By James Hanson

I love the tube.

I use it every day and it remains the quickest, most convenient, and most quintessential way of getting around the capital. But let’s not kid ourselves - the London Underground has seen better days. Carriages are sprawled with graffiti (the Bakerloo line being an especially bad example), fare-dodging is rife, and most alarmingly of all, the number of sexual offences on the TfL network is going up.

There is plenty of blame to go round. The Mayor’s office, Transport for London and the British Transport Police all have questions to answer. But no one is a bigger obstacle to change than the rail unions, namely ASLEF and the RMT. Time and again they have downed tools at the drop of a hat to protect the vested interests of their members. This weekend is just the latest example, when RMT workers begin a series of rolling strikes over pay and conditions.

The tactic they’re using - whereby different........

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