By James Hanson

Has there ever been a trade union more spectacularly wrong about everything than the British Medical Association?

It should tell you all you need to know about the BMA that, back in the 1940s, it even opposed the foundation of the NHS itself. It was little more than a professionalised protection racket back then, and it has remained so ever since.

Today, resident doctors in England have begun yet another five-day strike. In fact, this will be their thirteenth walkout since March 2023 - equivalent to more than 10 working weeks. Among their ludicrous demands is a 29 per cent pay rise. This is despite having already received pay rises totalling nearly 30 per cent over the past three years.

It is true that doctors’ salaries have fallen in real terms over recent decades, but to suggest the taxpayer can afford full pay restoration in one fell swoop is absurd. Many private sector workers have also experienced wage stagnation over recent years, but unlike resident doctors,........

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