What happened on 23rd June 2023 - with your comments in the Web

On Friday, Brits were choosing their favourite holiday destination in Britain, together with the Daily Mail

Britain has several beautiful holiday destinations from beautiful beaches to quaint villages in the rolling countryside and rugged mountains and Express.co.uk wanted to know which is your favourite.

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit household finances, staycations are a popular choice for Britons wanting to travel without the additional cost of going abroad.

A survey from earlier this year found that 36 percent of Britons are planning a short break of one to four days in the UK in 2023.

The research of 1,000 people was conducted on behalf of audit, tax and consulting firm, RSM UK and found some 28 percent are planning a longer break in the UK of five or more days. 

Many British holidaymakers enjoy taking a trip to the seaside, with millions flocking to the south-west of England to explore the sandy beaches of Devon and Cornwall.

For those who enjoy a more rural break, The Cotswolds offers a quintessential English countryside retreat and the Yorkshire Dales is a great location to explore miles of moors and valleys. In contrast, in the east of England, the Norfolk Broads has over 200 kilometres of beautiful waterways to be explored.

 

This poll appeared to be a bait forcing more people to sign-up to the DM newsletters. There were some interesting comments, though.

"Chapel St Leonards Lincolnshire" - "You forgot Old Leake!"

"Dover, Portsmouth, and Plymouth. It is lovely to watch the English coastline receed as I head off for Calais, St.Malo, or Santander. Only two more jouneys to do. Santander one way later this year"

"Voted Cornwall. No way am I telling you all my real favourite UK tourist destination. I don’t want you all turning up and spoiling it. "

"Scarborough is my favourite place, but then I was born there so I'm maybe a little bit biased. "

"Huddersfield"

"My favourite place is Paignton, there's so much to do when the sun's not shining.There are plenty of fancy goods shops along the sea front where you can buy all sorts of things from ashtrays made out of seashells, snowglobes with the sea and the word "PAIGNTON" inside and even personal massage

units shaped like a sausage !

It has a wonderful pier which is free to get in and has all sorts of exciting amusement arcade machines inside including a horse which for a small sum will rock back and forward a bit for five minutes. Even at 83 I enjoyed it so much I spent nearly half an hour on it, you should have seen the childrens' faces as they waited for me to get off !

When you're tired of the pier there's nothing more fun than watching the seagulls, there's one particular who's a real card, he flies around in the sky, squawks and walks around on the ground with his legs looking for bits of bread.

Samuel Pepes famously once said "when a man is tired of London he is tired of life", I actually think he was talking about Paignton, it's a wonderful place to visit."

Others have been dug too deep in politics:

"I like going to cities like oxford Cambridge London Edinburgh St Albans etc. and feeling smug and happy coz I know they all voted remain while I voted Brexit and we won 😎😎😎😎" - "You're quoting cities renowned as great seats of learning, academia and research, in other words where the clever people live. Funny that. "

On Friday as well,  the Sky News reported that junior doctors in England will strike for five days from 13 July in what is thought to be longest single period of industrial action in history of NHS.

he British Medical Association (BMA) said the five-day walkout would be between 7am on Thursday 13 July and 7am on Tuesday 18 July. Thousands of appointments and pre-planned operations are set to be disrupted as more senior doctors fill in and emergency and critical care is prioritised.

Junior doctors also went on strike for three days earlier this month. It followed a four-day walkout in April and a three-day one in March. Pay has decreased by more than a quarter since 2008 when inflation is taken into account - and many doctors are burnt out from an increasing workload, according to the BMA.

It said they there was no option but to strike as the government's 5% pay offer is way below the 35% demanded. The government has said such a figure is unreasonable and that the strikes risk patient safety and will lead to more treatments being postponed.

 

There opinions in the Web divided. Many Britons have been criticized the NHS and medical services:

"The NHS hasn't been fit for purpose for some time. I suspect we're way past the point where it costs more lives than it saves. Other countries have far better results. We need a healthcare system that prioritises patient wellbeing, not one that prioritises itself."

 

"So much like when they’re not on strike, you won’t be able to see a doctor."

 

"Honestly we are being conned here the BOE is crippling mortgage payers and saying increase wages are the issue , the unions are wanting more and more wages .. it’s crazy absolutely bonkers what’s happening."

 

"At least on the picket line they can all have a laugh and wave at the motorists that sound their car horns, whilst Doris the minimum wage care worker gets on dealing with her dementia patients!" 

 

Others supported all strike actions.

 

"Have my full support, as does teachers, nurses, train drivers and anyone else that strikes to actually protect the people of the UK. Travelling at 150mph in a couple 100 tonnes of metal, and you want the driver into his 12th hour of his shift and no guard and no catering...hmm" 

"Good.. always money for war but can't pay the doctors and nurses a decent wage."

 

And City A.M. told us about Sunak’s five pledges laid to waste as most Brits say he’s doing a ‘bad job’ – especially on inflation.

 It comes after inflation remained stubbornly at 8.7 per cent this month and the Bank of England (BoE) hiked interest rates to 5 per cent in a 15 year high, sparking mortgage fears.

While on economic growth and reducing national debt, 55 and 63 per cent of people agreed Sunak wasn’t doing well, and 54 per cent weren’t happy with his track record on job creation.

His remaining priorities – cutting NHS waiting lists and removing asylum seekers who arrive in small boats – also scored poorly, with 79 and 70 per cent respectively saying it was “bad”.

The survey consulted 2,294 adults in Britain between June 20 and 21, and indicates the public are yet to be sold on Sunak, who told voters to “judge me on my record”.

Speaking at a PM Connect event at Ikea in Dartford, Kent, yesterday, the PM vowed: “I want to restore people’s trust in politics by not just being honest about what we’re doing and how we’re doing it, but then actually delivering on the things that I say.

 

 The reaction was rather sarcastic.

"Latest Tory line on their failure seems to be that it's all the BoE's fault. Like they're not actually in government and can't do anything to fix the economic failure they've caused. Hopeless."

 

"In Tory world, it's always someone else's fault. That's why they own the press so they can spread false narratives to hoodwink Tory voters with the critical thinking skills of a house brick."

 

"He's the sort of office shit that sets himself five easy objectives he reckons someone else will do and then nominates himself for a bonus if any come off."

 

"Who are the ones who think he's doing well?

Based on the numbers quoted in the article, the Lizardman Constant doesn't account for all of them.

Unless YouGov surveyed the Cabinet, I guess."