Boltar wrote:

We're not talking about a complete change of working conditions,
simplhy a different place to book on. If people in this country are so
bloody bone idle they'd want to go on strike about having to travel a
few extra miles to work it rather demonstrates why half a million jobs
have gone to Polish immigrants in the last few years,.

"A few extra miles" in the case of tubes is just a few stops - Upminster to
Barking at a stretch. That's a different thing from a long haul across (or
around) London at a time when the main public transport isn't running and
when the driver is living close to their normal starting point precisely
because of this. Also a tube driver may not necessarily have a car
available - either due to not owning one because public transport is
sufficient for their needs or because their significant other needs the sole
car deemed necessary for the household.