Hospital patient Catherine Pool spoke for the whole nation when she told Rishi Sunak to give nurses a decent pay rise.
Because the richest PM in history must be left under no illusion that if he short changes key workers again, destroying living standards with increases way below the soaring cost of living, then he’ll feel the backlash from tens of millions exactly like her.
Scandalously, nurses real pay has fallen by a fifth during 12 years of Tory austerity.
Moneybags Sunak was happy to clap for them during the pandemic. Now they deserve much, much more.
When the Royal College of Nursing organises a first nationwide strike ballot in its long and distinguished history, the anger of exploited carers is obvious.
The public is on the side of the nurses, other NHS staff and key workers everywhere.
This wealthy unelected PM has a stark choice: serve the people or be swept away.
Young pride
The huge jump in the number of young viewers watching our Pride of Britain awards has been truly remarkable.
It’s one in the eye for the few grumpy stick-in-the-muds who grumble that people under a certain age don’t care about others.
Quite clearly they do.
The awards – the most-watched show on the night it was broadcast – underlines the common decency of people of all ages and their determination to applaud the extraordinary contributions of their fellow citizens.
So let’s once again applaud the winners and the household names who turned up to acknowledge the true stars of our nation.
Try harder
Royal husband and rugby star Mike Tindall could be in for the game of his life in the jungle with Ant and Dec.
Relatives back home will be hoping I’m A Celeb beats the last regal game show. In 1987 It’s a Knockout had young royals dressing up and doing silly things. It was a total disaster.
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