Sit back and take the medicine

More on pensions. Are you getting the idea that there’s a certain amount of jealousy here on my part? Today the British Medical Association has declared that they will be ballotting their members on strike action over proposed reforms to the NHS. The BMA is a trade union for doctors and consultants, and it is … Continue reading

Pensions and Strikes

There is to be a strike tomorrow. Thousands of people are going to down tools, stop work, and march shouting slogans first thought up by their ancestors long, long ago. Do I support them? No. To be fair (I try to be, sometimes), my first annoyance with this whole matter was the money, but then … Continue reading