inflation plus 5% is not a figure that we could reasonably offer if we were in government today. but given that unison and the royal college of nursing have offered to talk and to negotiate and to compromise, i don t understand why the government isn t biting their hand off. instead, ministers will today be discussing using the army to drive ambulances and carry out passport checks at our borders. so the outlook for compromise looks bleak. any thaw between the government and unions unlikely this side of christmas. david grammaticus, bbc news, westminster. downing street is stressing there will still be serious disruption as a result of industrial action, despite damning despite the army being drafted in full subnets talk to our political who is at westminster, jonathan, just because of up there, because we got this meeting of the cobra government emergency committee later. just tell us more about what they are going to be discussing? be discussing? yes, ben, in a little bit later this
0ur health editor hugh pym joins me now from st mary s, paddington, one of the hospitals set to be affected if the strikes go ahead. talk to us about the extent of the action and the likely impact. weill. action and the likely impact. well, most but not action and the likely impact. well, most but not all action and the likely impact. well, most but not all areas action and the likely impact. well, most but not all areas will - action and the likely impact. well, most but not all areas will be i most but not all areas will be affected. thursday when the royal nursing stage their first strikes it will be about a quarter of english health trusts which will be affected. in wales it will be all but one health board and all of the trust in northern ireland covered by the walk outs. it looks as if they will go ahead with the failure of talks this evening. the key issue remains pay. the royal nursing are claiming for inflation plus 5%. at the time of the ballots that added up the time o
s isn t that long ago, flight. right. in the presidential race this was a county won by mitt romney by 62, o62. imagine that. so 63. look at the change there. as the population has grown, it has become more democratic and it s a similar story in this other county. mitt romney won this county by about 5 points so it was romney plus 5 and take it all the way to this special election we just had. you see raphael warnock won it by plus 36. so it s d plus 33, r plus 5 in 2012. you can see over the ten years as the population has grown here this has become a democratic county. that s become the story of georgia as it s flipped from a red to a purple and now i
shown only started working as a nurse shown only started working as a nurse at shown only started working as a nurse at the start of is ie is - of leaving and is thinking of leaving because of the pay. what would ou sa because of the pay. what would you say to because of the pay. what would you say to a because of the pay. what would you say to a patient because of the pay. what would you say to a patient who - because of the pay. what would you say to a patient who has - you say to a patient who has had the operation postponed because of this strike action? first of all i m sorry, i hope that first of all i m sorry, i hope that they first of all i m sorry, i hope that they would first of all i m sorry, i hope that they would understand j first of all i m sorry, i hope - that they would understand that they have that they would understand that they have been that they would understand that they have been probably- that they would understand thatj they have been probab
the strikes will last from 8am to 8pm each day. we will continue to provide life preserving services on those days. but of course there will be disruption. but there s disruption to patient services at this point in time there has been for many, many years. the union wants its members pay to go up by the rate of inflation plus 5%, but government say that s not affordable. at the christmas market in birmingham, it was hard to find people who didn t support the nurses. but there are worries. i ve got a child that s disabled. so, you know, if we did need to go, then obviously it is a concern i think most british people, if we talk about our nhs, .