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Morning everybody, welcome along. What can I say? You know when you say to somebody,

welcome along to the program, you're feeling all cheerful and then he suddenly realized it's Tuesday, June the 21st, first day of the train strike, the tube strike. Basically,

a lot of people who want loads of money. You know why they're

not going to cave in over this? Because the moment they cave in, every union under the sun will crawl

out the woodwork and go, right, we're all going on strike as well. I see the barristers have gone on

strike. You know, they want more money. Ever found a poor barrister? Me neither. Me neither. Loaded. It's like vets going on strike. Loaded. Absolutely. A poor ice cream

meant going on strike. You must be having a laugh. Having a laugh. Goodness sake, honestly.

So if they give in to the RMT and they've actually said it can keep it going till Christmas. Good.

Keep it going till Christmas. If you want, if it makes you feel happy about it because all these

people are not earning any money so you're basically you know sort of confining them to a a Christmas

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