I certainly do not think that people who have been on strike do not deserve a holiday. Everyone deserves a break. It is the potential irony of the situation that interests me. For example . A train driver is on strike, nodding sagely and waving his placard while Mr Lynch apologises profoundly and says it is not his fault and that he is really sorry that thousands of people cannot get to work, business meetings, social gatherings and holidays, but that his workers had absolutely no choice whatsoever. A few weeks later that same train driver finds that he cannot renew his passport in time to go abroad for his holiday because the passport workers are busy waving their placards as their union leaders say they are profoundly sorry and that it is not their fault that thousands of people will be unable to get to meetings, visit families, go on holiday etc etc and that the workers had absolutely no choice. It's the irony of the situation that fascinates me, not the rights rights or wrongs.