Junior doctors to strike again

Go ahead and arrest them.

Good luck doing all the Ops when every doctor stops work.

I disagree. i just dont think doctors should whine and ***** over nothing, that's all.

Well, I did and then you changed the rules.

In such a scenario the government would presumably consider it politically expedient to arrest the strikers, which presumably means the doctors' position is so contrary to public opinion that closure of hospitals is acceptable.

In the present situation though, I think May will do it for the threat value and that will be effective on its own. I have to explain to Mrs IB why any threat from the deanery not to pass the GP trainees for the year due to days missed striking would ring hollow if they all missed it, the threat of arrest would certainly see her and all her friends back to work.

Long term I suspect the Tories will look to privatise and persuade consultants and GPs the same way Nye Bevan did, by stuffing their mouths with gold. Everyone has a price, and the big American healthcare providers will be willing to pay huge sums to doctors in order to initiate an insurance based system here.

No you didn't, I have not seen you refer to any nations.

Well, yeh. That is easy to say for someone that isn't a Doctor and thinks that we are all rolling around in cash.

Tbh, if you arrest Doctors, it will just inflame the situation. It will lead to the others striking. A lot of them are not going to strike simply because they can't be bothered to any longer. This will just aggravate them enough to take the next step.

Sorry, but they earn a lot more than the average salary. It's just empty whining, and not realising how/why they get paid more, which is self-evident in your case.

I think the first strike will see a good turnout, but if that doesn't get anywhere I think then there will be a big upturn in scabbing for the October strike. With people already demoralised, a declaration the strike was illegal would probably end the November and December ones.

Hopefully it won't happen, the BMA may yet achieve what NACODS so nearly did, but I fear many will simply figure it's either easier to accept the contract or move abroad than to strike on.

Just gonna be controversial here and go and read more about the actual contract before talking as if I know what I'm on about. Different angle to many people I know, just trying it out.

So, I can say Ecuador?

So just to clarify, you are trying to compare Ecuador to the UK??

It is simply a question. So, could I have chosen Ecuador?

Strictly speaking from the wording of my question yes, although I thought that it would be completely obvious to most that I would want a similar country as an example, which you have failed to supply.

Well, you started talking about it. Not me.

You questioned my premise about the effectiveness of banning strikes, which does work.

No. I am talking about you bringing up Developed countries( aka changing you wrote) . No one else brought it up even though it was apparently "completely obvious".

As it is so obvious, that to most people it doesn't need to be said.