Oh Sadiq Khan. The mayor of London was swept to office back in 2016 on a wave of Labour optimism about their plans for the great metropolis. One of his main pledges was for ‘zero days of strikes’ as ‘every day there’s a strike, it causes huge misery and inconvenience to Londoners.’ Khan claimed, prior to his election, that walkouts were ‘a sign of failure’ and that ‘as mayor, what I’d do is roll up my sleeves and make sure that I’m talking to everyone who runs public transport to make sure there are zero days of strikes.’
Fast forward to 2022 and a very different picture emerges. For this week’s industrial action by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) trade union means that Khan has now overseen more tube strikes than the previous two London mayors combined. Yesterday’s walkout by Transport for London (TfL) workers was the 52nd day of industrial action since Khan was first elected to City Hall. In
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