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  "textContent": "Yesterday, 25 March, the British Medical Association (BMA) announced six new days of strike action. The news followed the union members’ vote to reject the government’s latest offer on pay and jobs. Following the announcement, supposedly-socialist health secretary Wes Streeting took to the Commons to continue his streak of bashing the doctors’ union. His excuse for […]\n\nBy Alex/Rose Cocker",
  "title": "Streeting’s new excuse for bashing striking doctors? The war in Iran, of course!"
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