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Instead of grown-up conversations to take the heat out of the situation, they are pouring petrol on the fire. Instead of bringing people together in the national interest, they are stoking division in their political interest.” At what would usually be rush hour for commuters, here are the latest developments on today’s rail strikes: Lynch, who was also doing the media arounds this morning, defended the timing of the planned rail strikes.Responding to the accusation that he appeared to be “The Grinch” ruining Christmas, he told ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” programme: “There is no good time to have a strike. We have left the Christmas period strike free deliberately. Sarah Wilson said:“Someone showing that they cared about me helped to interrupt my suicidal thoughts and that gave them time to subside. The more that people understand that suicide is preventable, the better. I hope people will share the video and that the campaign will encourage people to trust their gut instincts and start a conversation if they think someone could need help. You won’t make things worse, and you could save a life.’ But Keir Starmer in the end is the person who we want to see as the prime minister, and if he was I can tell you now that he’d be taking a very, very different approach to the one which Boris Johnson is taking. More than 115,000 Royal Mail workers will be balloted in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. TOCTalk Live runs 1:00pm – 2:30pm, giving attendees ample opportunity to visit the exhibition and conference elements too!

Health Secretary Sajid Javid, speaking to ITV News, said: “When it comes to these strikes, it is very disappointing what the unions have said, because it’s not just going to cause misery for the travellers, but it’s actually, I think, the wrong outcome for the workers as well." Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, has condemned the strikes as “extremely frustrating” and blamed the government for the disruption to the capital’s transport services. He said the strikes would have a “devastating impact” on the capital’s economy and that he hoped unions would return to the negotiating table with Transport for London and the government. British reserve may be internationally renowned but a new survey by Samaritans shows how much we rely on small talk as a nation, even with the limiting social restrictions of the pandemic. The findings come as Samaritans launches a new phase of Small Talk Saves Lives this summer, in partnership with Network Rail, British Transport Police and the wider rail industry, to empower the public to act to prevent suicide on the railways and other settings. This week on Rail Talk, Joe Bianca and Jon Green held an informal therapy session to cope with the devastating losses of Maple Leaf Mel, Ever Summer and Sopran Basilea at Saratoga. They also gave appreciation for how, through tragedy, the outpouring of support for the fallen and their affected caretakers displayed the best of this community, and hoped that kind of love will help light the way forward. Put to him that the government could legislate to ward off the strikes, he told the BBC: “There are of course options for the government. And I know that my colleague, the Secretary of State for Transport, will be looking at all options.

By highlighting that suicidal thoughts can be temporary and interrupted with something as simple as a question, the campaign aims to give the public the tools to spot a potentially vulnerable person, start a conversation with them, and help save a life. However, early data shows that unlike in the past many people now have the opportunity to work from home, so we haven’t even had a rush to the roads, as traffic has instead gone online, which means the unions aren’t having the overall impact they might have hoped.