it s thursday, the 6th of october. our main story. hundreds of thousands of nurses across the uk are being asked if they re willing to walk out over pay. the royal college of nursing is balloting its members for strike action for the first time in the union s 106 year history. the rcn wants a payrise of 5% above inflation, but no uk nation has offered close to that. our correspondent, caroline davies, has more. through the darkest days of the pandemic, the uk s nurses were some of the nation s heroes. now, they re being balloted to strike over pay. my love for it was to make a difference in people s lives. and that s why i am here. but then, sometimes when i look at it, it s like, is it really worth it? victoria is a mental health nurse in an nhs trust. after she came back from maternity leave, she went part time and receives universal credit because she says her pay wouldn t cover the cost of childcare if she worked full time. even now, she struggles. sometimes you end up ha
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so from the trump administration s point of view, this is all a disingenuous effort to nullify the election. that s how they feel about it. and i think they have a point. what can i do about it? there s not much that they can do about it. i can understand the frustration from the white house. it s like having a cop behind your car on the freeway just moving with you as you watch the speedometer to make sure you don t go over 60. it s sort of on nursing that s going to be the reality for a while for the trump administration. it s like complaining about the weather. i think they need to get a strategy. they have to stop acting tactically. that s what they ve been doing. they ve been a few steps behind and they ve been reacting. they need an overarching strategy, and they need to keep a single coherent and cut, consistent narrative. you re going to have three major players going in front of committees next week. that s the most dangerous time for this administration. tucker: holy smok