Nobody said it cost nothing. There's a cost, of course there's a cost. But there also were huge benefits of the RW
To name a few, we drew in millions of pounds in tourism thanks to the floods of tourists who came to visit London. You couldn't get a hotel room for love nor money that weekend.
Millions were spent on security which benefited UK employees and police.
Billions was spent by people such as myself who took advantage of the day off to do some shopping followed by a few drinks and a meal at the pub.
It generates positive news across the world and puts UK in a good light, hopefully enticing more tourists to come to the UK and spend their money here.
The strikes on the other hand do no such thing. If anything it will put people off coming, many have been forced to take a day off as vacation if they are lucky, unpaid if not. Or pay out extra to childminders.
All to demand something which is unaffordable in the first place.