A Royal mess

PRIVATISED on the cheap and accused of asset stripping, Royal Mail better start talking fast or Britain will be complaining about missing letters and delayed parcels.

National strikes are a serious threat after staff in the Communication Workers Union voted by an absolutely thumping majority to walk out over a list of grievances.

Industrial action isn’t inevitable, we hope, if the two sides return to the negotiating table.

The Royal Mail’s vital to the country. But something’s clearly going badly wrong.