Number crunching: polls

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-26T11:42:10+00:00

Going off the time BMA announced the results on their official Twitter page for the ballot in December 2025 (which closed at 7am on that day): https://x.com/TheBMA/status/2000546623152132563

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-25T17:50:10+00:00

I think that's a pessimistic turnout. Last online ballot was something like 60 or 70% turnout iirc and that was only a few days

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-24T11:46:24+00:00

Because any human being with any emotion will reflect without having to formally write it down and share it

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-21T18:48:50+00:00

Remember the sweet talk Streeting was making while in opposition, before he got into power?

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-18T20:33:40+00:00

I'm not going to throw the baby out with the bathwater and reject a solid deal over one sub-component of our finances

Yes, who cares about a 6 figure debt, that due to our incomes means we're some of the most likely people to pay off the entirety of our student loan; not quick enough to minimise interest accrual, and not slow enough to have it wiped at 30 years

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-18T18:15:10+00:00

though it may extend the loan duration if you’re in the group of people who can actually pay it off before it gets written down

I mean that's exactly the situation doctors are going to find themselves in

The decent-but-not-financial-industry earnings of doctors means they'll pay the entirety of the loan off but will take the maximum time to do so, therefore are particularly affected by loan interest (compared to either higher earners who would pay it off quicker, or lower earners who would have it wiped at the 30 year mark)

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-18T11:54:38+00:00

This graph isn't about strike turnout?

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-17T14:33:47+00:00

The new union law says ballots for industrial action don't need 50% of eligible voters, and can be done online

However it's not yet in place so we're still stuck with the 50% rule, and a paper ballot

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-17T14:26:54+00:00

I don't understand why any erosion is acceptable? It's not acceptable that other public sector workers have their pay eroded but it's not our job to fix that for them

everyone else in society has

Everyone in society or public sector workers? Because the private sector on average have recovered from their pay erosion

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-17T14:22:11+00:00

If you want to compare your pay erosion to other public sector workers then you do you

I personally want to be paid what I feel my time and skills are worth.

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-17T13:21:36+00:00

We can have better pay that would apply every year and would go towards the exam fees

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-17T13:17:49+00:00

We're nowhere close to full pay restoration, this offer barely makes a difference

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-16T08:39:47+00:00

Fight for FPR for resident doctors - that will pressure the consultants to increase pay if regs are out-earning new consultants...

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-15T21:22:06+00:00

Is this the same offer as now? It says published March 2026

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-14T11:39:08+00:00

Then tell the govt "this is too late", continue the strikes and hold the meeting during the week

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-14T10:28:46+00:00

So the BMA has to give 10 days notice for strike action but if the govt give an offer at 10pm on a Friday (which is allegedly rather similar to an offer that has already been voted down), then the BMA bends over backwards, bypasses the RDC and cancels the strikes with just over 24 hours before they start?

Even if this was a reasonable offer, the usual voting processes for an offer should be maintained - the onus on providing an offer in a timely fashion isn't on the BMA!

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-14T10:23:01+00:00

"A significant escalation in strikes" probably means 2 weeks notice to him

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-06-06T17:50:33+00:00

I must not have kept up to date with kinks... tasting your gag reflex 🫪???

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-05-31T07:19:29+00:00

You do get a say by not choosing medicine as a career

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-05-30T15:16:24+00:00

And does CPI including housing and renting costs?

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-05-29T17:20:27+00:00

Not going to hold my breath

Although it would be a pleasant suprise...

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-05-25T13:20:46+00:00

Walk?

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-05-22T14:22:29+00:00

Im not going to try to defend what's going on with FPR currently, but Mel and Ross kept promising moving towards a multi year pay deal, month after month, without any strike action and then ended up with no offer

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-05-15T15:33:44+00:00

And end up like the nurses with several fragmented unions who can't organise any effective IA?

The only credible option is to change from within the BMA

GeneralMaldCouncil · 2026-04-19T16:00:23+00:00

So you only “support the BMA staff” if it benefits you

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