{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/62b0795dc907b20013a73687?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rail Strikes: What it would take to end them","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/5883ea1e-0ebe-4d27-9746-2bf0605b19e6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>As London braces itself for an onslaught of industrial action across the transport network, what’s at stake, what is the Mayor doing — and will it continue for months? </p><p><br></p><p>We speak to transport journalist, and author of British Rail: A New History, Christian Wolmar who tells us:&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The inside story of why negotiations are so hard</li><li>Why both the government and unions see strikes as an advantage to them</li><li>How TfL and Mayor Sadiq Khan are frustrated at being stuck in the middle</li><li>How the current action hasn't been seen since 1982</li><li>What it will take to end negotiations</li><li>Why you should expect more strikes through summer and into the winter</li></ul><p><br></p><p>You can read more analysis from Christian Wolmar at<a href=\"https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Finsider%2Frail-tube-strike-uk-london-sadiq-khan-b1007140.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRachelle.Abbott%40standard.co.uk%7Caf9a5149d08b44628d0b08da52bb90fa%7C0f3a4c644dc54a768d4152d85ca158a5%7C0%7C0%7C637913262781735121%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ORi1GKPWauh4aeYVnMW%2FsPKKMYeWsmK3nBXBTuuOJxE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> standard.co.uk</a>, and follow our live blog for up-to-the-minute news on the rail and tube strikes.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}