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Its worth remembering though that the government and the BMA did agree a contract after the government made further concessions following two years of conflict. We should all have breathed a sigh of relief at that and been thankful that the situation was eventually resolved through negotiations.

Unfortunately there is an element amongst the BMA who utterly refuse to compromise and have hijacked the whole thing. No way are these 5 day strikes a proportionate response, no way. I know the default response on things like this is often 'support the doctors' and '**** the Tories' but these strikes are a disgrace and there is not evidence of enough support for it even amongst the junior doctors themselves.