Wes Streeting’s pleas to junior doctors haven’t worked – they’re now striking from 25 to 30 July. Streeting has now taken to saying the strike is “unfair“, and Labour is “only one year in”:
“It’s entirely unreasonable and it’s unnecessary and it’s also unfair. Unfair on other NHS staff, many of whom are paid less and would would have liked that kind of pay rise and will now be left picking up the pieces if resident doctors go on strikes. It’s also unfair on patients. And it’s also really unfair on the taxpayer as well. We’re only a year in.”
Summer of discontent off to a flying start…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”