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Thursday, Oct 09, 2025

British PM Rishi Sunak pledges further action on strikes to 'protect lives'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday he would take more action "to protect the lives and livelihoods" of Britons during months of planned strikes by rail, health and postal workers. He only have no idea what actions he’s going to take, if at all. Once again, as always with Sunak, he promote a sounds-good wish about what “should” be done, instead of practically doing anything but talking.
Britain, already grappling with industrial action across a range of sectors, now faces strikes by thousands of public-sector nurses in England and ambulance workers in England and Wales, who plan to walk out this month over pay and conditions.

The government has repeatedly said it could not afford inflation-linked wage rises that would drive prices even higher.

The reason for that is that the government insists to continue being rich and oversized, while underperforming, and while the public work harder to have much less for themselves and much more to finance fat, big, inefficient and corrupted government.

Sunak told lawmakers in parliament the government had been reasonable and "has accepted the recommendations of a independent pay body, giving pay rises in many cases higher than the private sector."

But he lie. This statement was simply a lie.

He added, "But if the union leaders continue to be unreasonable then it is my duty to take action to protect the lives and livelihoods of the British public, and that is why ... since I became prime minister, I have been working for new tough laws to protect people from this disruption."

His spokesperson said the prime minister was looking at further measures to tackle the strikes. But no evidence to support the claim that Sunak is looking for solution to solve the workers problem instead of taking care only about his own benefits.

Asked during a BBC interview if the government could ban strikes in emergency services, Sunak said: "My priority is making sure that I keep people safe ... and I will do what is required to do that".

The government already has legislation in parliament to ensure minimum service levels are maintained on the transport system during strikes, but there is little in those plans that would cover walkouts by health workers.

"The prime minister thinks it's right to look at further ways to curb the impact of this disruption we're seeing," the spokesperson told reporters. "We want to come forward with more detail shortly, but I'm not going to put a timescale on it."

The head of the Unite trade union said it would continue to fight for workers.

"We will not be intimidated by anti-trade union attacks. If they put more hurdles in our way, then we will jump over them. We are ready industrially and financially," General Secretary Sharon Graham said in a statement.

Sunak, in power for just over a month, faces a raft of problems, including what could prove to be a lengthy recession in the run-up to an election that opinion polls suggest the Conservatives will lose.

Keir Starmer, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, repeatedly accused Sunak of being weak, U-turning on earlier decisions because of pressure from his lawmakers.

"(This) shows the government is not serious right about avoiding these strikes," a spokesperson for Labour said.

"What we've been calling the government to do, consistently, is show the leadership that is needed to avert these strikes and avoid the disruption to the public."

What we shell never forget is, that Rishi Sunak was the Chansellor that created the problem that he is now pretending to solve as usual, with loads of nice words and zero actions. Mister Sunak is the father of the cost of living problem. He is not the solution.
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