By Susan Hall

Once again, London faces the prospect of transport chaos as the RMT union threatens to bring our great city to its knees with strikes from 7th to 11th September.

These strikes are some of the worst industrial action we've seen in years, threatening to paralyse our capital at a time when London should be thriving. Already, events like Coldplay's concerts have had to be rescheduled - after having previously also been targeted by the unions. Why would they come back to London, when every time they arrive they're greeted by transport disruption to their fans and shows?

What makes this situation particularly galling is that it was entirely predictable. Sadiq Khan has spent the past year throwing taxpayers' money at union demands like confetti at a wedding, apparently believing that appeasement would buy him peace. He handed over £30 million of Londoners' hard-earned money early last year to avoid strikes, whilst his Labour colleagues in Westminster added another £30 million to the pot shortly after the General Election. That's £60 million of public money used to placate militant unions rather than invest in the services Londoners actually need.

The result of this weakness? The unions have learnt that they can hold London to ransom........

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