Transport Secretary Mark Harper clashed with the boss of the militant RMT union on Tuesday over who is to blame for inflicting Christmas season misery by paralysing England’s rail network.
On the first day of a series of walk-outs by train workers, the two men were embroiled in a war of words over the industrial action as many commuters struggled to get to work in freezing conditions. Mr Harper said the Government would not blink first in the “Winter of Discontent” stand-off with unions striking on the railways, the NHS and in other sectors.
