Why 'guilt-tripping' people to clap for the NHS isn't right - letter

I heard the story of a man who has been out every Thursday at 8pm to clap for the NHS, but last week he was having tea, listening to music and by the time he looked at the clock it was 8.30pm.

The next day, he was putting the bin out and his next door neighbour said ‘that’s it then, is it, you given up clapping at 8pm now’.

He said he felt a bit guilty then, like he had been shamed by not going out.

I have seen NHS workers spoken to on the telly and they have said as much as they appreciate the clapping, can you write to Boris Johnson and tell him we deserve a pay rise.

I have no feeling on it either way.

You want to clap, that’s fine.

If you don’t want to go and clap, that’s fine.

Guilt-tripping people to clap isn’t right.

Jayne Grayson

S35