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My personal view is the opposite. GP is already a deeply unattractive job for doctors who want any form of work/life balance, and are forced to effectively be business administrators/bean counters as well as highly qualified medics. Let’s reduce workload and financial admin requirements on...

And here’s Peston explaining why public sector workers in particular are so hacked off: https://birdsite.wilde.cloud/users/peston/statuses/1602575987404849152

Below the evidence that strikes are effective where other measures aren’t: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/pay-increases-reached-by-uk-workers-following-strike-action-2022-12-12/

I think, to speak frankly having lived through the past couple of years, I’d give almost any party on earth a crack at the whip as an alternative to what the Conservative Party has become.

Strangely, I see huge opportunities for economic growth in the (necessary and inevitable) transition to green energy and an aging infrastructure in need of widespread replacement. The very areas that our current government are stamping down on hard and trying to suppress.

It isn’t unreasonable for workers in any sector to expect their wages to cover their basic living costs and provide a bit extra besides. This stopped being the case about 24 months ago, and with the most recent increases in food and fuel (both home and vehicle) many are having to turn to...