United in joy: six summers ago, that phrase summed up relations between the RMT rail workers’ union and the right wing of the Conservative Party. Their collective ambition for the UK to leave the European Union was to be realised following that famous 52:48 victory.
Now, though, in late June 2022, the Brexit bond formed in those halcyon days has unravelled. After members of the RMT voted by eight to one in favour of strike action over jobs, pay and conditions, staff at Network Rail and 13 train operators will stage 24-hour walkouts on 21, 23 and 25 June.
