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In this week's episode, we'll be discussing the train strikes in the UK

and who is to blame,

plus Labour's Devolution Revolution.

To do this, I'm delighted to be joined by Robert Wright, the

F.T.'s transport correspondent, Andrew Bowles are north of England correspondent,

Henry Mann's political correspondent, and down the phone line Christian Walmart

who's a commentate on all things train related.

Thank you all for joining.

So this week it's been back to the 1970s for Britain and we're not talking about Europe for once.

Southern Rail which operates the very busy commuter route

between Brighton and London has been on strike over a dispute about staffing

levels on its trains. RMT, which is the Transport Trade Union, has been arguing

against proposal to remove conductors from train and give the responsibility to drivers.

So then rail say it's necessary to modernise the network and reduce costs and at the end of the day

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