The political focus this morning was centred around the three days’ worth of railway disruption due to begin on Tuesday. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps joined Sophy Ridge to make the case against strike action, taking aim at the leadership of the RMT union:
Union calls for government meeting are ‘a stunt’
Sophie Raworth also interviewed Shapps, and asked him about last week’s call from the RMT to get around the negotiating table with government:
Mick Lynch – ‘We’re facing a crisis’
RMT leader Mick Lynch also joined Ridge to put forward the case for industrial action. Lynch took issue with Shapps, raising possible job cuts as a particular bone of contention:
Lynch: ‘We will continue our campaign’
He said that if no settlement was reached, then his union – and others – would be prepared to consider further action throughout the year:
Micheál Martin – Government plans for Northern Ireland would be ‘economic vandalism’
The Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin also joined Raworth to discuss the government’s latest plans for resolving the issues created by the Northern Ireland Protocol:
Lisa Nandy – Starmer as PM ‘deeply exciting’
And finally, the shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy defended her leader, Keir Starmer, against accusations that he was too dull for Downing Street:
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