UK railway strikes a ‘terrible idea’, says Boris Johnson

Train staff wave off a train at Waverley Station in Edinburgh, as train services continue to be disrupted following the nationwide strike. Boris Johnson called the strike a “terrible idea” (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Boris Johnson has urged railway staff to work with the Government as he branded the strikes this week as a “terrible idea”.

The UK Prime Minister was speaking during a visit to the Rwandan capital of Kigali, while at home commuters and travellers have faced disruption due the second second strike of the week by railway workers.