NUJ strike at the BBC today.

[scottycelt]

Presumably Rob Cowan declined to cross the picket line. Good for him!

In all seriousness, what is so particularly 'good' about that .. ?

Whatever the rights and wrongs of any dispute, surely to have the courage (misplaced or not) to actually cross a picket line of colleagues is much more remarkable ?

[salymap]

Perhaps Rob in on the picket line. He is more a journalist than most of them.

[scottycelt]

Perhaps Rob in on the picket line. He is more a journalist than most of them.

You could well be right, saly, and he's an excellent one at that ... especially as he seems to like the same sort of stuff as me ...