This is (broadly) correct - the DfT sees this as the front line for establishing a more efficient railway, indeed they insisted on the efficiency changes within the franchise award. The quid pro quo being that they support SASTA when it all gets messy with the RMT.
From the Government's...
No I don't think that. If I was the club I would be seeking significant compensation from SASTA (probably withholding the last invoice) as they have clearly breached the terms of our agreement with them.
PB suggests in his missive that contingency planning would have been possible, were the...
By having a raft of big Friday night matches, we are opening ourselves up to this. Far more difficult to cause the same level of disruption on a Saturday afternoon.
I don't doubt Barber's furious, but if the unions have already tried to disrupt one match, shouldn't we have had some contingency...