should the government be ashamed

Calendargirl

Sounds like we had better hunker down in bed all day tomorrow, and not risk doing anything!

Or, move to Scotland. But don't plan on coming by train.

Oreo

Not completely to answer the OP
I think they should have sorted things out for the NHS as they are a special case you could say, after the pandemic.So a payrise of say 8 to 9%.
The train drivers and all others on strike, not so much!
I’ve not much sympathy for them tbh.As for postal workers!
Any government’s not responsible for all the ills in the country.
The railways were kept going by furlough, and this is what they now do.

If the government isn't responsible, who is? That is literally their job, to run the country.

J52

Will Quince, health minister, has suggested that the public avoid sports and driving tomorrow just in case they have an accident. What next!

What?
I'm glad I'm still away tomorrow because walking my crazy dog is a risky activity in itself.
But I do need to drive home on the M5 in the afternoon.

Sounds like we had better hunker down in bed all day tomorrow, and not risk doing anything!

Not completely to answer the OP
I think they should have sorted things out for the NHS as they are a special case you could say, after the pandemic.So a payrise of say 8 to 9%.
The train drivers and all others on strike, not so much!
I’ve not much sympathy for them tbh.As for postal workers!
Any government’s not responsible for all the ills in the country.
The railways were kept going by furlough, and this is what they now do.

Will Quince, health minister, has suggested that the public avoid sports and driving tomorrow just in case they have an accident. What next!

They are just going to brazen it out and hope the public begin to turn on the strikers. I don't think that's going to happen, certainly not with the NHS staff. We are getting a below par service now and have been for several years. They need to get a grip or call an election.

Yes, I’m very angry with them for actually putting the blame on low paid people for inflation, when in fact they are responsible for much of it.