it harder to strike.
Although the two disputes were entirely separate, the timing could hardly have been better as far as a badly beaten and demoralised Tory party was concerned.
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