The Guardian view on strikes: Sunak needs a better plan | Editorial

The prime minister lacks the authority and popularity for a long confrontation with public sector workersTo the extent that Rishi Sunak has a plan for dealing with the biggest wave of industrial action in Britain for a generation, it seems to involve waiting for public opinion to turn against the strikes. To hasten that process, ministers cast trade unions as self-serving militants, causing harm to citizens who rely on the services that are being disrupted. The plan isn’t working.About 500