No sooner did the junior doctors go on strike – their longest yet, lasting six days – than ITV Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley started insulting them.

Fortunately, Ash Sarkar was there to put him straight (alongside Susanna Reid, in fairness):

But the damage was done – to Madeley.

You see, we already had this debate when still-new Health Secretary Victoria Atkins tried to suggest that junior doctors were “doctors in training”. They’re nothing of the sort; these are fully-qualified medical practitioners.

And it didn’t take long for the backlash to begin:

Still Madeley did a lot of good to the junior doctors’ cause by insulting them:

And striking junior doctors are building support for themselves in surprising ways – like this:

https://twitter.com/JerryHicksUnite/status/

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