Great, another strike is just what we all need. Finally, just as it looks as we’ve got a bit of an upturn in the economy; businesses now have this to contend with. Give us a break!

The sham, that currently is our postal service, has a backlog of 25 million letters already and the strike hasn’t even begun. I can pretty much cope without a Christmas card but companies such as moonpig.com rely on this time of year. What should be their busiest time is now in serious jeopardy.

And why is this protest happening? Erm, because of pay cuts and job losses! Sorry hold on a second, aren’t we all dealing with that right now? Well, I’m sorry but you’re damn well lucky to have a job at the moment! Welcome to the real world, businesses all over the country have had to let people go or cut hours; it’s a matter of survival. You don’t see any of us stomping our foot and walking out on our jobs. If you did, it’d pretty much be the case of keep walking and don’t come back.

We really need this Christmas to be a good one, we all need the business and we all need the customers. In fact many retailers are relying on this time to turnaround their sales figures. Whatever the industry we all need this Christmas to be brilliant and ultimately that means we need our postal service. So Mr Postman, help us out, instead of letting the team down can’t you just work with us? We need to stick together for this economy to stand any chance of recovery.