and charles cunningham is the founder of the public relations agency. trafalgar strategy and former head of press at the u. k. prime minister's office from 2015 to 16, a very warm welcome to all of you stephen. let's start by just discussing why all these strikes are happening right now. hey, so i think we've got an extraordinary situation. i think you mentioned in the presentation transport workers, wherever they fit, rail workers, truck drivers who did their part for the kind of the period and now with enormous levels of inflation not seen for 40 years. and frankly, people are extremely worried about meeting their. ready and their commitments at a time when is clearly a void of leadership in the politics in the u. k. and now ready solution. so all of the cases you mention are actually strikes voted on by the workers themselves. so i think the message to a global audience is, workers of had enough, i did their power for it, and now they recognized extreme increase in cost off the scale. and they're asking for a just and fair, equitable solution. question, do you, do you agree with that