New Agenda on Sunday. A round up of New Agenda and much much more
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| "we are striking as a last resort, to try to stop a terrible scenario unfolding." |
Good morning everyone.
After many months of negotiations, the
Junior Doctors will be on strike next Tuesday. Ignoring all the hype,
disinformation and smear about the reasons for the strike as pushed out
by Jeremy Hunt and certain parts of the media, particularly the Sun (who
else?), I believe that they have valid arguments and are justified in
taking action. It is regrettable that it has come to this point.
However, when governments choose to take on what they consider to be the
softest targets in industrial disputes, doctors, nurses, police and
others, it is inevitable that sooner or later the targets will say
enough is enough. The government will still seek to undermine the
validity of the workers arguments, as witnessed by the “sexed up” letter
from the head of the NHS. No one should be in any doubt about how
members of this Government, particularly Hunt, Duncan-Smith or Osborne
will cheat, coerce and lie in order to achieve their objectives.
Pressuring people in positions of influence, civil servants,
intelligence chief's and even a head of the NHS, to embellish and
exaggerate their reports or letters in order to meet the position
adopted by Minister is not new. Junior doctors are not just fighting for
patient safety & better training, but for the values and soul of
the NHS. That's why I support them.
You may have noticed that over the last few
days, Camelot and the usual sections of the media, have been hyping up
the “record National Lottery jackpot” following a number of, “Roll over”
weeks. The prize of £66 million was finally shared between “2 lucky
winners” each receiving £33,035,323. The winning ticket and a share of
the money, did not come to our house. This is the first National Lottery
ticket I have purchased since they changed the rules and made the odds
against winning, 1 in 45 million instead of 1 in 14 million. I suppose
it was the vision of popping down to Poole and ordering that Sunseeker
Manhattan 53 I have had an eye on for some time. In future I shall scrub
the National Lottery, and stay with “Euro Millions” on Friday's.
This
headline caught my eye from the Independent. “Snow forecast as Britain
braces for icy blast and temperatures plunge below freezing. Motorists, pedestrians and cyclists are being warned of the risk of frost and ice on roads” These doom laden headlines keep appearing in the media, but all we seem to get is wind, loads of rain and mild temperatures. Somebody somewhere seems to have the wrong piece of seaweed for their predictions/forecasts (or are they just guessing.).
Italians have a
wonderfully refreshing philosophy on life. When working in Italy some
years ago, in response to some question I asked, a great friend replied
“Hey, Giovanni. If you want to know about the weather, look out of the
window”.Have a nice week.
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