Union leader behind doctors’ strikes compared Luigi Mangione to Jesus

The strike will take place between 7am on Friday and 7am on Wednesday July 30, after ministers refused to agree to the pay increase and pointed out that resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, had received the most generous pay rises of any public sector workers over the last two years.

Dr Dolphin, a consultant anaesthetist in London and failed prospective Labour parliamentary candidate, has developed a reputation as a hardline union activist at the BMA.

In his posts about Mr Mangione, he also criticised US police for the extensive manhunt that followed Mr Thompson’s murder on December 4 2024.

He posted a photograph of Mr Mangione’s “perp walk”, when he was led away by police officers in an orange jumpsuit, alongside El Greco’s 1579 painting “The Disrobing of Christ”.

‘Dramatic scene’

The painting depicts Christ being undressed for the crucifixion, after he was sentenced to death at Pontius Pilate’s palace, which is described in the New Testament as the Praetorium.

Dr Dolphin said: “This dramatic scene was the authorities trying to show what happens when one man stands up against the rich and powerful.

“I don’t think this was how the NYPD were anticipating it would look. Perhaps El Greco’s piece should be retitled ‘Christ’s Perp Walk To The Praetorium’…”

He later clarified that while Mr Mangione was “alleged to have used violence to further his cause”, Jesus “did quite the opposite”.

“I was just struck by the visual imagery and how the NYPD made Mangione look, presumably unintentionally,” he said.

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