Suddenly, Streeting thinks public opinion matters – but only when it comes to the BMA

It’s a day ending in a ‘y’, so you know red Tory Wes Streeting is going to be spouting some tripe about the British Medical Association (BMA) somewhere or other.

The health secretary’s latest desperate gambit is waving around a public opinion poll on the upcoming BMA resident doctors’ strike:

Howling moral vacuum

You might think a Labour health secretary would devote less of his time to bashing the doctor’s union, but that forgets a crucial detail. Namely, Starmer’s shower of a party wouldn’t know socialist values if they slapped them round the face.

First and foremost, what a bloody disgusting thing to say from Streeting. This swine is trying to frame doctors as not caring about their patients, purely because they won’t stand for years of real-terms pay cuts.

Sure, it’s nice to have public backing for a strike. It’s a pity the public aren’t on-side with the striking workers. However, going ahead with industrial action without public support is a far cry from thinking that patients are unimportant.

Given his utterly shameless display, it’s unsurprising that the health secretary got absolutely cooked on social media. It’s no secret we at the Canary also think Streeting is a howling moral vacuum in the shape of a man – so let’s take a look, shall we?

Threats to the NHS

Some commenters pointed out the this isn’t just about pay restoration –  Starmer and his henchman have also threatened to take away residents’ training places:

Is there anybody out there who thinks that threatening to take away training is a good call? Labour is threatening the healthcare system itself in an attempt to break the strike here.

Others pointed out that public opinion is likely being swayed by the dire state of the NHS:

Remind us again who’s meant to be responsible for the welfare of the NHS? Oh yeah, it’s the fucking health secretary. 

Wes Streeting: Tory in disguise

Then there’s the good old standard – pointing out that Streeting is a Tory in a red tie:

Anyone else remember back when Labour was a friend of the unions? Wasn’t that nice? Moving on then.

Oh, and of course, there’s the fact that Streeting’s framing was low-down, even for him:

Nobody mention the public approval

Then, we’re breaking out the big guns – highlighting that the Labour Party are hardly brimming with public approval:

Just 16% of the public currently intends to vote for Labour in the event of a general election. Oh, and 63% of the public disapprove of the current government.

Looks like Streeting will be out of a job even faster than the doctors he’s trying to chase off.

Then, of course, there’s the popularity of the health secretary himself:

Did anyone else know that YouGov tracks the popularity of individual politicians? That has the potential to become utterly soul-destroying.

I bet this is going to come in handy.

What unites us?

Anyway, let’s see what the ‘opposition’ thinks:

You know, it’s got to be difficult for the likes of Badenoch and the other Tory scum at the moment. Labour keep coming out with all of the horrific right-wing policies that used to be the Conservatives’ bread and butter.

Look, poor Badenoch has had to resort to making shit up. ‘Labour has chosen the unions over patients’ – come again now? Are we listening to the same Labour health secretary?

You know, if Streeting and Badenoch sat down and talked it out like grownups, they’d find they’re more alike than they are different.

Both clearly think they have free rein to abuse NHS doctors.

Likewise, they both think they can lie to the public and get away with it.

And, of course, both of them are working as hard as they can to ensure that Labour are never elected again.

Well would you look at that – it came in handy immediately.