Endless strikes are costing us ALL money – surely now is the time for sensible talks
So sickening
STRIKING public sector workers are now costing us ALL money.
Experts say a flat-lining economy in February was caused by NHS staff and teacher walkouts.
Fighting for better pay during a cost of living crisis may be understandable.
But a 35 per cent increase for junior doctors who earn up to £63,000 and enjoy luxury pensions is ludicrous.
As is the BMA’s point-blank refusal to present the Government with any credible alternative.
The Government must stand firm in the face of hard left unions who don’t care about the damage they do.
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That the BMA can consider walking out while 125,000 people are left waiting longer than 12 hours in A&Es shows how detached from reality they have become.
The time for a climbdown and sensible talks is now. Surely.
Bad trans-lation
AS Rishi Sunak correctly identifies that 100 per cent of women do not have a penis, we see an example of how gender warriors have insidiously infiltrated the machinery of Government.
Instead of asking a simple Census question on “Are you transgender?”, LGBTQ campaigners insisted on something much more complicated.
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Which, in turn, is believed to have led to thousands of people whose first language isn’t English accidentally identifying as trans.
Whitehall quickly needs to get back to basics — starting with how it compiles the Census.
Bye, Biden
FAREWELL to Joe Biden, who flies back to the White House after completing an unremarkable visit to the island of Ireland.
There was a blink-and-you-missed-it stop in the North — where he managed a quick tea with Rishi Sunak before a few warm words on the Windsor Framework.
And a string of photo ops in the South, showing off his Irish roots for the benefit of the folks back home.
Less the hand of history, more the hand of his re-election campaign team.
Rather than driving to break the political deadlock in Northern Ireland, Biden seemed to be enjoying one big jolly holiday.
Keir tax muddle
CAN you trust Labour on taxes?
Its pledge to freeze council tax unravelled within hours when Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves admitted she didn’t know if she could afford it.
She also ruled out capital gains rises but Angela Rayner has now indicated they could happen after all.
Meanwhile, Labour calls repeatedly for massive increases in spending while slamming the highest tax burden in decades.
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So which is it to be, Sir Keir?
Because it cannot be both.