The prospect of misery in mid-summer as Britain stops amid a crippling series of rail strikes is the main story for most newspapers on Tuesday.
“Britain is in the buffer,” the Times headline said, adding that although the strikes are scheduled for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, they are likely to disrupt the whole week due to schedule disruptions.
The front page of the Times on Tuesday
The Guardian’s leading story is entitled “THE EXAMINATION ignites a railway dispute threatening a strikebreaker” with a report that Boris Johnson is preparing to recruit temporary agency staff to use them as strikebreakers.
Front page of the Guardian
Along with other headlines, the paper also reported on Johnson’s comments that public sector workers must exercise restraint in their demands for wages to curb inflation, contrary to what he said earlier this year about the desire for “economy.” with high salaries. “
The Telegraph treats this angle a little differently in its leading story, entitled “PM: Trade Unions Harm Those They Need to Help.”
The angle is similar for Express, which also underscores the prime minister’s comments on the payment after the RMT Railways Union rejected the 3% pay offer. “Boris: it’s time for ‘reasonable’ pay-as-you-go deals to ease the cost of CISIS,” he said.
The Financial Times reports concerns in the business community that strikes could derail the economy. “Businesses are afraid of the cost of the rail strike as prospects for more departures increase,” it said.
Mail likens stopping pandemic blockages to saying that the hospitality sector is worried it could cost companies £ 1 billion in lost revenue. “The strike is a £ 1 billion blockade for Britain,” reads the headline.
The mirror expands things only from the railways to paint a picture of a country with problems in all modes of transport. The words “Airplanes, trains and cars” are listed on the first page with the words “crisis” on each of them, as there are reports of flight cancellations, railway stops and another increase in petrol prices. It says Transport Secretary Grant Shaps “has not moved a finger” to try to resolve the railroad dispute.
The strike means Metro’s free sheet is unlikely to reach many travelers this week and reports that “Everything is a bit locomotive”, while London’s free City AM says “Canceled”.
I said he had learned that the government, in contrast to its calls to limit public sector pay, had asked ministers to lift restrictions on “the highest pay in the city” to show high-flying people abroad ” the benefits of Brexit. “
The first page of i
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