and giles cunningham is the founder of the public relations agency trafalgar strategy and former heads at the uk prime minister's office from 2015 to 2016. a very warm welcome to all of you. stephen, let's start by just discussing why all these strikes are happening right now. stephen: thanks, laura. i think when we've got an extraordinary situation. i think you mentioned in the presentation that transport workers, rail, dock workers, truck drivers all did their part through the covid period and now we're hit with enormous levels of inflation not seen for 40 years. and frankly people are extremely worried about meeting their bills and their commitments at a time where there's clearly a void of leadership in the politics in the uk and no ready solution. so all of the cases you mentioned are actually strikes voted on by the workers themselves. so i think the message to a global audience is workers have had enough. they did their part through covid and now they recognize some extreme increasing costs off the scale and they're asking for a just and fair equitable solution. laura: pushpin,

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