Edwina Currie Calls Striking Midwives Disgraceful, Twitter Hits Back

I'm on @theJeremyVine show, @BBCRadio2 at noon today, talking about disgraceful Unite strike against NHS. Think about patients, don't strike

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie@theJeremyVine well think about ordinary hardworking people struggling to make ends meet. 5% tax cut for rich, VAT up 2.5%.

— George Newton (@GeorgeNewton1) October 13, 2014

.@Edwina_Currie yes so think how desperate they must be to go on strike. We need MORE midwives, Tories are killing the NHS

— Helen Dewdney (@ComplainingCow) October 13, 2014

Less than ten per cent of Unison's NHS members voted to strike. Shame on you, pressurising the rest to walk out today. What about patients?

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie I know for a fact many people wanted to strike & couldn't due to the nature of the job, real shame and a conflict of beliefs

— Cheryl Cain (@CherylCain) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie Where you get those figures? Was over 70% in my branch.

— elizabeth fischer (@lizzyf101) October 13, 2014

Annie Black, who has been a midwife for 12 years, quoted in support of strike. But band 6 midwives start at £25,783. More than min wage

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) October 13, 2014

.@Edwina_Currie So, anybody who is paid more than the minimum wage has, de facto, no grounds for grievance?

— Johnnie Ingram (@johnnieingram) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie less than the average though 26k is pennies

— Keith (@TheOfficialMack) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie Of course they should receive more than minimum wage! They're highly skilled professionals who are massively undervalued.

— Helen Howard (@bambihelen) October 13, 2014

Blimey! Just been debating on @theJeremyVine@BBCRadio2 with a community midwife on £39,000 pa, who says she's not being paid enough. Huh?

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) October 13, 2014

.@Edwina_Currie The basic salary for a UK MP is £67,060 (plus expenses). So, is every MP doing 170% of the job of a competent midwife?

— Johnnie Ingram (@johnnieingram) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie absolutely shocked by the ignorance - the pay reflects the job. Lets cut the MP wage if that's such a good salary??

— claire_liz (@claire_liz) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie@mavetherave99 They're underpaid. Unlike an ex MP and minister who enjoys a taxpayer funded £50+K pension.

— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie@Stephen_Woods@theJeremyVine@BBCRadio2 Go whisk an egg you has been politician

— Christopher John (@mrchrisjohn) October 13, 2014

@johnnieingram@Edwina_Currie mp, egg hater, sequinned dancer, no one would make that up.

— HappyToast (@IamHappyToast) October 13, 2014

good to see @Edwina_Currie trolling nurses. what an awful woman she is. wish she would just go away. #tories#nhs

— Imperial Aerosol Kid (@HeyGeno) October 13, 2014

Disgusted by what @Edwina_Currie just said on @BBCRadio2 About1% pay rise when she's getting an 11% pay rise. Just disgusting.

— shona gillen (@calamity928) October 13, 2014

@Edwina_Currie on @theJeremyVine show making my skin crawl attacking NHS midwives. Typical Tory attacking workers defending their rights

— Don Davis (@Dondavisplc) October 13, 2014

Jeremy Vine. Paid by the Licence Fee. A Highly Trained Midwife, paid by the tax payer. Edwina Currie. Paid by the devil? #bbcr2

— acronymWTF (@acronymWTF) October 13, 2014

Edwina Currie is a moron. She's totally missed the point. @theJeremyVine

— Gemma Ashcroft (@AshcroftGemma) October 13, 2014