Medals for emergency service staff

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But no pay rises.

About 400,000 medals commemorating the Queen's 70-year reign will be given out to frontline workers.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said the medals, for the Platinum Jubilee, was a fitting tribute to emergency workers and other recipients.

The medals will be awarded to living recipients of the Victoria and George Crosses and also members of the prison services and Armed Forces.

Worcestershire Medal Service said the commission has helped create jobs.

So a piece of metal celebrating the Queen is a fitting tribute to risking your life during the pandemic but a pay rise isn't?

I wonder how much these medals cost. It's Victorian bullshit - "Here, have this metal disc celebrating the Queen - not you, peasant, the Queen - and no, you can't exchange it for food."

I like how the company that makes the medals is defending them - of course they are going to be positive about them. If I commission 800 placards with "Bumholes" on them it would help create jobs but it wouldn't be a good use of public money.

What next? Nurses being given paintings of Captain Tom instead of a proper pay rise.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-58690666

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If you think about it, it probably is a fitting tribute when you consider what those institutions represent.