UK train drivers have announced a fresh round of strike action, timed to disrupt the annual conference of the ruling Conservative Party. Members of the Aslef union, which represents train drivers all across the industry, will walk out from twelve of the country’s passenger train operators on 1 October and on 5 October. The Conservative Party conference is scheduled to take place in Birmingham between 2 and 5 October. The announcement comes during the official period of National Mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth. However, the dates of the action fall outwith that period.