Are you sure Angela? Rayner under ²ò¸Û¤¹¤ë¡¿Ë¤²Ð¡¿¼Í·â for ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëing À¯ÉÜ has overseen 'more strikes than at any time before' when ¸ø¼°¤Î¡¿Ìò¿Í stats show there were more days lost to »º¶È¤Î ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ® under a previous ϫƯ À¯ÉÜ (and Margaret Thatcher!)
Angela Rayner raised eyebrows today as she ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd there has been more strikes 'than at any time before' under the ¸½ºß¤Î Tory À¯ÉÜ.
ϫƯ's under-°µÎÏ Éû leader made the ȯ¸À¡¿½Ò¤Ù¤ë as she kicked off Éû ÁíÍýÂç¿Ãs Questions in the ¤¢¤ê¤Õ¤ì¤¿s this afternoon.
It ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à as her Tory opposite number Oliver Dowden ¡Ê·º»ö¡ËÈï¹ð ϫƯ of wanting to 'Çѻߤ¹¤ë every Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È ÊݼéŪ¤Ê Ëǰסʤ¹¤ë¡Ë union ˡΧ' within 100 days of winning the next Áªµó, ʤ¤¦ing the way for 'French-style wildcat strikes.'
She Åú¤¨¤ë¡¿±þ¤¸¤ëd to the ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë by Àâ:??We have had more strikes under this À¯ÉÜ¡ Çs watch than at any time before.'
Ms Rayner's ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë À¼ÌÀ is true, but it does not tell the whole story. ¿Íʪ¡¿»Ñ¡¿¿ô»ús from the Office for ¹ñ²È¤Î Åý·×¡Ê³Ø¡Ë (ONS) show that at the ĺÅÀ¡Ê¤Ë㤹¤ë¡Ë in March 2023 there were almost 700 Ää»ßs taking place across the UK.?
This was almost twice the next highest total in the summer of 1970 and the highest since µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ës began in 1931.
However, when you compare this to the actual ¾×·â of strikes, it fades into insignificance compared to historical strike ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ®.
ONS data shows that by far the most number of working days lost to ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ® took place during the General Strike in 1926, followed by the ±Æ¶Á of the First World War.
More recently there were fare more working days lost during the ϫƯ À¯ÉÜ of Ian Callaghan in the late 1970s, ´Þ¤àing the 1979 Winter of Discontent, followed by 1984, when Margaret Thatcher was in ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶â for the ¹ÛÉ×'s Strike.
ϫƯ's under-°µÎÏ Éû leader made the ȯ¸À¡¿½Ò¤Ù¤ë as she kicked off Éû ÁíÍýÂç¿Ãs Questions in the ¤¢¤ê¤Õ¤ì¤¿s this afternoon.
ONS data shows that by far the most number of working days lost to »º¶È¤Î ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ® took place during the General Strike in 1926, followed by the ±Æ¶Á of the First World War.
More recently there were fare more working days lost during the ϫƯ À¯ÉÜ of Ian Callaghan in the late 1970s, ´Þ¤àing the 1979 Winter of Discontent, followed by 1984, when Margaret Thatcher was in ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶â for the ¹ÛÉ×'s Strike (pictured).
Ms?Rayner mocked Rishi Sunak's ¹â¤µ today as she ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à under °µÎÏ over her historic ½»Âð ¼ê¤Ï¤º¡¿½àÈ÷ at Éû ÁíÍýÂç¿Ã's Questions.
The ϫƯ Éû leader ¹¶·â¤¹¤ëd out as she ľÌ̤¹¤ëd jibes from Éû ÁíÍýÂç¿Ã Oliver Dowden and other Tory MPs in the ¤¢¤ê¤Õ¤ì¤¿s, as they stood in for Mr Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer.
Ms Rayner is ¸ºß Ä´ºº¡¿Áܺº¤¹¤ëd by Greater Manchester Police over whether she Àµ³Î¤Ë ÅÐÏ¿¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd to Åêɼ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë at her main home almost a £±£°Ç¯´Ö ago, ¤Þ¤Ã¤¿¤ÀÃæ¤Ë ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës that she lived ¤É¤³¤«¤è¤½¤Ç with her husband.
She ¼è¤êÁȤàd the »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ë Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë-on at the start of DPMQs, using it as a way to attack the À¯ÉÜ over leasehold ²þ³×¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë.
But she later went on the ÉÔ²÷¤Ê¡¿¹¶·â with an attack on the PM, who is in Germany »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ëing ²ñÃÌ with ¡Ê¥É¥¤¥Ä¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë¼óÁê¡¿¡ÊÂç³Ø¤Î¡Ë³ØĹ Olaf Scholz.
¸ÀµÚ¡¿´ØÏ¢ing Mr Sunak's ¼¿¦ in 2022 which is seen as having precipitated the end of Boris Johnson's ¼óÁê¤Î¿¦, she said the Tories?had swapped 'their biggest Áªµó ¾¡Íø¼Ô for a pint-sized loser'.
Mr Dowden È¿ÂФ¹¤ëd the jibes by ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ëing the '¸¢Íø honourable landlady' should step É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë, Äɲ乤ëing the ϫƯ MP might start ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëing the House of ¤¢¤ê¤Õ¤ì¤¿s as her ¼çÍפʡ¿Ä¹¡¿¼çÈÈ ½»µï if the pair were Í׵᤹¤ëd to deputise again at ÁíÍýÂç¿Ã's Questions.?
The PM? is in Germany »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ëing ²ñÃÌ with ¡Ê¥É¥¤¥Ä¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë¼óÁê¡¿¡ÊÂç³Ø¤Î¡Ë³ØĹ Olaf Scholz and to ²ñ¹ç¡¤²ñ¤¦ UK ʼ»Îs based in the country (pictured)
Mr Dowden replied: 'To begin with it, is a ³Ú¤·¤ß to have another ¸òή with (Ms Rayner) in this House, our fifth in 12 months, anymore of these and she'll be ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëing it as her ¼çÍפʡ¿Ä¹¡¿¼çÈÈ ½»µï.'
With Mr Sunak in Berlin, Ms Rayner and Éû ÁíÍýÂç¿Ã Mr Dowden took centre ¹Ô¤¦¡¿³«ºÅ¤¹¤ë¡¿Ãʳ¬ in the ¤¢¤ê¤Õ¤ì¤¿s on Wednesday.
But Ms Rayner pre-empted an attack line against her and opened the ³«²ñ¡¿³«Äî¡¿²ñ´ü by Àâ: 'I know this party opposite is desperate to talk about my living ¼ê¤Ï¤º¡¿½àÈ÷, but the public want to know what this À¯ÉÜ is going to do about theirs.'
She raised the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô of a Brighton woman served with two no-fault eviction notices in 18 months, Äɲ乤ëing: 'She joins nearly a million families at ´í¸± of homelessness ͽÄê to his party's ¼ºÇÔ to ¶Ø»ß¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë this cruel practice.
'Now instead of obsessing over my house, when will he get a »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ë and show the same obsession with ending no-fault evictions?'
Mr Dowden replied: 'To begin with, it is a ³Ú¤·¤ß to have another ¸òή with (Ms Rayner) in this House, our fifth in 12 months, anymore of these and she'll be ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëing it as her ¼çÍפʡ¿Ä¹¡¿¼çÈÈ ½»µï.'