Union leader Mick Lynch makes a complete fool of Tories and journalists

[@seeteasea5497]

“Can’t do it with a back bencher who learned it off a script” was genius. Enjoyed every minute of that

[@lizzybennett2590]

You beat me to highlighting the very same quote. It WAS brilliant.

[@notch7139]

Gullis physically gulped at that point, all his bullshit and bravado left him like a popped balloon. Mick Lynch has taken down more Tory MPs in the last 2 days than journalists have done in 2 years. He should be leading the Labour Party, Imagine him against Johnson in PMQs….are you allowed to say “complete twaddle” 🤣🤣

[@petegreenfield8366]

Just brilliant!

[@seeteasea5497]

@@notch7139 probably not, but you ARE allowed to lie with impunity

[@notch7139]

@@seeteasea5497 Which sadly explains why they get away with gaslighting the nation.

[@Liverblow1]

When you're on the side of truth its easy to make everyone else look like the fools they are.

[@glazierblue573]

I have some faith in the backbone of the UK people again... the media however have become the governments bitches. Anyone would think we were in the US!

[@7177YT]

This!

[@stephendudman1422]

Very true.

[@Jondgsh]

Their truth is subjective and biast. You are naive if you are fully blinded

[@DrMontague]

The truth is the majority Workers stabbed Corbyn in the back gave Boris a landslide victory.

[@JonatanRaven]

Nothing like a politician being called a liar to their face! Love it!

[@FrankBrown-c5l]

The silence and smug look on the MP's face when Mick called him out for lying says it all. There are none of the politicians who are worth the candle. Self interest and greed rules their every thought, and the sooner we force changes in how government works, the better. Vote INDEPENDANT and destroy party politics. But vote independant only if the independant candidate agrees to act as a message carrier for the electorate and not as a free agent with his or her own agenda.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

He is a barking dog with no bite. Owning Wealth gives you the bite and the bark.

[@DatFwad]

And he didn’t even deny it either. What does that say?

[@williamrogers4791]

Our country is bankrupt,, Why proxy wars stupidity Union leaders who support undocumented migrants, who had billions like hotels and eventually bring down cheap labour, this man should be talking about a third rate railway why they have a. Lencence to run our trains, who are these companies European Union, who payer the British tax payer, now back to Mike lynch he came on national television quote he said I support undocumented migrants who use boats from France to come to britian,?? As for our health service this has put a huge strain and the pandemic also, Hotels hospitality industry has suffered a lot of job loses, so hoteliers can put migrants in at a cost to the tax payer billions and the French also get six hundred million pounds to stop migrants coming to britian but who supports this you heard here on this channel Mike lynch, To me he is a political activist, Just like Arthur scarhill, and look what happen to our poor miners, and the mining towns around the country, broken drug problems no jobs no future, where is the tuc nowhere to speak out about this why corruption and a Marxist country, brits should wake up before you are controlled , by tyrant's like putin, I am for British jobs for British worker proper wages and most off all a free speech country and a democratic country,, all our political parties are corrupt on interested in the own political ambitions not for the British people, revolution his needed not through violence but vote to get the right people in who puts brits first,, 🙏

[@DaddyWorthers]

​@@reasonerenlightened2456he runs the workers who make the wealth, brought the workers out, and ultimately got his demands. I'd say that was 'bite'.

[@djsmithe]

Mick Lynch for PM. He had a smile on his face while making other people look like fools. Straight simple talk.

[@kevmccormick1767]

Never happen the powers that be would destroy him, just look what they done to last slightly socialist choice we had (corbyn) Anyone who's whole thing is for betterment of the people and to also challenge the uber capitalist system has got no chance unfortunately.

[@user-cr1cl2eu8p]

Yes!

[@judyparsons1333]

not bloody likely

[@mdc123-v2v]

Not likely. The working classes seem to love elitist toffs who hate their guts. Turkey's voting for Xmas.

[@fordism.01]

Mick should be PM. The guy makes more sense than any of the mp's

[@kevint2068]

That Tory back benchers going on about veterans, he has got no idea about us veterans, we get treated like something on the bottom of his shoe ,the guys a melt ,combat stress, closed hollybush house in ayr ,I have nowhere to go to get my treatment, now these Tories blame everyone else except themselves, mick keep up the good work

[@skindred1888]

I've only ever met one veteran that could be deemed as a higher class than the normal....yet there's still a shit tonne that always vote tory

[@GraemePryce1978]

Well said Sir! I have never served, but I joined the armed forces pages on facebook during the last general election, fully expecting to see posts and comments about how badly the tories treat veterans and those still serving. The information isn't exactly difficult to find. Instead I found a seething mass of right wing, gullible chumps continuously making utterly stupid comments about Labour and Corbyn, and still they are much the same with regard to Starmer. I found a few decent guys there, of course - and I'm sure even the tory voting ones are probably alright people if you don't discuss politics with them, but after a while I started to notice a lot of them were pretty much repeating Daily Mail headlines, practically word for word sometimes. I left after a while, because I really want to have great respect for our armed forces personel, but I just can't find it in me to respect somebody who is calling me a 'loony leftie' and has a profile full of right wing nonsense, offensive memes about Lab / LD / SNP etc politicians and I'm afraid to say - quite a lot of nationalistic racist tripe. I came to the suspicion that when our squaddies get up in the morning there must be a large free pile of right wing tabloid rags available to them or something. I found it quite upsetting to see how our armed forces are clearly buying into every trope of Johnson's blatant attempt to stay in power by appealing to xenophobia and ignorance. So yeah, sorry about the massive message, but I was pleased to see your comment - even if it did remind me of a pretty unpleasant experience!

[@hugovandermeer1566]

Hear hear, from a former Royal Fusilier.

[@ProPowerMan]

"You want to apologize for all that Mick?" "Well I think Jonathan should be apologizing for talking complete nonsense." Comeback line of the century.

[@empressdoinalot]

😂😂😂😂 agreed. It was the best ever.

[@jasonwatson4475]

Where was the nonsense though?

[@Trojan858953]

I can’t have the conversation with a back bench Tory reading off a script 🤣🤣class

[@lonelyone69]

I wrote to my local MP(a tory) I encourage you to do the same if you have a tory in power. Asking about how he could support such a ruinous leader, the twoddle he wrote gave made 5 year olds look like shakespeare. I then asked him about the disgusting new measures the Home Office and DOE were doing to squeeze more money from students. He proceeded to refer me to the DOE in which the secretary for the DOE replied with essentially "you shouldn't be worried because the proposals aren't actually applied yet". Every single tory in this government from secretaries to minister leaders are literally parrots.

[@trevm1268]

This was pure gold 😂

[@FIHRR-bd8uy]

💯 owned him with disdain absolute class

[@stupipguy9598]

@@lonelyone69 I wrote to my Tory MP twice complaining about how often and easily the leader of this country lies. I even wrote that part in capitals so she wouldn't get confused the second time. Both replies said she understands that we're all angry about the parties. I deliberately didn't mention the parties. They don't care.

[@if6was985]

@@lonelyone69 my mp is Nadime Dolittle Dorito

[@Ma55ey]

Finally someone who can articulately and reasonable argue his case and swat away all the idiots trying to smear him in the media and the house of commons

[@vitocorleone7040]

Wish we had more people like him in power.

[@dommeeeettro]

You're joking right?

[@vitocorleone7040]

@@dommeeeettro *looks at previous comments on this channel* 👀 yup a Tory sycophant. Go to the Daily Hate and swim in your poison there. Positive change is coming in this country 💪

[@jimmyneutronmemegenius427]

@@dommeeeettro are you ?

[@Peepshow789]

​@@dommeeeettro youre the only joke here bud

[@liamg88]

There’s something seriously wrong with a country when people working full-time cannot afford even basic things such as housing and food. There’s something sinister about a government that knows this and refuses to do anything about it.

[@platosbeard4449]

Nothing sinister nothing unusual. That’s what capitalism does when it reaches its late stage form. For centuries, the British working class were kept comfortable through the colonial and neo-colonial period on the back of the extraction from, and misery of the periphery. As colonialism is now facing unprecedented challenges and is in full retreat, the misery has come home to roost. Now the working class must fight back and never again enter into pernicious compromises with the parasitic ruling class.

[@mikeroberts1060]

@@platosbeard4449 Have you read Plato?

[@liamg88]

@@platosbeard4449 The working class do not wield enough power to choose whether or not to enter into compromises with the ruling class (or even the middle class in many cases), and just because something may or may not typically happen as a result of capitalism or any other system does not mean that it is OK or deserved. I also did not say that there was anything unusual about how wrong and sinister the situation is for working people. Even those who would previously have been seen as middle-class people are going to food banks and renting rooms because they can’t afford to buy their own food and housing. This is not acceptable by any reasonable standard!

[@mogznwaz]

Stop mass immigration then, that will help the housing crisis for a start.

[@yoelsyhutchinson4377]

@@platosbeard4449 this is not capitalism, it's neoliberalism and corporatism.

[@MillyWeeble]

He's been an absolute breath of fresh air. Straight talking, no nonsense. Starmer, take note!

[@gjt2209]

This is how a proper leader of the opposition would be talking. Not like that champagne socialist in charge of the Labour party.

[@glazierblue573]

Finally! Someone with real balls AND common sense. If this guy would ran for office, I would vote for him! I have some hope in the uk back bone again.

[@anomalousresult]

Such a shame that someone talking from a working class perspective is so rare on these shows.

[@Altaw33l]

Absolutely

[@wikdwizz]

The wooden plank won't take any note.

[@Alastair510]

Mick is gold. He has a fantastic ability to remain calm and speak gently while telling people they are talking absolute nonsense.

[@markperrin8098]

Sounded like an idiot to me.

[@paulregan920]

He's VILE

[@martinmcdonnell2839]

Oh yes Paul. He’s an absolute monster. 😂😂😂 won’t you expand on your comment?

[@martinmcdonnell2839]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@delcat8168]

because.... ? You need to make some coherent argument...

[@dcross8382]

Solid dude, it's a shame that it's always a surprise when people just speak honestly to the liars in front of them.

[@michaelmouse4024]

Johnson is a venal parasite. Truss is a grinning ninny

[@stephensmith2601]

Exactly what the voice of Labour should be saying. Thank you!

[@paul47796]

I'm reading this now all over the internet. Fingers crossed the message makes its way upstairs.

[@theunitedway8715]

Sir Keir and his Labour Party hates the working class, they're a bunch of upper middle class snobs who're in place to serve upper middle class, Corbyn would have supported the unions. Sir Keir's front bench make me sick.

[@karenunsworth7973]

Lol he's rich

[@themagictheatre2965]

@@karenunsworth7973 So success is only good when it serves the interests of the powerful? It's not okay to become successful while defending and supporting workers?

[@petergreen5337]

❤Precisely

[@barados2006]

He speaks the truth. They ran the Royal Mail down, until their was only half the staff on lower wages and a poor pension.

[@caseyfitch2330]

And Royal Mail was actually turning a profit at the time it was privatised! The hyper-capitalist justification for it didn't even make any sense by its own logic. It's like they want the British state to fail

[@josefschiltz2192]

Yep. my family were in the employ of Royal Mail and the PO whilst they did it! The swines.

[@carol-f8f7d]

spot on

[@Cornodebassetto]

Then they sold it, they did it with British Rail and they are doing it now with the NHS

[@markperrin8098]

@@Cornodebassetto I hope so.

[@alanoleary4753]

Got to love this guy . Takes no shit off anyone . What a leader and good luck to the man .

[@pi55inthenightaway]

Mick bodying journos and politicians is just magnificent

[@karlwilliams2703]

He's a bellend

[@robmarkworth5377]

Mick Lynch is literally spelling out to Starmer how to win back working class communities.

[@yorkymc]

yes but his silver lining is stopping him hes not working class

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

@@yorkymc How is he not working class?

[@alexmeade47]

@@PORRRIDGE_GUN Starmer not Lynch

[@sukotu23]

@@PORRRIDGE_GUN he meant Starmer. Lynch would be a far better Labour leader than Keith.

[@yorkymc]

@@PORRRIDGE_GUN how many working class lads put a wig and gown on and was DPP

[@robinleeman3150]

Love this guy. What a breath of fresh air he is. Someone at last saying how it is to third rate TV celebrities and scheming, lying politicians who try to walk over him. Long may this man reign.

[@markdempsey8790]

He is not wrong on any of his points.

[@smithjohn117]

except all of them... The man (and unions) is a cancer

[@mosheridan7016]

He is wrong deeply

[@Motownisyourtown]

@@mosheridan7016 what do you know? Nothing.

[@markdempsey8790]

@@mosheridan7016 Please give a example of how wrong he is? A good example not some Number 10 rubbish

[@mosheridan7016]

@@markdempsey8790 Talking greed

[@fergusokane]

A Tory telling anyone to apologise for NHS wait times is a bit of a sick joke. Even if it was a man who literally tied up a bunch of doctors who were meant to be seeing patients, I would still find it somewhat offensive.

[@Ma55ey]

Funny how gullis wasn't at all fussed about any of that 2 years ago, when he was the one stopping people from going to hospital appointments...

[@tonyworrall5791]

Incredible, what planet is that Tory from.

[@hitchhiker8875]

The hypocrisy in what he was saying was mind blowing wasn’t it!?!? Man it would of been amazing if he listed back how that the tories have shat on every aspect and section of our society that he had just mentioned. But eh that’s a hell of a list to throw back 😂

[@WardyLion]

Gullis looked liked he’d forgotten to take the coat hanger out his jacket before putting it on. Also, he’s definitely a graduate of the “Use veterans when all else fails” school of debate…although in his case, the word “debate” is doing a lot of heavy-lifting.

[@fevkin]

What a breath of fresh air this bloke is. It's been a long time since I've felt so inspired. He's saying what a lot of us have been feeling for far too long. We need to wake up and realise the power we actually have against financial institutions who exist only to serve themselves

[@pineislandpeter]

He didn’t do to well protecting his members at P&O, only with captive audience’s like the railways and the underground, holding hard working People to ransom Bully . I wonder if he had anything to do with union official who got beat up at haverstock hill who knows

[@ysgol3]

Brilliant comment, spot on!

[@clemalford9768]

@@pineislandpeter What was that incident? Was that in Hampstead?

[@nigelkthomas9501]

If you think Lynch is a breath of fresh air I dread to think what you’ve been breathing in earlier! He’s an arrogant throw back from the 70s! Doesn’t give a 🐀’s arse about inconveniencing the travelling public! The sooner he pipes down and stops these hideous strikes the better!

[@clemalford9768]

@@nigelkthomas9501 He is an articulate defender of the working class in his sector, the RMT. Why do you say the 1970s. Defending workers rights by Trade Unions had been going on long before that. I suppose a developed nation like the UK is one where there are food banks, people unable to pay their energy bills, nurses stressed out by overwork, teachers unable to teach in cold classrooms. I am a 77 year old pensioner. And seen people fighting fir their rights over decades. You are a typical uninformed MSM brainwashed parroting the rich man's rhetoric.

[@gaztech101]

Funny how he's always quiet and repectful when someone else is talking and as soon as he talks the person interviewing in a lot of cases immediately starts talking over him.

[@LeeH688]

Yep. The media have their salaries paid by rich Tory donors and know what their job is.

[@tobyb1018]

Because it’s about keeping people down and maintaining power and their own wealth and bleeds into every aspect of their dirty beings, even their manners and lack of respect towards other people. He’s the only one that comes out well in all of these clips

[@Toastrackman]

@@tobyb1018 What a load of codswallop your spewing. The guys a typical unionists, the more they have, the more they want, and spitting out his dummy if he cant get his own way, Pffft makes me laugh. Say everyone in the country has a pay rise, then all the companies in the country, will have to put their prices up again to compensate. causing a spiral affect. This mouth almighty reminds me of Scargill in the 80s, and he didn't get his own way either.

[@BordersJambo]

That's because he has class - they do not.

[@garymcteer7620]

“I don’t even know your name” absolute quality Sir 👍

[@TA-yf1gt]

Great to hear a true voice of working people not being bullied or talked down to

[@joprocter4573]

Ask his income n bonus

[@vincentquirk1709]

What dose that have to do with anything? he still works for it. Don't be jealous, join and support the unions and make your life better.

[@dadsbarmy254]

He makes me want to join a UNION. I earn less than half of the train drivers, In the University sector they've attacked our pension's and that of the lecturers and manager's, during Austerity we spent years struggling to get a 1% pay increase while the VC's continued to give themselves decent if not exorbitant pay increases with a straight face (as did politicians). Now the middle classes are going to start to feel the pain. People have to learn to stand buy each other and not just care about themselves. I'm totally behind the strikes, the rail industry should be for the people and owned by the people anyway, not just those who want Profit at any cost.

[@tompoynton]

Do it mate, you just never know when you might need one, well worth a tenner a months or whatever

[@AudioLemon]

It's not the train drivers that are striking. It's the other 40'000 rail workers who don't want to be poorer or made redundant with the already expressed plan to employ cheaper less protected labour.

[@sirgaymeerkat1994]

joining a union gives you legal cover even if you are the only one at your place of work!!!

[@jensatts7125]

Please join a union. Mine saved my job more than once. You never know when you might need them

[@gow03333]

I was in the teaching union , what a bonus at taking notes during redundancy meetings,rather ineffectual at saving my job . Won't be paying to another union

[@Andy713uk]

This guy is a legend and shows how biased the whole media is.

[@zainzoala1083]

The media is funded paid by the rich ofcourse and serve those that pay them. They just are working for those that pay them , it simple

[@spurge83]

biased*

[@test-bu8sw]

He is biased towards his members who pay him a huge sum of money to fuck the rest of the working public over. He doesnt care about those folk, only the ones who are paying him. no more integrity than any other paid shill.

[@Andy713uk]

@@spurge83 thanks for the correction. I stand corrected!

[@robertyoung8785]

Andy713uk, and their bias extends to the Ukrainian war.

[@Ismail-Yahya]

Someone give this guy a 🎖! This is the kind of leader Britain needs.

[@darrencartledge6530]

new nothing about this guy,but his calmness during interviews is brilliant, he just sits there and calmly replies .and they hate the fact they cant rattle him

[@notch7139]

I heard a management coach talking today: she said his skill is not something she could train people to do, it’s natural talent.

[@duanebutler5344]

*knew nothing

[@darrencartledge6530]

@@duanebutler5344 thanks for that,you can do one now.

[@cryptohair]

@@darrencartledge6530 do one know…. No wait.

[@basdebruin2355]

Lynch is not making a fool of Tories, journalists and so on. He is completely correct and straight forward with his opinion. Tories and journalists are making fools of themselves! Working class people keep your economy running. He is not telling 5hem to turn working class people into miljonairs, he is telling them that working class people are working class people and no slaves. The obligation is on the governments side to recognize that. Lynch is calling somebody who is not telling the truth what he is and is doing this on a honest and direct manner. He is direct towards Tories, he is direct against Labours in the house. Rich people are o.k. as long they don’t forget their responsibilities for the ‘less blessed’ in the society. And this journalist is a repulsive person by using those who risked their life for the country and were underpaid as well, to try to smear Lynch.

[@Andrew25Davies]

“miljonairs” 🤑 so close

[@2e0vpx]

Mick Lynch - what an absolute star! Nothing but admiration for the man.

[@myneighbourjohnturturro]

That final line from Mick is pure truth, as a working class guy and long time trade union member, I support each and every one of the workers standing up for their right to a decent wage. The Labour party is not a party of labour - hasn’t been for decades, that is why their vote collapsed in Scotland, leaving the door open to left-leaning separatists to essentially replace them, and now in the post-industrial north who feel that a blue-blooded Tory has more to offer them than the LABOUR PARTY. Mick is a hero and he is so right, change is needed and it’s needed now.

[@hughedwards3826]

Spot on👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@esprit853okg]

Right on the money! What are they going to say when NHS staff and workers vote for strike action? Will they demonise them too? Well done Mick for speaking truth to power. Look at the parlous state of the country after twelve years of Tory rule. All working people have is their labour to hire. If they feel they're not getting a fair wage then they have the right to withdraw that labour. People should be proud to be a Trade Unionist and a member of a union and the Labour Party needs to get back to supporting working people looking for a fair deal before it finds itself being prosecuted under the Trades Description Act!

[@myneighbourjohnturturro]

@@hughedwards3826 You have my thanks and solidarity!

[@myneighbourjohnturturro]

@Bif Stiff Yes, too right. Solidarity!

[@kevmccormick1767]

Labour lost its voters in scotland because they LITERALLY campaigned side by side with scottish tories to stop independence. Regardless of what mine or their opinion of independence was/is they should never have campaigned with the tories. They were literally side by side going to doors canvassing the public as a joint team, not 2 separate teams doing the same thing it was 1 team made up of labour and tories.

[@chrishyde1216]

Blimey, an intelligent and eloquent leader who speaks for the people. We need this man.

[@timcomley3241]

Heist you are easily pleased he’s a bovver boy 🙄

[@test-bu8sw]

He speaks for a tiny minority because they pay him a huge salary. If they didnt pay him I doubt he would speak for anyone. No real integrity im afriad, if there was he would be doing it for a basic wage.

[@tomfox541]

@@timcomley3241 only causes bother to those in power and those with lots of money.

[@dirkbogarde44]

Speaks for the people? He's on 100 grand a yr

[@tomfox541]

@@dirkbogarde44 the good he does for society as a union leader far outweighs the societal output of every twat in finance on 100k

[@Calimbandil87]

Power in a union indeed. He seems like the best man for the anti-union climate that's going around. Graceful under pressure, but with the sharp tounge and wit needed to get through to media fog.

[@colmlynam3177]

Irish wit 😁😁

[@NorthernMigrationTravel]

This guy should be the Labour leader!

[@michaelcoward1902]

Or a Malcolm Tucker type of official at the very least!

[@martinharvey3990]

Totally agree, but he'd never get them elected. The Tory press would get their bigoted attack dogs on him and he'd be battered from pillar to post, his words would be twisted & the Blairites of New Labour would kick him out... just like they did with Corbyn. The UK is finished. Vast swathes of the North voting for Johnson was the final nail in the coffin that sent Britain back to the Victorian era where the working classes have to beg and scrounge for pennies whilst the super rick hoover up the countries' wealth.

[@rosemarystewart7405]

He should be PM! Just imagine if he were...

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

If corbyn can't win then this guys got no chance.

[@GrrMeister]

*He's s Marxist Communist !* 🤣

[@rinkydinkpanther3367]

"I didn't tell you you weren't working class, I don't even know your name". That one nailed it for me

[@1man1bike1road]

she was trying to turn it on him by playing the victim didnt play out too well

[@clairecadoux471]

I dont need to know anyone's name to identify at some level, a class position.

[@joztwick]

It is a real gift to stay calm and get your point across so well and understandable. I’d be a blubbering stuttering mess

[@Quint1975]

A Labour party that's not in favour of the labourers.

[@Ma55ey]

remember tho.... its not up to them.. its an independent decision to give them a pay rise..... lol

[@bobrayner1093]

Ma55ey,you're seriously misinformed whether or not Network Rail, Train operators or any other Employer offers a decent Pay Award is in noway an indepependant decision but very much controlled by this disgusting government, largely tosave Boris' Skin..

[@Ma55ey]

@@bobrayner1093 i was being sarcastic..

[@martinmcdonald4207]

21st century Labour Party.

[@monkeymox2544]

We could have had Corbyn, but we let him be hounded out by the media

[@hologram1211]

Best line "I want a settlement but I can't do that with a backbench MP who's just learnt it off a script" 🤣

[@ryanmay2473]

I had forgotten that public figures could actually say things like this. Just reiterates what an absolute waste of time the labour party has become.

[@grumpy-dad3701]

And the conservatives have done a grand job over the past 12 years.

[@twattyshed]

@Tory twat.....which merchant bank do you work for?.......

[@grumpy-dad3701]

@@twattyshed he's probably a reform voter.

[@demongroovemusic]

What a legend! More of this, please.

[@glynarchie5765]

I know I'm echoing everyone else , but this guy is a legend, just showing how biased and awful the British media is, they've tried so hard to discredit him and have shown themselves to be what they are an absolute disgrace.

[@chrislloyd2589]

It’s nice to have some evidence of what the media in this country tries to do to people and when it doesn’t work it’s beautiful.

[@christopherbell2091]

When u lie to get a headline usually it obvious u have lied and should be facing charges for lying to the public

[@chrislloyd2589]

@@christopherbell2091 yes, Boris should face charges

[@1man1bike1road]

he basically walked them into a trap by simply letting them talk that lady mp trying to be a victim was hilarious too

[@Happin3ess]

The Media in Britain are very destructive. They were brutal on Princess Diana. They were brutal on Prince Harry driving him from the country. The Media worked the Remain and Leave divide during the Brexit era. The media were very destructive during the Pandemic - praising the Key Workers and burning the Furlough and forgetting the rest.

[@davidhauser2665]

What an inspiration, we need Union leaders like him in Australia

[@EllieK]

We need union leaders like him in the United States too.

[@qb402]

"Well I think you should apologise for talking nonsense "😂😂

[@East112T]

😂it’s my job and it pays well.

[@lindacurrie8817]

Breath of fresh air. What an honest, straight talking man. All the qualities of what a leader should be he has in abundance. Be it private sector or public sector, all workers stand together as one. Mick I applause you. Need more like you. Big thank you.

[@bigben8272]

This guy is head and shoulders above those politicians and the corporate media both intellectually and morally. Keep it up Mick!

[@jamesbarbour8400]

That's not a big ask to be honest given the arseholes that currently occupy seats in Westminster. Do think Mick is a top man though

[@HelenaMikas]

Mrs Thatcher went to war with the Unions and was lethal. I was born in Manchester , city that made fortunes for the countries whilst workers lived in squalor The Labour movement was formed .Solidarity is a must ..Thatcher + Blair ( a vile war criminal ) never believed in talks they brought unrest and privatisation .Good to see unions in numbers not being apathetic .The public take so much granted and think only of self.. Support the unions who actually will always support you when needed .This sick government won't What would be ideal is to see joining of hands across the country .I live in Germany Strikes never last long / there are excellent communications with the work force and no 'them &. us' ..In all work places management are not like lords above . It works .Tories are just as they ever were , ruthless and only for self .

[@charlielynes]

🚧 Fac51 🚧 🐝🍻

[@Oluinneachain]

German industrial / union relationship is somewhat similar to Ireland, where Mick’s parents come from, so it’s about consensus building. Although property owners in Ireland have huge influence on state policy on land use, housing and rent rates, in the productive wealth creation sector, there is a more balanced relationship between employers and employees.

[@finchman7654]

Didnt know this guy until the other day............has made more sense and has more balls than either bojo or starmer has in last several years!!!!

[@robertpirsig5011]

Well I would say shown honesty more so than balls.

[@test-bu8sw]

He is paid a huge wage by a tiny minority of union workers. He doesnt represent the majority or the people. And if he gave a damn he would be accepting such a large wage He has no more integirty than any other pig with his snout in the trough. If the Majority of the country supported him, they would be paid up memebers of a trade union, instead unions are dieing on their are when it comes to membership.

[@finchman7654]

@@test-bu8sw i never said he was right, i just said what he has said has made more sense in regards to the questions asked than any politician, whether you people it or not.

[@wyndgrove9452]

Articulate, to the point, and unashamed of sticking up for principles - I love how this guy operates.

[@casbot71]

2:10 calling out the backbench MP who's just learnt talking points from a script was a brilliant power move. When you point out the talking points are _just talking points,_ the audience can see the phoniness. And it leaves the mug sent out to have to think on their feet … and they haven't prepared for that as they thought they could just keep banging on with the talking points they were instructed to use.

[@michaelcoward1902]

and i'm glad especially because that kid looked and sounded uncomfortably too Trumpian for my liking!

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

@@michaelcoward1902 - He's the MP for the part of Stoke where the British Union Of Fascists was founded nearly a century ago .

[@Ravakeksis]

that fella was reciting lines like he is in a school play, didnt seem to believe them himself

[@quinn3334]

that shitheel tory was dead in the eyes

[@Stuboy]

As a Tory in times like these it's vital to refer back to the Tory rulebook. 1. Divide & rule get the public pointing fingers at each other blame game . 2. Blame Labour for our ineptness of the last 12 years & repeat. 3. Keep lying until the lie becomes the truth ? 4. Blame everything & everyone else apart from ourselves.

[@Ma55ey]

You forgot 5. If backed into a Corner, remember the line "Corbyn's a cunt"...

[@CharlieMac53]

Well they certainly can blame Labour for this, because they are doing absolutely NOTHING.

[@tobybaker5187]

Spot on.

[@janewilkin1984]

This strike should be illegal they have caused misery, they should all be sacked, i have no sympathy for them at all

[@CharlieMac53]

@@janewilkin1984 Maybe you should just come right out and say that workers should have no rights whatsoever, all of them be on minimum wage, zero hour contracts and be branded as slaves, to be used and abused in any way that is deemed appropriate by the "masters". Whatever happened to the great Brexshit promise of a high wage economy that would be the envy of those poor people trapped in the EU? Silly me; that promise was made by the serial liar Boris Johnson, who's affliction has affected other in his party which has been so succinctly exposed by Mick Lynch.

[@Rob99933]

We need many more like Mick Lynch, workers who are the very backbone of this country should have a much better share of the wealth that they create, and for all those who have put in the many years of hard work should and must be well looked after in their retirement years and not have to struggle.

[@ad567]

When I worked in the Transport sector in London, Bob Crow was the leader of the RMT, Im sure he would be proud of Lynchs leadership and calm , cool , collected manner when being interviewed by state media.

[@austinsideburns]

He speaks the truth and it's wonderful! I have a background in social care, for ten years I could not even afford a holliday, my last job was 10 pound an hour. I recently returned to the UK after many years working as a customer service trainer for Indian IT and call centre employees. I had salary opportunities impossible for a working class person in the UK. Upon my return to london, I was disgusted to find out that Social care wages are almost the same as they were when I left, at less that 11 pound an hour, a rise of less than a pound in 17 years!!! It's about time someone has finaly spoken out for working class people and is demanding real change for everybody. it's time for the people to wake up!

[@Anduril1974]

I didn't really know much about this chap prior to the strikes but my god, he's an absolute legend. Labour would do well to support this fella!

[@fatboydim.7037]

Its a bit rich the MPs have voted themsleves a payrise but when nobody else can.

[@ExcuseMyDerp]

Not that I think MPs getting a pay rise is right or wrong but what is wrong is that you say MPs vote for themselves to get a pay rise. That is not true. It is the The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority that approves a pay rise and the amount it increases is based on ONS analysis of the average pay rise for public sector workers.

[@captricharddee3634]

It's a bit rich that Mick Lynch is paid £124,000.

[@fatboydim.7037]

@@ExcuseMyDerp But do they have to accept it ?

[@LukeacUk1]

@@captricharddee3634 No it isn’t, he’s not on strike he’s doing exactly what his members choose to pay him to do. And he’s doing it very well

[@bobrayner1093]

Capt Richard Dee, what or who is even Richer is the Tory MP who is a multi millionaire and refuses to disclose how he came by his wealth. He certainly didnt earn by helping and supporting ordinary workers, as did mick lynch.

[@roddychristodoulou9111]

Mick lynch is a working class hero and speaks up for the working class people , this is what KS should be doing .

[@chaipup7045]

and yet the working class voted for Boris in their droves.

[@basedmiscegenator7543]

@@chaipup7045 43% of 67% isn't exactly "droves"

[@chaipup7045]

@@basedmiscegenator7543 well it was hardly close, was it.

[@basedmiscegenator7543]

@@chaipup7045 moved the goalposts, L

[@chaipup7045]

@@basedmiscegenator7543 bless. Reality not being your forte

[@shoot_the_glass5654]

That last statement he made at the end really got to me, it's like he's in this on his own and there's no one else to back him up.

[@jamesbriers696]

"Don't want to beg". Spot on Mick. As clear a statement of why we need unions and why they sometimes need to take strike action.

[@pavement422]

This guy is a legend.

[@FCBayernGaming21]

*tool

[@mosheridan7016]

In his own lunchtime not mine

[@jimmyneutronmemegenius427]

@@FCBayernGaming21 football brained tory

[@FCBayernGaming21]

@@jimmyneutronmemegenius427 im neither

[@stevenhoward3358]

As a veteran I can tell the back-bencher that we are a resourceful bunch and will overcome trivial problems. He's had 10 years to help veterans but somehow is only getting round to mentioning it now, but actually not helping anyway.

[@SW-fn7cl]

Instead he thought he'd try and use you for some phoney self righteous clout on TV. Clearly didn't work lol

[@tomlaverick5351]

Exactly! Trying to use struggling veterans, to stir up the hatred between the left and the right. Which has absolutely nothing to do with the debate over rail workers rights and pay. Can you imagine if this Slimy excuse for a bloke, actually had empathy, and sympathy, for people in poverty. People who are struggling to make ends meet. Wether that be a rail worker, a military veteran, or a nurse. Maybe this country wouldn’t be in the desperate state it is right now.

[@MjpP-sl7el]

Exactly what I thought pal.

[@PalleRasmussen]

Also, what class are most soldiers in the UK from?

[@rikwallant9901]

that Tory snake doesn't give a shit about the veterans or anything else but his own self-interests - Mick Lynch on the other hand does care.

[@graemecreegan6749]

A perfect illustration of how simple it is for a man who believes what he says, to expose as idiots our no-mark politicians and media mouthpieces who say whatever they are told to.

[@juliewake4585]

It’s amazing how easy it is when you’re sincere and don’t have to worry about tripping yourself up isn’t it?

[@MELLYBOY58]

@@juliewake4585 Exactly Julie 👍✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@davidganning8699]

Indeed

[@Happin3ess]

You voted in all of today's politicians.

[@Happin3ess]

People who vote in the politicians then sound off in KZbin comments because they sad : ( KZbin USED to be fun. Loooooooong time ago.

[@Munrobagger1976]

"Richard, you do come out with the most remarkable twaddle sometimes" 😂😂😂 Legend

[@afropoet]

Hahaha

[@LabTech41]

What was best about Lynch having said that, is the guy he said it to was SO triggered by the statement that he brought it up at least 2-3 times during the rest of the interview, demonstrating that it had really struck close to home. If he himself didn't believe what he was saying was 'twaddle', then it would've been like water rolling off a ducks back, but because modern journalists are egotistical script readers who are only looking for 'gotcha' moments, anyone with a lick of sense can run circles around them.

[@Cheesite]

@@LabTech41 well put. I haven't been able to watch mainstream media for years cause it feels like a bizarre circus.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

No he doesn’t! Richard Madeley was asking very reasonable questions. Lynch was talking utter twaddle cos he’s nothing more than an arrogant throwback from the 70s. A time best forgotten due the number of strikes.

[@LabTech41]

@@nigelkthomas9501 For someone who's got so much train-related content on his channel, you have a shocking lack of sympathy for the plight of people who actually OPERATE the railway system. He wasn't asking reasonable questions: he was casting aspersions and asking leading questions in order to portray the workers as the villains, instead of the private companies and government that have so far been colluding to line their own pockets and screw over the working man. Have you been paying attention at all to the questions and statements the media have made during the interviews with union officials? They all follow the same pattern.

[@ray-of-adventure]

This guy is such a legend. Love Mick Lynch. His brutal honesty is so refreshing.

[@jasonwatson4475]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Where's the honesty part?

[@ryawfully4210]

honestly one of the best working class figures in britain since the 70s. i have only found out about him a couple of days ago, and hes already an idol of mine. god bless you mick.

[@nathanmorrow7322]

He earns £84k a year, he is not working class anymore.

[@adrien5834]

@@nathanmorrow7322 Maybe he's not, but he's acting for the working class. I don't begrudge him his salary, it's money well spent.

[@martinmcdonnell2839]

You can still make a decent amount of cash and be working class.

[@kevinluby4783]

@@nathanmorrow7322 He's impressive, he's worth more, he's doing a good job.

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

Yeah another 70's working class communist union leader!

[@socialistsolidarity]

I love this man! He is a true hero for the working people. He says it how it is.

[@sammalone4239]

Absolutely Brillant, as a union Ironworker in the states, Mick is pure class! An Honor to have Mick as a fellow union MAN! GOD BLESS MICK, KEEP GETTING AFTER IT, WE DESPERATLEY NEED U AND SUPPORT U FULLY !

[@Ehrgeiz33]

Never knew this guy, but he speaks stoic truth and I love it. More of this.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

No he didn’t

[@dennisgreene7164]

The more I see this guy the more I like him. He should be running the country. This is the most shameful government of all. They need to go. As for all this shroud waving stuff, nobody is going to die because of a train strike and I am sure veterans who want to to to Vets day can make it, given they've been through hell and back. I am sure they can cope with traffic jams.

[@namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682]

I love this guy, he says what we're all thinking

[@jasonwatson4475]

I assure you he doesn't.

[@namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682]

@@jasonwatson4475 A year on and I agree, I cannot stand with him after he supported Sir Kid Starver

[@jason88580]

Well done it's about time someone showed up these lying clowns.

[@matthewmottram5798]

Solidarity!

[@user-rd7ek9ve3r]

I love you Mick!!!!! You are a gem and crucial.... Oh and the nonsense Tory guy saying that he had to apologize for veterans......what the hell does the government do to support the hard working nurses, teachers social workers and key workers in general.....

[@harveysmith100]

"I can't do that with a backbench MP who has just learnt it off of a script." What a fantastic line. I have a feeling a lot of young employees will be joining unions after listening to Mick

[@SusanCQ]

Just make sure it's RMT and not the unite union!! As they are crap..

[@ems4580]

As a Unite Road transport member we are behind the RMT and any Union worth their salt. Well done, absolutely smashing the right wing media and Tory scum

[@burlhorse61]

@@SusanCQ yh unite is shit-i'm a member

[@lindacurrie8817]

Workers under age 50 will be and are They do not give a jot about Grant Shatts and his going back to 1970, they were not there. Two generations since then as stated under 50s and are joining unions. They are concerned what is happening 2022 not 1970. Tories are the Dinosaurs. Workers have to fight like they never have before. If want change, valued change have to demand it now.

[@harveysmith100]

@@lindacurrie8817 I think you are right. The younger generation don't read newspapers so they aren't brainwashed into thinking unions are the enemy. We are at a turning point in history. The sixth richest countries in the world but people can't afford heating and eating. Shame on the government. We are rich as a country

[@DavidDavid-gc9rm]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And that was done without even trying. That far-right silver back didn't take it well.🤣🤣🤣🤣👌

[@robertbarnier45]

How wonderful to hear the sense & intelligence from Mick

[@jerryorange6983]

Finally somene decent on political stage. We need people like him to turn current system upside down.

[@robertnicholls9917]

Good leaders are necessary but they need movements behind them to succeed. Working class people need to unite ad build power outside of politics.

[@jerryorange6983]

@@robertnicholls9917 and stop shooting themselves in the foot.

[@test-bu8sw]

He is paid very very handsomely to be there, if he really gave a damn he would do it for a minimum wage. And who does he speak to the whole country of a minorty of union workers?

[@ahmedhussein1694]

@@test-bu8sw what the fuck are you talking about, are you this brainwashed by the tories that you can't see how this country is destroying the middle class and oppressing it's working class?

[@BlyatimirPootin]

@@test-bu8sw do you care about your job? If so do it for minimum wage

[@nigelcarren]

The audacity of this man.... turning up to a debate with both plain-speak and common-sense! NOBODY stood a chance. 🏆🇬🇧😉

[@leecrampton8544]

Bet thats what they thought too! He really needs to lead the Labour party at the next election.

[@davevansega1771]

@@leecrampton8544 Yes,make him leader of the Labour party.Please.🤣

[@stjohnssoup]

🇮🇪

[@leecrampton8544]

Even better idea. Afterall he could certainly build up a decent following for his insights and knowledge of the struggles of ordinary people. Any new party could certainly do no worse job than the cutrent party in power and its antics. I doubt Mick Lynch wants to have to deal with so many members in parliament who have a lack of reality and intelligence.

[@58johnjohn]

Mick Lynch completely "owning" all these interviews. We need more union leaders of this quality, not less.

[@barriereid9244]

At last someone with a dignified brain, who speaks the truth and is not scared to confront morons in the pay of The Elite.

[@colinrichards8423]

I remember the government campaign in the 1990S to get a pension by the age of 21, I have done that, but now the government want me to be poor in old age, I am a rail worker and I am seeing things now that are compromising safety, and society. It’s frightening, the lies from this conservative government is embarrassing 🙈

[@eh1702]

“ the government campaign in the 1990S to get a pension by the age of 21” WTF????

[@eh1702]

Was that a typo?

[@BordersJambo]

@@eh1702 No. There was an ad campaign in the 90s to get people to start saving for their pensions by age 21.

[@eh1702]

@@BordersJambo Ah! OK, I completely misunderstood that! ☺

[@ems4580]

As a Unite member we’re right behind the RMT and their two great leaders

[@thodkats]

This is beautiful. I have been staring at this for 10 minutes straight. And i am not even British! FIGHT ON WORKING CLASS OF BRITAIN!

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

They destroyed the working class of Britain by flooding in cheap Labour, the unions said nothing.

[@davevansega1771]

Well I am working class and I think he is a fool.

[@thodkats]

@@davevansega1771 How come ?

[@davevansega1771]

@@thodkats Well ,he is defending the working class.He just has a problem with the upper class and capitalism.

[@thodkats]

@@davevansega1771 Hmm, you cant be defending the working class, without having a problem with the owner class. It is what we call class struggle.

[@jodavies8952]

Mick is gold, he deals with it, no messing, no nonsense.

[@johnobrien8398]

Fantastic man I wish we had someone like him in the building industry

[@kathchandler4919]

What's wrong with this country is the people who do the work voting Tory , full stop !

[@Rich6Brew]

Yep.There's nothing worse than a working class Tory.

[@filipedias768]

People who buy and swallow all the nonsense spewed by the mailsunexpress trinity basically

[@leedaintry2923]

Not the smartest of people are they.

[@adamlea6339]

You'll probably find it is the pensioners voting tory. The pensioner vote is key to government power, which is why governments will suck up to pensioners at the expense of other categories of the population which do not swing votes.

[@leedaintry2923]

@@adamlea6339 and boomers, don't forget the largest cohort.

[@phillipfortinbras3896]

How refreshing to listen to man that is able to fight his corner .

[@wonderwalls3565]

The first thign he should do is ask the people questioning him how much he/she is being paid by the tax payers money?

[@Will_3rd]

What a legend!

[@ayjaykay7085]

Hero. His analysis was spot on and especially his comment about Labour's triangulation with the right wing press. So wish we had a bunch of politicians in the Labour party like Mick. Anyone know where can I get a 'Mick Lynch for PM' T-shirt from?

[@smithjohn117]

he is an odious cretin - on a v decent salary - prolly abouunt 10x what you are earning

[@ayjaykay7085]

@@smithjohn117 typical boring whataboutery. jog on

[@smithjohn117]

@@ayjaykay7085 did you feel pretty clever writing that?

[@wulliest]

I’d vote for him for PM - rather him than the odious lying chimpanzee in a suit we’ve got at the moment

[@ChangesOneTim]

I'll bet Lynch is a keen Private Eye reader.

[@nazarethpa1833]

Bravo Mick! The country needs more voices like yours.

[@muhammaduddin9268]

Mick for PM.

[@timeoftheyear5230]

Brilliant 👏 👏 👏

[@colinrichards8423]

Mick lynch a total legend, Bob Crow would be proud how articulate and truthful he has been, excellent job Mick, brilliant. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👏👏👏👌👌👌🇬🇧

[@silondon9010]

And the RMT supported brexit unlike the other unions

[@kerryannestevenson6099]

@@silondon9010 yeah why was that,wasn’t Mick Lynch’s doing?

[@davidpryle3935]

@@kerryannestevenson6099 The RMT has been opposed to Britain’s membership of the EU for ages. It still is. There has always been a section of the left that regards the EU’s free movement of goods services capital and labour as pure neoliberalism. And do you know something, they are correct.

[@kebabremover6024]

I worry for mick, Bob crow was most probably bumped off

[@paulinekelly4773]

@@kebabremover6024 What ?

[@paulscott3022]

Well said Mick keep the good work up.

[@Leornianæfre]

Mike Lynch has provided better opposition in two days than Starmer has in two years.

[@wikdwizz]

So true.

[@Proiteus]

This guy is a true voice for the people! It's refreshing to finally see someone call out politicians and the media for trying to twist the facts. You could tell the one interviewer wanted to bait him into suggesting the protesters could use force and get violent! Which he expertly refused to be led into.

[@dirkbogarde44]

Someone on a hundred grand a year is not a man of the people.

[@maxclive2138]

This guy is media gold, finally someone who can clearly challenge all the double talk and lies that emanate from right wing talking mouths.

[@easycoding8255]

My commute has been totally cocked up this week and if I was reliant on the train to get to an important medical appointment I'd be in a lot of trouble. That said, I can't help loving what this man says when he's asked questions.

[@jimmyparkin9558]

That the ripple effect of a strike. Short term suffering for the greater good. Every single working person in the UK should be behind RMT

[@kennethmarshall306]

What is the point of striking when no one is inconvenienced? The strikers have got to show that their labour means something

[@BeakersAreCool]

The RMT has given 4 weeks notice of these strikes, plenty of time for you to make rearrangements

[@East112T]

If this strike is not successful your commute in the long term will more ‘cocked’ up and less safe.

[@phil2003ashleigh]

Magnificent Mick. We should all aspire to be as strong as he and his union. As a nurse I am perpetually sold out. Lowest morale I have ever known, lowest wages and nurses leaving in the thousands. RCN and UNISON are spineless aspirates to future honours lists. Keep it up Mick and stand your ground. And patients aren’t let down by rail strikes; they’re let down by the NHS itself and our Heath policy dictated by greedy fat cats at every level.

[@nickywellman594]

This guy is a legend, just what we need!🥰

[@laurencedavey3121]

Never heard about this man before, but 30 seconds into this video I had an overwhelming urge to shake his hand. More power to him.

[@deaczorz]

same and im not even brittish :)