Bob Crow calls strike for "decent pay increase this year"

Yes, that's right. RMT leader Bob Crow, member of the Communist Party and warned over his football hooliganism just this weekend, has balloted his members again so they can strike in support of what they call a "decent pay increase this year".

Tube workers, who enjoy one of the most secure lines of work in the capital, will be walking out so they can inconvenience those customers lucky enough to still have jobs in support of their demands.

Boris Johnson promised an end to this sort of thing when he became Mayor, but like so many of his promises it has been quietly forgotten. Will the new government be able to do any better?