Social discontent swells in the United Kingdom in the face of inflation

Correspondent in London

Exactly a month after entering Downing Street, Rishi Sunak is preparing for a tough “winter of discontent”. Protest movements are multiplying, on a scale that the country has not seen for decades. The latest announcement of a walkout, that of the nurses, is particularly striking, as the failing public health system (NHS) is one of the major concerns of the British.

The nurses will go on strike on December 15 and 20, an unprecedented strike since the creation of the RCN (Royal College of Nurses) union 106 years ago. “Nurses are fed up, said Pat Cullen, the general secretary of the RCN, enough of low wages, enough of not being able to give patients the care they deserve. » The union accuses the British government of refusing to negotiate. The RCN, which argues that the real salary of nurses has fallen by 20% since 2010, is asking for a 19.2% increase…