1970s again? - or maybe 1984
So now the Tories resurrect the "Enemy Within" slander from the Miners' Strike."A SENIOR Tory MP has suggested that railway strikes are helping Putin because they’re “distracting” from efforts to help Ukraine.Tobias Ellwood, who serves as the chair of the Commons Defence Committee, told Sky News that unions shouldn’t be “Putin’s friend” and must now return to the negotiating table – despite the fact that the Rail Maritime and Transport union is resuming talks with Network Rail and train companies today."https://www.thenational.scot/news/20226886.tobias-ellwood-tells-unions-not-putins-friend-attacks-strikes-sky-news/#comments-anchor"“I think Russia must be enjoying this self-inflicted distraction, pleased to see that the one government in Europe that is actually standing up to Putin is completely distracted in this way.“I do hope the unions now call off the future planned strikes.”He went on: “I say to the unions, please don’t be Putin’s friend. Return to the talks today so we can get the country moving again.”"The comments below the article remind us that the Tories have the Russian links.
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