Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "Intensive care nurse describes how she can ‘barely make ends meet’" video.

Sorry, nurses are more important than most of the rest. They have our lives in their care. The private sector have had pay rises way above the public sector now but I agree many people need a pay rise now and need to press for one, not condemn others that do.
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I'm sure lorry drivers earn more and don't have people's lives at stake. You have to take into account that she lives in London where rents are very high and mortgages are unaffordable on that income. Average rents in London are £1000 though it depends where you live. It's much higher in some areas and I found this via googling 'Tenants in London could end up spending 15 per cent more on rent by 2023, according to a leading property agent. Savills told the Standard it predicts rents will rise much faster than house prices over the next four years, as Brexit uncertainty, larger deposits, a reluctant buyer's market and pricey build-to-rent homes impacts on property costs.' Are nurses all to leave London? Their wages have lost about 25% in value since the Tories came into power while the cost of living has risen by 10% in 2022 alone. Many nurses are leaving the profession because they can earn more in supermarkets. That can't be right. It seems people on low wages resent more skilled and responsible jobs from being paid more, even if nurses have had to spend years studying before earning a wage and funding that study at their own expense.
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@gc4575 Yes they are a right in any decent civilised society and especially in a rich western one where 1% of the population now owns as much as 70% of the rest of the population together.
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Those on minimum wage are not as qualified as her, have not spent years qualifying at their own expense, do not have life and death responsibilities and probably aren't paying average or upwards London rents which are increasing when the value of their pay has gone down 25% under the Tory government, or is everyone to be paid on minimum wage in which case all our skilled workers will move abroad? The Tories love it when workers attack each other rather than them.
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Their pay has devalued by 25% since the Tories came to power but rents and rates and the cost of living is going up and has been going up for some time. They spent years qualifying at their own expense. Who would do that unless they expect a payback in the form of higher pay? They have life and death responsibilities and put their own lives at risk during the Covid pandemic. Yes everyone needs a cost of living pay rise. The minimum wage is at least scheduled to go up by over 9%. The nurses have not been offered anything near that percentage. The Tory government loves it when workers attack each other rather than them. They are also fighting for the NHS against a government that is allowing it to collapse.
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Why should that matter? She's a senior qualified nurse whose pay will have devalued by about 25% since the Tories came to power but her London rent will have kept increasing along with the cost of living. Nurses spend years training at their own expense. Some are leaving to work in supermarkets where they can earn more. I bet a lorry driver can earn more than her.
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And what is the Tory government going to do about that? Nothing.
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Pathetic comment.
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@CORNISHDUDE Oh for pity's sake!
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They are doing their best not to put lives at risk but they know lives are at risk anyway as the Tory government lets the NHS collapse. So how do they get a pay rise and address these problems when the government just ignores their plight?
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Everyone knows that. The only remedy is to oust the Tory government.
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