DO IT OR DON’T DO IT! That Is The Question!

Recently, a picture has been making the rounds online, particularly on Facebook.

This is apparently a staff member at Whipps Cross Hospital wearing a Palestine football shirt. That’s not the problem but I guarantee that not one NHS staff throughout the UK would be allowed to wear an Israeli football shirt with Israel on it.

The tax-paying public pays this lady’s salary, and many of those people are Jewish—not the best statement.

The English tax code stipulates that you can refuse to pay taxes if your money is being used to fund war, and we, the British people, oppose genocide.

We have demonstrations every week. Do you want to be paying your taxes for a war that kills innocent people?

There are not enough words to express how horrible this is.

Apparently, the manager is a Pakistani woman. If you think she should be fired, please share your opinions.

Why do our nation’s authorities condone such behaviour?

Go ahead and wear anything like this casually, but don’t expect your employer to publicly support one side over another in divisive international issues.

If this is your attitude, and it shows on the day, with you attempting to impress your views on others, then yes, expect to rightfully get a request for a ‘chat’ from HR.

It’s the NHS, not Amnesty International for crying out loud!

Nothing useful can be obtained by doing this. For a very tiny audience, it’s just a publicity gimmick that won’t have any good effects.

Introducing controversial politics to the workplace is likely going to get HR involved. There is nothing to prohibit you from wearing a football shirt, depending on your work dress code/handbook policy on what can be seen as a political symbol. I think everyone’s heads need a little jiggle here to get their brain cells working, and ultimately this could impact your career prospects, where you could be pegged as a troublemaker.

Wearing a Palestinian tee shirt might present as a political statement, but it’s certainly not illegal, and it’s not something that you should be wearing in a hospital.