Alex Matchett

Too vital to strike but not vital enough to pay more than £18 an hour. Also, how’s recruitment and retention in the police and armed forces currently working out? A lame duck leader of a party the country’s given up on.

It's always weird to see these bizarre claims that the committee is "hard left" or "corbynistas". This is a wave of young people aged typically between 23-35 who see Broken Britain for what it is. Raising rent, raising house prices, raising energy prices, raising leisure prices, raising taxes. Meanwhile they look around and get told "not my job", "can't help you", "that exam's gonna be £1000", "cool wedding date, I'm still gonna need you to work", "sorry to hear your dad died... see you 9am". None of them want any of that. They want purchasing power comparable to the stake they should have in society. They want to thrive. And whilst money is frittered away to other causes, doctors have decided not to wait for the illusionary pot of gold at the end of the rainbow because there has always been another crisis and excuse to erode our pay and conditions to afford the next vanity project. They're willing to use the mechanisms available to do so. It's high time that other industries and young professionals re-invent the unions and political parties. Fucking grasp the nettle and take the power that can give them capital. Re-invent the social contract. And the media have a responsibility to be honest instead of their ludicrous spin. This 22-29% malarkey is another example of how the country is in a perpetual death spiral borne of tall-poppy syndrome. That figure was over 2-3 years and is actually approximately only ~2-4% in real terms. Because if you're against the people who go through enormous competition, who focus on upskilling themselves for decades, and who actually go to work, over a ~2-4% real terms increase over 3 years (on a backdrop of 15 years of ~30% erosion) then you need to have a very fucking hard look at yourself and think what do you stand for and what do you want your country to be? Do you hate aspiration? Do you hate hard work? If you do and if hard working doctors' anger fizzles out then next comes the toxic, contagious, corrosive, country destroying cloud of apathy that appears to be so pervasive today throughout the rest of society. Because what will be the fucking point. thetimes.com/comment/column…

@morefluids @UKRunChat Shorter the duration and lower the intensity. Sometimes walking instead of running. Focus on maintaining fitness rather than building fitness.

Runners & night shift workers - how do you do it? I find nights wreak havoc & decimate my running schedule. I am too physically tired to run. Takes few days to get back. Then nights again. Certainly can’t run between shifts as it wakes me up #running #NightShift @UKRunChat

Sunak tells MPs Govt accepted recommendations of pay review bodies "in full". Erm, not on junior doctors it didn't. Pay review body recommended a higher level of pay than planned in a multi-year deal. Instead Govt stuck with 2% pay rise. Ballot of junior drs underway now. #PMQs

Congratulations @WelshTriathlon brilliant team performance!!

@coachtrimonkey Good luck Rich!

My bike is racked, bags are in transition and 1 more sleep to go. Just a mountain of 🍝 to get through. 🙏💯😁💪

Wales are the 2021 #GuinnessSixNations Champions! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Hir yw pob ymaros, ond Cymru yw'r Pencampwyr! 🏆 #HWFN

What a result! Chuffed for Pivac too. Made some big calls the last few games and they paid off! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Great to catch up with @stevo_collins to chat Triathlon and combining it with working as a junior doctor!

@endura Hi guys, sent an email re NHS offer on 17/4 and didn’t get a reply. Just checked the website and it says to get in touch on here.

Not a bad way to end a great week in Chamonix with wildmedtraining ⛷ ❄️ ⛰ #chamonixmontblanc🇫🇷 #chamonix #valleeblanche #skiing🎿 #bluebirdday #powderday @ Vallée Blanche instagram.com/p/B9hc2PaDAcd/…

Not a bad afternoon for a spin along the Pembrokeshire coast!

Coverage of the finale of the 2019 @WelshTriathlon Super Series on S4C tonight!

@coachtrimonkey @IRONMAN_Wales Well done Rich!

Job done. A big thank you to the amazing volunteers @IRONMAN_Wales and the bonkers supporters out on the course. 🥳👏👏👏

@coachtrimonkey @WelshTriathlon @S4C Thanks Rich! Hope you and the family are well.

@AlexMatchett93 @WelshTriathlon @S4C Great work, it's impressive how you've balanced the studies, now work with training and still smashing it out racing. ,🐵👊

It’s been a busy few weeks combining work and training so very pleased with 2nd in round 5 of the @WelshTriathlon Super Series. Catch the highlights on @S4C tonight.

@coachtrimonkey Thanks Rich!

Congratulations @AlexMatchett93, tidy result at the Outlaw Half. I hope you enjoyed. 👊

First race entered for the 2019 season. Looking forward to racing the Outlaw Half Nottingham in May! @OutlawTriathlon outlawtriathlon.com/nottingham-hal…

@SteveHowarth0 Thanks Steve!

@AlexMatchett93 You’re a machine mate, every Saturday morning when I get up from work I see you win a triathlon. Well done mate