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Labour Party leaders have been repeating Keir Starmer’s claim that they have changed Labour “from a party of protest to a party of public service”. “Party of government” is another favourite. They want to be, not representatives of the working class, the class which protests against exploitation and lack of social provision, but alternative managers of the private-profit capitalist system.
The New Year has not stopped old strikes. From today, the Aslef union representing train drivers is staging a rolling series of strikes between now and February 5, with a nine-day ban on overtime. Sixteen train operators will be affected, with most facing a single day of total shut-down. Because these will vary across the country, they will result in maximum disruption to travellers with a minimum of loss to the strikers.