I must admit that the £12.83 advert on the back of every bus was tempting whilst we were doing the strikes (indeed, I would've jumped ship had the deal been rejected, as it would've resulted in an all-out strike).

But by August (or possibly October, depends on how they define 'a year' and I've heard both from various sources) I'll be on £13.57, and the way GNE operate is much different to how Stagecoach operate anyway so...