In recent weeks the prime minister Rishi Sunak has looked increasingly tetchy, frazzled and irritated.
Quietly, his party, hypnotized by terrible opinion polls, had decided there was no way he could win the next election. Many relatively young and once ambitious Tory MPs were looking for alternative careers in the private sector.
Protesters hold banners and placards in support of fair pay for teachers during the demonstration in Parliament Square.Suddenly he began to look like someone in control of events – and if the health unions follow suit, it will be the biggest win of his Premiership so far. But if he can get the public sector to accept below-inflation wage increases, and if the health unions call off their strikes, allowing him a better chance of hitting his target on waiting lists, then all is not lost.
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