Who says the current government bears no resemblance to true Labour values? It's the 70s all over again. It's like some odd rail-based re-enactment of Life on Mars.

Chris, Worthing, England

Bob Crow continually says that " my members have the right to strike".
May I point out that we, the public who pay them, have the right to both sack and blacklist them - and I for one would like to use it!.

Mike Bibby, St Albans, Engl;and -not EU

Don't let this country be governed by unions.
Do we really want to become like France?

Val, London,

So far today the strike has personally cost me £50 in loss of wages. I do not understand how the union can say they will compromise when their demands have been met. It seems to me unintelligent people are in charge of a very important part of Londons transport mainframe. I will continue to catch the tube after the stirke because I have no other option but I will never agree in the unions decision to personally cost me £50 just to show how big and powerful they are.

John, London,

Thanks a lot union. This American tourist got around London very nicely until Tuesday morning. I spent a few hours walking mostly lost dragging my luggage from Earls Court to Victoria Station but still caught the Warwick Express in time to catch my flight home. From my distant viewpoint, I thought the days of labor activism dragging down the whole UK economy ended long ago, but I now learn I was wrong about that.

Jeff Ward, West Palm Beach, Florida

Metronet was an inefficient, money-wasting machine, and now it's gone bust I don't understand how they can hope to expect these guarantees for job security they are seeking.

What about the workers at Rover, Enron, Parmalat, Kwik Save - all of whom lost everything when their respective companies collapsed?

Make striking illegal/a sackable offence and this little problem would be nicely cleaned up.

P. Pie, Hornchurch, Essex

I have a better idea, fire them all. Why isn't this option being discussed?

Brian, London,

Everyone is paid to do a job. Do it badly and we lose our job, simple. Why should it be any different for these strikers, what makes them so special? I've no sympathy or support for Ken Livingstone in all this either. Had he not paid Metronet to do such a shoddy job, we would probably have saved the millions that have gone on bonuses for the few. No doubt we would still have had strikes over some other issue though. Tea anyone? No kettle? Let's strike!

Joe London, London,

This is blackmail.
If the railworkers don't want to do the job -resign.

K Urban, London, UK

Transport strikes should be made illegal - send the parties to mediation and have done with it. Absolutely ridiculous that a modern, world-class city like London can be paralysed this way.

S Madsen, London,

How come they never strike when the suns not out? Last time that I recallI there was an England game on.

Stuart Geach, Manchester, UK

This is exactly the same nonsense as we had in the 1970s when unions held the government and the country to ransom. In 1979, Maggie Thatcher came to the resuce. She didn't urge strikers to get back to work, as our wet -as-wellies PM just did. Are we going to live another few years of union-domination because the labour government consists of union lapdogs? it wouldn't surprise me. Mr Brown: a suggestion for you. No-one voted for you to be PM. Resign now. You were mediocre as chancellor of the exchequer, because you rode on the coattails of your predecessors and their achievements. You are good at hot air and sound bites but really you are a total waste of space. Let us have a sensible government with real policies, please!

grindles, london, england

I suppose at least the prisoners who 'escaped' when the prison guards can't leave London on account of there being no tube trains...

Farrukh, Woking, UK

My personal view is sack everyone who is working at RMT and get some polish guys to takeover the transport at least they are efficient and don’t complain about their pensions. I can’t believe that somebody could be as selfish as the RMT I really hope that they don’t get what they are asking for.

Yilmaz Mumunov, London, England