Quote Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al View Post
Everyone applauds key workers, my wife and I stood in the street and clapped.
Please don't suggest that I don't care or appreciate Hospital staff.
Heroic NHS.

I like most of us have friends and family who are key workers both inside and outside the NHS. They have for years been looked down on as worthless by people who share your attitudes here and in the UK. Clapping does not pay wages, if you clapped after voting your Tory then it is an empty gesture. Look at how even now they treat NHS sorkers with contempt. Hee is something from one of those nurses you were clapping -



"As many of you know, earlier this year when the pandemic was at its worst, the student nurses of cohort 2017 (3rd year) were asked to join the NHS workforce early. THOUSANDS of us, terrified but dedicated signed up to a 6 month long work contract, taking us to full qualification. Many of us on COVID wards. 6 months sooner than we had ever anticipated, and we were all terrified. But we did it.

I’d just like to let you all know, that as of a few days ago, Health Education England has informed us that they can no longer afford to honour this agreement, and that many of us will be pulled out of full time paid work early.

Some of us left jobs for this. Many of us have children and families to care for. ALL of us will come out with a debt succeeding £30,000 for doing a degree we have such passion for. A degree we were told we would be valued for. This has recently been proven to not be the case.

Please do not clap for your NHS. Please in future consider voting to fund it properly.
From the bottom of my heart, cohort 17 and 18, I am sorry."