Several senior British Labour MPs have joined picket lines in support of the ongoing rail strike, despite warnings from Labour leader Keir Starmer’s office.
The Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers’ union (RMT) started a three-day nationwide industrial action on Tuesday. It said it wants to “shut down” the country’s railway network in what union leaders say will amount to the “biggest rail strike in modern history.”
According to UK media reports, Starmer instructed senior Labour MPs to “show leadership” by refraining from openly voicing support for the strikes, in an apparent attempt to fend off the Conservative government’s accusation that Labour is on the side of the striking workers who have caused chaos and misery for millions of commuters….