ChubbyWordsmith

Do you honestly, honestly believe this is a battle you can win? I support you guys completely and I hope you do but looking at the opinion polls what you've got is a well supported strike in terms of numbers but without much depth of feeling. Basically, most people support the doctors, but they also don't care that much. And opposition is likely to harden the longer the dispute goes on (a fact the government are very well aware of).

What's the path to victory here? When would you, personally, accept defeat?

Good luck to you and all your colleagues, by the way, and sorry if this appears pessimistic.

Have you ever seen someone come to the profession later in life and if so did they manage to succeed?

Thanks for that link, I didn't know that podcast existed. I'm really looking forward to listening to it now. Have some gold!

Great, thanks for the reply. It's something I'd like to seriously consider now but I'm 31, I've finished grad school, worked on aid projects overseas for a number of years and am now in a career in the same sector. It seems like a big jump for a guy who's going to be older than everyone else to say "Now I want to go into law" but it's encouraging to hear about success stories.