DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A contemptible failure to crack the unions trends now

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Be under no illusion. Blame for what is arguably Britain's worst outbreak of industrial disobedience since the 1926 General Strike lies squarely with the belligerently antediluvian unions.

Their leaders, the commissars of the hard Left (many of whom earn more than £100,000 a year), are on the march again.

With barely disguised relish, they are conspiring to paralyse the UK with a wave of damaging coordinated strikes unless the Government caves in to their outrageously unaffordable pay demands.

Yesterday, Border Force guards joined rail and highways workers, nurses and ambulance drivers, and countless others by announcing a winter walkout.

Isn't Christmas supposed to be the season of goodwill? Not for cynical union barons. For them, it is a chance to hold a metaphorical gun to the country's head in a bid to achieve their selfish ends.

The strikes will deal our economic recovery a catastrophic blow, putting countless businesses and jobs in jeopardy.

But what hope can there be of persuading the likes of RMT leader Mick Lynch to enter the real world when they've so frequently been indulged by politicians?

For 12 years, Tory governments have pledged to take on these wreckers. And for 12 years they have failed to act (David Cameron even disgracefully watered down strike-busting legislation in return for the unions supporting Remain).