We’re all on the same page over this one, it seems.

The George Cross is the highest award that can be bestowed by the United Kingdom “for acts of the greatest heroism or for most conspicuous courage in circumstance of extreme danger” by civilians (or military personnel not in the presence of an enemy.

Today, it has been awarded to the National Health Service – not to any individuals within it, but to the organisation itself, in each of the four UK countries.

No NHS worker will receive the medal. None of them will be remotely better-off as a result of this tokenistic act.

Of course the leaders of the NHS in the different countries have made a show of it. Don’t bother watching the video if you don’t want to. I was squirming within 20 seconds…

Here’s a better response: accurate and to the point (it’s also full of strong language so don’t watch if that kind of thing offends you):

Let’s break it down a bit. What good does this symbolic award achieve?

Good points by Paul Bernal – but academic, as no NHS employee has actually received one.

Alastair Campbell gets closer to the aim the Tory government was hoping to achieve, I think:

Exactly. The statement appears to be: “We clapped you, and we gave a medal to your services, that your bosses can display proudly in their headquarters. What more do you want? Money? Sorry. All your getting is a bit of tin and the clap.”

Here’s what NHS staff really need:

The contrast between what’s needed and what’s provided is stark – and insulting.

And we all know it:

https://twitter.com/RD_HaIe/status/1411987788954845184

Worse still is the injury. NHS workers can’t have their pay rise because, guess where the Tories have put the money instead? Here:

How sad that not one of the NHS bosses has had the courage to tell HM The Queen to take her piece of tin and shove it so far into Boris Johnson that he’ll need surgery to remove it.

Have YOU donated to my crowdfunding appeal, raising funds to fight false libel claims by TV celebrities who should know better? These court cases cost a lot of money so every penny will help ensure that wealth doesn’t beat justice.

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