Yeah, she told me the other night, the
end is not in sight at the moment. No
, but what's in sight is the prospect of some
talks next week. We'll see how we get on
with that. I'm a realist, but I'm also
an optimist. If we can get some goodwill,
we can develop a deal. But the end isn't
in sight at the moment. No, it's not
fair that they suffer and they're suffering because of the
government's inaction. The government will not allow a settlement
to this dispute to be developed with the employers.
The government sets the mandate. They've come up with
the idea of to shut every ticket office in Britain
to, to bake in disability discrimination. And they've
come up with the idea of cutting thousands of our
members jobs. So if the government can move off
that position, we can develop an agreement hopefully in
the next few weeks and we can get this action
listed. So I think the public are calling for
that. They've supported our campaigns against ticket office closures
. So it's not fair. They're the victims of
this. Our members are the victims. They lose
their pay on strike day. But it's the government
that holds the key and they've got to use that
, um, to develop a settlement as soon as
we can, they interrupt.