Transport secretary Mark Harper has accused rail unions of ‘cynically targeting’ the Eurovision Song Contest with rail strikes on May 13.
The transport secretary has accused rail unions of ‘cynically targeting’ the Eurovision Song Contest.
Rail workers are set to strike on May 13 – the day of Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool – after the RMT union rejected the latest offer. ‘What is inexplicable to me is that a very similar offer has been made by the trade operating companies through their grouping. Mr Harper then implied that choosing to stage the strikes on the same day as Eurovision was misguided given the events of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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