Sunak Vs Starmer: The Argument in the Parliament.

I didn’t see any pinned or stickied posts so here’s one for the shit posting political discussion.

  • mannycalavera@feddit.ukOP
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    6 months ago

    Sunak actually getting a clap from the audience after saying he won’t bow to Junior Doctor Union demands of a 35% pay increase.

    I’m actually surprised at that!

    • steeznson@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Doctors do become very well paid later in their careers as consultants so there is probably limited amount of sympathy for the rough years as junior doctors where they are significantly underpaid.

      • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        That’s true, however people can be junior doctors for a surprisingly long time so you can see why they are pissed off! I assumed it was the first 3 years after graduation or something until one of my friends who is a doctor explained it to me.

        Junior doctors are qualified doctors in clinical training.

        They have completed a medical degree and can have up to nine years’ of working experience as a hospital doctor, depending on their specialty, or up to five years working and gaining experience to become a general practitioner (GP).

      • *Tagger*@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        or they’ve made a great decision to embarrass this government just before an election and help to oust them

        • streetlights@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          There is no government at the moment, parliament isn’t sitting, there isn’t a health minister, there is no one for the docs to negotiate with. All this does is further increase the backlog for operations which is not something that typically endears you to the public.

    • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Most people understand that 35% is completely unreasonable, so I’m not surprised that the audience approve.