London's tube strike is being driven by greed

You almost have to admire the RMT – they are a trade union from central casting. From Bob Crow to Mick Lynch, their leaders have been the baldest, the bolshiest and the most Bolshevik of the lot – and, credit where it’s due, the most effective. How else can you explain the insanity of a tube driver in London earning about £64,000 a year for a job that could be automated at a stroke?

We shouldn’t be surprised that the RMT is rolling the dice on industrial action next month

Into this madness, step forward Eddie Dempsey. Younger and less follically challenged than his predecessors, he nonetheless shares their appetite for downing tools. The RMT has now announced that London Underground workers are to stage a series of rolling strikes over pay and conditions in September – including, for a t