There was also a great Picket the Profiteers action in Piccadilly in the morning (one of eleven actions nationally) , fighting against the privatisation of the NHS where the Tories have effectively handed fat contracts to their friends in dodgy organisations like Capita Serco, Virgin etc. I suffered at the hands of one of these such companies a few years ago when they took over a mostly lovely company I worked for (who were doing good public engagement work in the NHS and third sector) - and then made many of us redundant. It was their loss and my gain in the end, ironically.
The photo at Victoria's statue is from Plan C Manchester.
If only the government would get their hands out of the sand and actually start listening, but that's clearly beyond the capabilities of Mr. Cameron.
ReplyDeleteJunior doctors are well paid compared to most people.
ReplyDeleteWhen they advance beyond junior status they are very well paid.
In a few years time these junior doctors will be very affluent from the sale of their labour to the NHS, and in many cases from the sale of their labour to private hospitals too.
Due to the market value of their skills they take much more money from the NHS and their private patients than is needed to sustain a very comfortable lifestyle.
That is capitalism and profiteering.
I wish I knew the answers to all these problem. One thing I do know, is that our system is totally jacked up. Both sides...
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