In England, strikes spoil the holidays

Reserved for subscribers

The unprecedented social movement that is hitting the country seems set to last: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intends to follow his strategy to fight inflation.

From our correspondent in London, Marc Roche

Thatcher, wake up, they’ve gone crazy! This could be the leitmotif of users across the Channel in the face of the multiplication of strikes which have reached a level never seen since the arrival of power in 1979 of the Iron Lady, whose reforms had subdued the unions.

“To go to the emergency room, take a taxi…”: the headline of the tabloid The Sun illustrates the fears of health officials in the face of the strike on Wednesday by paramedics. Even emergencies – heart attacks, strokes, etc. – will not be insured, warned the leaders of the national health service. Requisitioned, drivers and military paramedics will not be able to make up for the lack of personnel. Indeed, for legal reasons, they will not be able to process the pa…

I subscribe

Exclusive offers: -50% the first year