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and east lothian will go on strike. now we don t know what the precise impact on schools this action will be yet, but as the eis represents eight out of ten teachers in scotland, it is reasonable to suppose that it s likely we will see widespread school closures in each council area on the day of the action in each area. now you ll remember that yesterday was the first national school strike in scotland since the bitter teachers strike back in the 1980s, a dispute which lasted nearly two years. now yesterday, the impact was probably unprecedented with virtually every state school in scotland closed only a tiny number of primary schools in 0rkney and shetland open. but i think you can read into the fact that the eis is giving so much warning here the fact that they re planning for the worse but hoping for the best. they realised that the threat of a teachers strike like this is something of a nuclear option,

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