Striking doctors’ wholesale abandonment of patients was both an act of self-harm and a day of shame

Published on July 25, 2025 at 08:17 PM

Who governs?

THE sooner hospital doctors realise that the Marxists hijacking their union are leading them on a path to ruin, the better.

and his Health Secretary now seem to recognise that they were too generous last year in giving in to BMA demands for a 23 per cent pay rise to end crippling .

Doctors striking outside St Thomas' Hospital for better pay.
The sooner hospital doctors realise that the Marxists hijacking their union are leading them on a path to ruin, the better

They are clearly determined not to make the same mistake again.

Having had pay talks thrown back in his face, Streeting is rightly going on the attack.

Ending the absurd gravy train of doctors earning overtime tackling huge patient backlogs caused by their own strikes is well overdue.

Medics must also understand that betraying the sick in pursuit of a nakedly greedy 29 per cent pay demand should also have consequences for their careers.

Yesterday’s wholesale abandonment of patients by 50,000 doctors was both an act of self-harm and a day of shame.

But with thousands of other NHS workers now preparing strike action, the BMA - led by hard-left militants clearly revelling in the disruption - must be crushed.

This is a moment reminiscent of taking on the miners in the 1980s.

Overwhelmingly, the public is on the Government’s side.

The country cannot afford for ministers to blink.

Shut the door

IT seems is belatedly waking up to the widespread anger at billions being spent on where and abuse of the system is rife.

Unsurprisingly, have been refusing to move out of their cushy free , with their , to move to .

Now the says any trying to game the system will have future housing help withdrawn.

It might not do anything to stop the flood of arrivals.

But it is at least some recognition from ministers that it’s time to get tough.

Lion queens

LIKE the men last summer, have put us through the wringer with their dramatic, nerve-shredding progress to a .

But this time they can go one better.

are the opponents in tomorrow’s footie showdown as the nation holds its breath.

Just as they were in the last in 2023 and the men’s Euros final last year, both of which ended in agonising defeat.

So it’s third time lucky.

Come on - this time, we’ll get it right!

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