BBC Question Time returned to TV screens last night after Fiona Bruce made the trip to Inverness. Ms Bruce was joined by a star-studded panel that included SNP former Westminster leader Angus Robertson, Scottish Tory Party chairman Craig Hoy, Labor’s Shadow Social Security Secretary Pam Duncan-Glancy, Spectator editor Fraser Nelson and award-winning stand-up comedian has. Susie McCabe.
However, after initially focusing on Scottish independence, passionate panelists and animated audience members turned their attention to strike action, including in the NHS.
An audience member, who revealed that she works in the NHS, even told the panel she supported possible strike action.
She claimed: “I have never supported strikes, especially in health care.
“But now that I am at this stage of my career, I am confused about being underpaid.
“I do not take enough money home at the end of the month to pay all my bills and technically I am a professional person.
“So, why is that?”
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Nurses in Scotland have warned they could strike if Nicola Sturgeon does not agree to a 10 per cent salary increase.
Colin Poolman, director of the Royal College of Nursing, warned Prime Minister and Health Secretary Humza Yousaf: “Do not take nurses for granted – because they can show their strength.”
Mr Yousaf has since offered a record-breaking five per cent salary increase to thousands of NHS workers.
However, Jaki Lambert, director of Scotland for the Royal College of Midwives, said: “The government’s pay offer for our members is simply not good enough.
“It is not close to what midwives and maternity staff currently earn or need.
The Scottish Police Federation will start its “most open” action today, a century later, after being offered a “ridiculous” wage offer of just £ 565.
A withdrawal of goodwill causes officers not to start shifts early and to end shifts at the scheduled time, unless instructed to work late.
According to the BBC, they will also demand payment for each period of overtime and not take protective and political equipment home.
A Scotland police spokesman said he was committed to seeking payment.
He added: “We recognize the significant benefactors who bring in their roles on a daily basis as they keep people across the country safe, and this is also appreciated by the communities they serve.”