Good morning. If you are an England fan contemplating burying your head under the duvet until Christmas after Saturday’s heartwrenching World Cup defeat, your plan has this to be said for it: those who do venture beyond their front doors look likely to be met by a picture of chaos.
After ministers yesterday rebuffed an offer by nursing unions to suspend talks in return for new pay negotiations, and with Cobra meetings due today to work through controversial contingency plans involving the military, there is little reason to expect a reprieve from planned strikes. Industrial action already underway in December among bus, rail and postal workers will intensify and broaden this week to others in the public sector including ambulance drivers, baggage handlers, and driving examiners. The result will be some of the most significant disruption to the British economy in recent memory.
