Tone Deaf Minister Loses Plot
Tone Deaf Minister Loses Plot
Follow @KnightsTempOrgA leading UK government minister is being ridiculed over his attempt to demonise and blackmail striking nurses by linking their desperate attempt to get a wage increase to Vladimir Putin. Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi directly linked the strike to the war in Ukraine.
In a series of high profile media appearances on Sunday, Zahawi urged nurses not to strike and “send a very clear message” to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he said rising prices were being driven by higher energy costs due Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“This is not a time to be divided. We have to come together to, I hope, send a very clear message to Mr Putin that he can’t use energy as a weapon in this way,” he said on Sky News. He repeated the same message in appearances on the BBC and Times Radio.
The absurd, insulting and tone deaf message brought well-deserved criticism. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen said: “Using Russia’s war in Ukraine as a justification for a real-terms pay cut for nurses in the UK is a new low for this Government. The public does not believe this kind of rhetoric and wants ministers to address our dispute.”
Nursing staff were quitting the NHS because they could not afford food and bills and were “fearing the worst on energy this winter”, she added.
“Ten days until our strike action is due to begin, I reiterate my commitment to meeting with ministers to address our dispute.”
Even pro-Ukraine outlets such as the Guardian and BBC slammed Zahawi for his ridiculous message.
There is, of course, a great irony in this. The nursing unions went along with the political elite's war on ordinary Brits when they helped make their members key collaborators in the lockdown and vaxx mandates. Nurses happily jabbing healthy young people and dancing on TikTok became among the most hated images of the imposed - and ruinously expensive - crisis.
When nurses are now among the millions of Brits now being hit with the eye-watering bill for the elite's covid crimes, they are only reaping what they helped sow.
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