NHS Heros; Cabinet Villains.

After his discharge from hospital the Prime Minister – Alphonse ‘Godfather’ Johnson – praised the medical staff at St Thomas’ Hospital for saving his life; in particular he named two nurses for whom he had special praise, a New Zealander and a Portuguese national.

The very same Alphonse ‘Godfather’ Johnson who on 28.6.2017 was one of over 300 Tories and DUP MP’s who voted down a Labour amendment to the Queen’s Speech to remove the public sector pay cap?

At the time, nurses, whose pay had declined by 14% since 2009, were the public sector group who were de-facto acting on behalf of all public sector workers.

Not only did the Tories and DUP vote down the amendment but, on the Speaker declaring the result, the Tory benches erupted in loud cheering!

Currently, we are confronted with the spectacle of the Prime Minister and senior cabinet ministers constantly praising the NHS and its staff, but, on the 28^th June 2017, how did this clique vote:-

These are some of the current Cabinet who voted against, and subsequently cheered upon hearing the Speaker announce the outcome:

Stephen Barclay

Robert Buckland

Dr Therese Coffey

George ‘Useless’ Eustace

Suella Braverman

Zac Goldsmith

Michael Gove

Matt Hancock

Jeremy Hunt (for old times’ sake)

Robert Jenrick

Boris Johnson

Priti Patel

Dominic Raab

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Grant Shapps

Alok Sharma

Rishi Sunak

Liz Truss

Gavin Williamson 

…’Nuff said!

The pay cap was finally lifted in 2018.