Jeremy Hunt & Chris Grayling

[vernonk]

How are these two ....... still in their jobs?

[Gromit]

Hunt is still there because to have shuffled him out would have looked like an admission of defeat. It is a bit of a mystery how he has survived for 4 years, and he does seem part of the problem.

Not sure Grayling has done anything wrong yet. The rail and tube strikes are not really his fault or within his brief to sort out.

[youngmafbog]

There is a political fight on with the unions, no matter how they dress it up as being something else like driver only trains or junior doctors hours. Some union leaders have openly admitted they want to bring down the democratic Government. (The left hate democracy remember as we see daily these days).

There is no way they can go now as it would look like defeat, as Gromit has said.

[Gromit]

A Government election promise was a 7 day NHS, except there was no extra money to fund that pledge. So Junior Doctors contracts were changed to oblige them to work unsociable shifts, for the same money. They have a genuine grievance.

While the Rail Unions campaign for a stupid notion of renationalising the Railways, and bankroll the Labour Party to meet that aim, they are not striking to remove the Government. The Southern strike and the London Tube strike are over entirely different matters, both linked by poor industrial relations with the train operators. As mention previously, this is not something that Grayling is responsible for.

[naomi24]

Gromit, //So Junior Doctors contracts were changed to oblige them to work unsociable shifts, for the same money.//

That isn’t true. As I understand it Junior doctors were offered more money – a 13.5% increase.

[youngmafbog]

//they are not striking to remove the Government//

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4045728/The-real-reason-strike-chaos-Militant-union-leader-says-mass-walk-outs-ordinated-bring-bloody-working-class-hating-Tory-government-pressure-grows-Theresa-curb-unions-power.html

[Gromit]

Naomi,
Basic pay has been increased by 13.5% but Saturday and evenings are no longer counted as overtime, so junior doctors will actually take home less pay.

[naomi24]

Gromit, not necessarily. They will receive less than they have in the past for working Saturdays and evenings, but their standard rate of pay will increase by 13.5%.