Most people have no more definite idea of liberty than that it consists in being compelled by law to do as they like – Ambrose Bierce
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Friday, 25 July 2025
Labour's Danegeld Problem
BMA could sue Labour over plans to fight doctors’ strikes
The British Medical Association (BMA) could take legal action if the Labour Government makes doctors “feel pain” for striking.
Dr Tom Dolphin, the BMA council chairman, said he was “disappointed” to see the Government “taking such a hard line against trade unions”.
His comments came after The Telegraph revealed that Wes Streeting had told NHS leaders that strikes should not be “pain-free” for doctors.
Sack the lot of them, there's hundreds of doctors arriving on the beaches of Kent every day to replace them. Apparently.
ReplyDeleteMr Stress Wetting looks like the soft boy at school. He'll prove a pushover.
ReplyDeleteYou could make an argument that 'striking' carries no penalty beyond loss of pay and length of service - perhaps that is a utopian view of withdrawing your labour without consequence. Perhaps that view should be challenged, in court if necessary.
ReplyDeleteAnon - good point, all they have to do is say "hands up all the doctors" then give them a stethoscope.
ReplyDeletedearieme - and they seem to know it, or their union does.
DJ - fire and rehire would be one way to tackle the no penalty problem.
From elsewhere:
ReplyDelete"Pensions tax information from the BMA web site
If your threshold income is above £200,000 and your adjusted income is above £260,000 then your annual allowance will be reduced. For each £2 that your adjusted income exceeds £260,000, your annual allowance threshold is reduced by £1. If your adjusted income exceeds £360,000 or over then you will have a reduced annual allowance of £10,000"
Anon - it's not easy to see how they scrape by.
ReplyDeleteIs the snake of Lawfare beginning to eat it's own tail?
ReplyDeleteTammly - I think it is and it won't end well.
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