Junior doctors' leaders 'trying to topple the government'

[Northerner]

Junior doctors' leaders are trying to bring down the government, a government source has told the BBC.

In a scathing attack, the source said the two all-out strikes this week were aimed at toppling the government and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The British Medical Association said the accusation was "ridiculous".

It comes as medical leaders called on the prime minister to end the stand-off, warning it posed a "significant threat to our whole health system".

Thirteen senior organisations, including the leaders of 10 royal colleges, have written to David Cameron saying it is up to him to intervene to bring both sides back to the negotiating table.

The letter said: "The ongoing impasse in the dispute between the government and junior doctors poses a significant threat to our whole healthcare system by demoralising a group of staff on whom the future of the NHS depends".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36126740

Hmm...wonder if the 'source' is someone in government? 🙄

Seems like the government are regarding this as the new 'miners strike', that they have to break the junior doctors or they won't be able to move on to riding roughshod over other organisations/industries

 

[Diabeticliberty]

If you take a great big long inhalation of breath. One that is long enough to actually carry through the heavy earthy smell of pure unadulterated bullshit (sorry for the language I really am but this cause is very important to me) then you might just pick up the merest odour of desperation creeping in. What a load of rubbish I am talking. In truth it absolutely reeks of it.

 

[Northerner]

I'm not sure any outside body needs to try and 'topple' this government, they seem to be falling apart by themselves on practically every issue these days - I suspect this is partly due to the fact that they made promises in the election they never expected to have to deliver, as they expected another coalition, with another 'partner' they could blame for anything that went wrong (or steal glory from, for things that went well).

 

[trophywench]

You know when a Government says 'jump' and if you don't jump then you are, literally, doomed, isn't that what they always used to call a 'Dictatorship' ?

I could swear history is absolutely littered with OUR government(s) doing everything they could to help overthrow dictatorships over centuries - but then I am very very old. Things must have changed somewhere and it wasn't in the papers .........