General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Such is life unfortunately, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer

But looking at this rail strike which began today, to me it is obvious that this strike is mainly 'political' and I think it is the government who are making it political, because they are banging on about outdated working practises which need reforming, which in other words means that the government want to get rid of an awful lot of rail workers, and this is what this is all about, the government have already said that they want every single railway ticket office closed in the country, and replaced by ticket machines, and so I think that the government are chomping at the bit to have a go at the unions, and vice versa, the unions are wanting to have a go at the government.

But I don't know if we are back in the 1970s or are we back in the 1980s