Unions slam PM’s ‘damp squib’ quip

UNIONS hailed a strike by up to two million public sector workers as “historic” yesterday as they angrily rejected claims by the British prime minister that the biggest walkout in a generation had been a “damp squib”.

David Cameron said that the “irresponsible and damaging” industrial action had been “far from universally supported” as he defended the Government’s controversial pension reforms.

Officials from 30 unions involved in the strike reported huge support, with up to 90% of some organisations taking action, often for the first time in their lives.