Very true, and what is Scargill doing now? Is he representing another union or is he doing what he is renowned for: just stirring it up?
What age is that it appears I haven’t reached it yet .
Only on buses - not on trains.
You can buy railcards which give a third off the fare - but - you would have to make an awful lot of train journeys to justify the expence of the card!
True and you can only use it within certain times .
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True. Marge and I have decided that if they are still striking in September, we’ll take a coach to Londonistan to connect with Eurostar.
The coach companies will make more money and holidaymakers will be happier.
The only worry is whether the rail companies (or our holiday insurance) will refund the money we have already paid to travel down there.
Or both? !!!
Here in London there are a thousand tube stations, plus network south east taking us on crossrail out to Reading on Thames.
Cor strewth, they really are unbelievable. That link didn’t work, so I googled it, hope this one works for peeps who are interested in reading it:
But they’re not just striking over pay, it’s the working conditions, changing contracts and pensions, there’s also the safety of the rail users due to cutting back on maintenance staff and using unskilled and poorly trained workers taking over their roles…
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@JBR , Maybe indeed, but one should not equate miners with train
drivers imo?
Miners actually worked, and in extremely dangerous enviroment both
to their long term health and to their immediate safety , the miners quite
deserved all they could get imo ??
The average life span of a miner then was about 48 yrs if l remember
correctly, this alone is surely worth a premium ??
Donkeyman ! 
Because they want to retain their disposable income in the face of a 10%+ inflation rate and the way that MP’s plus others are riding roughshod over the constraints they are being told they must abide by.
Well they shouldn’t price themselves out of the market then!
Perhaps we should quickly train up all those illegal immigrants. They’ll work for peanuts!
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In the old days, grease their palm with copper would keep them quiet.
Yeah must be hard doing a 4 day week, getting paid for 5 and then overtime on top 
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It’s now Royal Reading upon Thames, don’t you know!
On the Elizabeth Line.
My parents used to live there and I use to spend some of my leave there back in the dark ages, it was a tip then and apparently still is 
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I couldn’t agree more. I used to take my class to a local mining museum as we had a local industry topic. After I retired, I took the trouble to add to what knowledge I had picked up there and returned to assist with other visits (some from abroad), so I can well appreciate what coal miners had to put up with, including the very relevant dangers even in modern times.
Yes, the miners deserved to be paid more as they were not only very hard workers, but also very skilled too.
However, as I mentioned, Scargill’s activities prompted Maggie to close down the least productive pits at first and then, as things continued, eventually all of them. I don’t think Scargill actually did the miners any favours. They could, instead, have discussed what was available and asked for more money for good reasons without trying to dictate. In cutting off coal production for such a long time, people began to make use of alternative fuels which didn’t help.
But aren’t we all? Sadly, we pensioners cannot go on strike!
Perhaps “Reading on Thames” makes it sound posher!