Government not so much averting strikes as mitigating their impact

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The big risk for Rishi Sunak is that the country is failing to function properly and the government is impotent to do anything about it, says Sky's Rob Powell.

For a politician fond of talking about his years in tech-loving California, Rishi Sunak's premiership has so far been less"move fast and break things" - as the Silicon Valley mantra goes - and more"take your time and fix stuff".This week, most people will feel the impact of strikes in one way or another as rail workers, posties and nurses all stage walk outs.

While Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said his door is open for talks, the mood music isn't great. But while ministers are holding firm on their refusal to look again at pay, Labour's position appears to have evolved slightly.After saying earlier this week that there was a case to revisit wages, given soaring inflation, the shadow health secretary today confirmed he would beThat said, Wes Streeting is still refusing to put a figure on any settlement and has said nurses' demands of around 17% are unaffordable.

Forty MPs from the Conservative Way Forward group have written to the Chancellor expressing concern over public spending on so-called"woke" projects, given current levels of taxation.'Will health secretary talk to nurses to avert strikes?'

 

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What did he fix exactly?

What exactly has he fixed so far?

'fix stuff' ? is that tory speak for fucking it up even more ?

More hide and seek. Where is he?

Does the government actually do anything useful at all or just make an absolute mess of a country and then try to blame everyone who is not happy about it?

They hate the public sector.

Conservatives Party approach. Didn't see it coming, No plan for it, Lie about what you are doing about it and Spend tax payers money on it. Blame new Labour for it Seems like this is the tory way of governing The conservative party arrogance, cronyism & incompetence

Well what else can they do? Give in to blackmail?

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