‘Enough!’ The Question Time audience erupted as angry viewers attacked Labor ministers

Robert Novoski

An angry NHS worker hit out at confused Labor ministers and demanded they “start doing something now” to improve the precious health service.

The Question Time audience was angry that Labor would hold another consultation – which Labor called a “big national conversation” – to help improve the health service.

He made his feelings known by taking aim at Labor MP for Streatham and Croydon North and Secretary of State for the Environment, Steve Reed.

The viewer said: “I actually work in the NHS – I actually work in the emergency department and we’ve given you…a ten year plan that we’ve gone through, haven’t we? You haven’t even achieved any of that in those 10 years.

“We should not be telling you as a person in the NHS or a member of the public what you should do. It’s clear what needs to happen.”

He later said that saying more was pointless and action was needed quickly to stop the staff bleeding.

He said: “I love my job and I love helping people – you can’t attract people to the NHS as it is. You have to start doing something now and act now and not have another ten year plan! Come on guys!”

The audience applauded the woman. Fiona Bruce chimed in by saying “very powerful, I have to say” before adding “and clearly from the heart”.

Ms Bruce then stated that Wes Streeting was shadow health minister before becoming the current health minister – and therefore had a lot of time to think about what action he wanted to take.

Mr Reed, said he understood the woman’s concerns but they were still completing the task at hand.

He said: “They got on with it. We are looking to get another 40,000 appointments every week because we have a waiting list that extends to years for some people.”

The audience then interrupted the minister to say that the NHS was “losing staff” and said that it was because they were “tired and burnt out” – which received even louder applause. He added that “enough is enough.” Mr Reed said he “completely understands” her concerns and added that they “feel the same” because the NHS is “broken.”

There was also a heated debate about reparations for slavery on the BBC’s Question Time, when one member of the audience rejected demands for compensation as “ridiculous”.

The debate was broadcast live from Plymouth this week and focused in part on whether Britain should allocate funds to atone for its colonial past.

Emily Sheffield, a journalist on the panel, said: “I think this is a very complex question.”

He added: “King Charles said that we must understand the course of history. “I think there is still further recognition of this suffering, the stain of a terrible period of history that caused so much damage to so many communities.”

An audience member was then asked to speak and he was not happy with what he heard from the panel.

He said: “You are opening a can of worms. You’re asking the country to take responsibility for something that happened 200 years ago, and for me to pay it forward to someone who wasn’t even there. I think the whole thing is ridiculous.”

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