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England's junior doctors are back at
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work after 5 days of strikes. So what
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did they achieve? Here's everything you
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need to know in under 60 seconds. First,
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a collapse in public support. 52% now
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opposed these strikes. A year ago, most
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people backed them. Labour's health
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secretary, Wes Streeting, has called the
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strikes reckless and says the BMA is
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holding the country to ransom. Even Poly
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Twinby, the left-wing Doyen of the
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Guardian, has called their pay claims
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absurd. They want a 29% pay rise. It's a
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madeup number based on 2008 pay. Sure,
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we'd all love it if the financial crisis
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hadn't happened. GDP per head would be
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£11,000 higher, but it did, and the
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country is much poorer as a result, so
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we can't afford their demands.
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Meanwhile, these strikes are costing the
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economy 13 million pounds a day. To be
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fair, W Streeting is holding firm on
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pay, but offering hot meals, new
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restrooms, even debt relief to appease
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the BMA. And while all this is going on,
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the government just launched an inquiry
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into the Battle of Orgrieve. Another
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time when a militant trade union tried
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to blackmail an elected government.
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Rehashing this decades old left-wing
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grievance tells you everything you need
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to know about where Labour's instincts
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truly lie. Find out more. Visit
