The reason why Fairnbank compares RMT to Putin's Russia because its tank assistant general secretary Eddie Dempsey is a big supporter of the Russian-sponsored separatists in the Donbass (old stalinist reflexes of fealty to Russia die hard, it seems):
Now, to be sure, even a driverless Tube can be shut down if the support personnel who keep it running also go on strike, so it's not the silver bullet he thinks.
The reason why Fairnbank compares RMT to Putin's Russia because its tank assistant general secretary Eddie Dempsey is a big supporter of the Russian-sponsored separatists in the Donbass (old stalinist reflexes of fealty to Russia die hard, it seems):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/01/enemy-underground-putin-apologists-brought-london-standstill/
Now, to be sure, even a driverless Tube can be shut down if the support personnel who keep it running also go on strike, so it's not the silver bullet he thinks.