With a hell of a shout, it's "Out, brothers, out!"

In South Yorkshire, fire crews are striking and so are the buses. The TFL Bully has quit - though I wonder if that's the last of that story, given that the RMT has averaged something like one strike ballot per working day this year. BA's flight crews are balloting for a strike. Three more days from the CWU posties.

Are there any groups of public sector workers who don't fancy a crack at "negotiating"? If When the government caves in, you can bet there'll be a lot more...

Still, at least there's no chance of another Sunny Jim - I think we're stuck with a Gloomy Gordon until next year.

- KoW