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TyskySour: Chaos On Britain’s Railways

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🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Despite what Grant Shapps might believe, London to Manchester train timetables have been cut by 66%. Can the reputation of Britain’s privatised services get any lower? Plus: Truss & Sunak take aim at solar power. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani. _________________________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 a month: https://novaramedia.com/support

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0:00.0

Welcome to Tisky Sour, where we will once again be narrating the accelerating decline

0:10.5

of everything in Britain. On this Friday night, I'm joined by Aaron Bistani, how you doing Aaron?

0:16.9

I'm doing very well, Michael. Look, some things are getting better. Tisky Sour goes

0:20.1

from strengths to strength under the Helm'smanship of Michael Walker.

0:23.3

This shows the only institution in Britain that is currently

0:26.0

I'm working as it should. I suppose also the ladies for裸sblevy.

0:28.9

But that is the theme that is running through tonight's show. Terrible leadership candidates.

0:32.8

The next Prime Minister is going to be rubbish. Everyone's on strike because their bosses can't

0:37.5

organise a piss up in a brewery. Lots to get through. Another day, another reason to conclude

0:43.4

that nothing in Britain works this week. We've already covered the catastrophe in the NHS

0:49.0

and the outrage that is our leaky privatised water system. Today's theme? Transport.

0:55.6

The RMT Union is out on strike again this time on London's underground, as well as on certain

1:01.7

rail routes across the country. Their members are demanding the right to see details of new

1:07.2

funding plans for transport for London and for assurances that jobs, pensions and working

1:12.4

conditions will be protected. There are also bus strikes happening in West London and sorry,

1:19.8

1600 unite members who work for bus operator London United are staging a 48-hour walk-out over pay.

1:27.6

They have been offered a mere 3.6% rise in 2022 and 4.2% in 2023. So a significant real-terms pay cut.

1:38.0

London United is owned by the French Transport Company RATP. Last year it made 207 million euros

1:46.3

in profit. Today's actions follow nationwide strikes on Thursday when 40,000 rail workers

1:54.0

downed tools across the country. The RMT and TSSA unions walked out and the country's rail services

2:02.2

were cut by 80%. And they'll strike again on Saturday. It's all because network rail is refusing

2:09.4

to negotiate a reasonable pay increase and the protection of working conditions. Strikes are

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