Union leader Eddie Dempsey makes a fool of Tories and journalists

[@rumcelt]

Eddie Dempsey, you are an absolute legend. A union leader that actually has a backbone all power to you and Mick Lynch.

[@mikeyoung8293]

Absolutely this country needs people like this to stand up for working class people. We've been trodden under for years by these fucking scum sucking leaches. I shake their hands any day.

[@johnclarke4445]

well said eddie but unfortunately the sheeple are too fuck--n thick to realise this and will side with bosses because the fuckin daily mail aka Murdoch tells them unions are to blame and they believe it. till we get the tories out of power and fuck the monarchy off nothing will ever change.

[@owstonlad3859]

Legend?...... i'd never heard of him until this strike, having said that he's doing a good job for the workers

[@numbnutone]

Plastic paddies all the way

[@papmirelli]

I’m watching from abroad and I’m repeatedly astonished at how TV hosts are pummeling union leaders in the UK. Why?

[@Redpilled66]

If Eddie Dempsey and Mick Lynch started a workers political party, I would definitely vote for them.

[@stephenreeds3632]

There used to be one. Called The Labour Party but Blair got rid of that.

[@Redpilled66]

@@stephenreeds3632 Yup agree. Labour today is a zombie party, no platform no message and agree with most of the current government's authoritarian policies. They're too busy purging the traditional worker unions and socialist left members of the party and filling their ranks with Tory Blairite neoliberal disaster capitalists.

[@rogueceska]

Yup so would I

[@watermarginramsgate180]

@@stephenreeds3632 correct.

[@watermarginramsgate180]

And me as well.

[@billygoat9006]

"Oh but nurses don't earn that much" - Should we all take a pay cut to ensure we earn less than nurses? It's not a race to the bottom. The RMT strike is not just for railway workers, the principles cover all workers. Some people are so thick.

[@django3422]

Absolutely and I love Dempsey's response on that one; "nurses should be getting more". And that's not the fault of unions that are trying to get their workers a better shout.

[@ozwellspencer8307]

It isn't a thick question, but rather a loaded one. Or a thickly loaded one, perhaps :) She's trying to get a soudbite out of him that they can use to make it seem that the RMT is throwing nurses or other workers under the bus, in a pathetic attempt to prevent unions from taking coordinated action. In That regard, the very first words out of his mouth immediately deny her that soudbite whilst also showing support for other workers.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

And a lot of them have vested interests in the rotten system just as it is and always is under Tory toxicity.

[@cuebj]

Almost perfect encapsulation of the utter formulaic uselessness of TV news interviewers nowadays. Can someone resurrect Robin Day?

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

Tell that to the people who've been forced out of pocket because of those strikes. And funny how the union leader is never quite in the same predicament as the members of the union.

[@DirtyJokesFan]

Seeing Widdicombe being politely but firmly shut down. Priceless.

[@chorleycc]

Did you notice the video has been clipped. Be interesting to see the whole exchange.

[@incurableromantic4006]

Yes - screaming someone down with economically illiterate clichés really did show what unions are all about.

[@loadapish]

@@incurableromantic4006 please explain. Im not very intelligent

[@incurableromantic4006]

@@loadapish What specifically do you wish to know?

[@loadapish]

@@incurableromantic4006 what does economically illiterate cliches mean? How does it show what unions are all about? And if he is not going about it correctly then how can working class people imprive their salary?

[@Gleebi]

The fact he keeps his cool and others try to talk over him.... You know he's speaking the truth.

[@JemimaPuddleduck777]

Well said Eddie 👏 good to hear someone speaking the truth & not being talked down ✌

[@fritzhenning1]

He's quaking in his boots at the thought of being put in his place by cheese muncher and home wrecker Liz Truss.

[@DANNY-bv7od]

Dole dossers hate him

[@JohnDoe-fd6rl]

@@DANNY-bv7od isn’t that the entirety of Labour then?

[@scooby1992]

@@JohnDoe-fd6rl nope . I think you meant the tories who have just had the biggest liar ever In 10 , Downing St.

[@JohnDoe-fd6rl]

@@scooby1992 nope the dole dossers are definitely the Labour voters, sorry boy but that’s the facts 😂

[@VoidDragon82]

Doesn't raise his voice, stays calm, has the facts ready, doesn't condescend... THAT'S how you have a proper debate! Nice one Eddie 👏🏽👍🏾

[@conorkelly947]

This isn't a proper debate there needs ro be good faith on both sides. Besides which if he screamed it at the top of his lungs it wouldn't make it any less true.

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

YES

[@lloydielloydie821]

As new technology is introduced, it only means one thing, to reduce numbers of employees and maximise profit. The the ultimate objective seems to be: driverless trains, ticketless travel, zero security at train stations and self maintaining infrastructure.

[@999dayslater]

Complete don. Needs to run for parliament

[@conneremberton4018]

@@conorkelly947 had to read your comment twice, but yea I agree it's not much of a debate and more of Eddie literally taking reporters to school about basic economics while they argue against him in bad faith.

[@steveblewett4609]

Could listen to Eddie and Mick putting the elite in their place all day! 👌👌

[@mikeyoung8293]

Yea absolutely me too. He doesn't fuck about with these assholes he gets right to the bastards. We could do with more of Eddie. Good on ya Eddie

[@terrybarber8759]

Pay is

[@terrybarber8759]

Ask them what they take home a month your be surprised

[@steveblewett4609]

Ask rishi sunak and his mates what they take home a month Terry. I think Eddie and Mick are giving good value for money. Without union leaders like them we wouldn't have sick pay, rights in the work place, maternity leave etc etc.

[@clarecollins2547]

Me too!

[@quietastronaut]

"It's more than what nurses are getting" "Nurses deserve far more than they are getting" Exactly!! Way to keep your eye on the ball. Huge respect.

[@rickibaran4273]

So do Care workers but I guess the people who value them are people who need them.

[@lottytaylor572]

Nah ! Theyre too busy making tictok videos during a plandemic & injecting people with a clot shot ! Educate yourself beyond msm doofus 🙄

[@aluisious]

@@rickibaran4273 Let's create an economy where people in the City of London have to wash the sweat out of their shirts at the end of the day and nurses can put their feet up and relax at the end of the day.

[@heatherclark1796]

That interviewer doesnt care, shes probably getting paid more than nurses to talk like an arse.

[@LizbetNene]

Also... nurses are striking too, lady, what was the point she thought she was making there?

[@belcher2484]

What a bloke. Well wishes to him from Australia 🇦🇺

[@vonteflon]

“Wage price spiral” is a total fallacy. Same as “trickle-down”. Just a complete con. Wage price spiral would only make sense if workers’ pay was ahead of inflation; in fact they’re only asking to catch up. We’re at 10% inflation with wages trailing miles behind prices; you cannot blame that on workers. Dempsey and Lynch are doing a fantastic job of explaining these issues and fighting for their members. More power to them. ✊🏼

[@malcolmsweet3156]

So true, funny how "wage price spiral" only comes up when the Unions ask for a pay rise.

[@SamoIsKing]

Fucking inflation has been going up regardless of wages going up. Typical Tory talking point thats demonstrable bullshit but they parrot it constantly to keep us working class plebs in our place.

[@chrisd5964]

Well there is a supply price spiral right now. The Tories have shown no way to control it. Truss is promising tax cuts which without huge productivity performance improvements will also increase this spiral, guess what there are no details on how they would increase productivity. So how else do they plan to temper (note that I don't say reduce) inflation, they make people take real pay cuts. This country is on a very fast track to recession with high inflation. Still the Tories will go with Truss, what a mess.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

The moment someone like the ECB's Christine Lagarde says "wage price spiral" is a major danger and needs to be averted, that's when I understood it was yet another attempt to screw the working people. She is a corporate stooge.

[@toffeebear7133]

Look to to the US. Minimum pay bring risen across the board. Thats the most anti unionist west nation

[@colinmccrone4990]

This man is brilliant absolutely spot on.The greedy rich are a disgrace.

[@BrianMartin-ph7pt]

That will be Mick Lynch then.

[@MrJohndory111]

It's guys like Eddie and Mick Lynch who should be running this country

[@eddiekelly7207]

100% !! Great union leaders

[@ArtyEffem]

You want to take us back to the 1970s, where anyone old enough to remember them does not want to return.

[@MrJohndory111]

@@ArtyEffem No, I just want to see workers given a fair deal after 12 years of getting poorer in real terms. It's not a big ask in apparently the fifth biggest global economy in 2022

[@garrybeech9536]

@@ArtyEffem Were the food banks in the 70s. We're there people who had jobs and relied on UC. Were the families who had to take two jobs to survive, that meant other people looking after there children????

[@garypatterson2857]

​@@ArtyEffem UK conservatives want to take you back to the conditions of the 1870s.

[@kjh789az]

Thanks, Eddie. Clear and truthful.

[@Bushcraft222]

Well said Eddie 👏👏👏👏👏👏🥃thanks for fitting for us cheers 🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@wolraadtwoltemade1963]

if only this was the stuff our politicians were made of

[@andrewwelsh131]

Remember what the oligarch owned media did to the last man of the people who was put forward by the citizens... The lying went on n on .... Until the owners got what they wanted...if we let them they will own us totally own us ... FREEDOM 😅😅 WHY DO PEOPLE JUST VEND OVER AND SAY GO ON U OLD ETONIAN YOU

[@FelonyBellend]

Yeh, who almost became PM and Chancellor in 2019?

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@FelonyBellend Corbyn and McDonnell would have been excellent. McDonnell is a working class intellectual who has done more than most to develop an alternative economic framework for addressing a modern economy that serves the needs of people not profit.

[@grumpy-dad3701]

The system isn't set up to assist the public. It's set up to earn them money and power. Sadly if there was MPs like this they wouldn't make it to the back bench. MPs are picked not voted for

[@allangrant6349]

Chalk and Cheese.

[@mikecoats489]

I was in a Union for years, its not all about pay its creating a fair workplace so generations coming through will walk into jobs that offer good pay, work life balance, just rewards etc

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

"Was" enough said.

[@xxxxOS]

@@The_Phoenix_Saga Stop counting money greedy spook

[@neilwilliams1518]

@@The_Phoenix_Saga the skunk hasspoken im alright jack the type of person who would rob a beggar and give it to a snivelling eton boy with offshore accounts we[the people]know

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@neilwilliams1518 care to rephrase that with articulate vocabulary? Or has national education paid for by the tax payer been wasted on you? And before you rant on - I'm no Eton toff nor a supporter of them, but I'm no pretencious want for nothing, bleeding heart either.

[@jimlogan2329]

I like you, was a Union member till I retired. I am dismayed to hear the rhetoric being banded about nowadays. Things are going back to the 1920’s and we all know where that went.

[@merseydave1]

A man representing working people, a man giving you the factual truth

[@johnwarner4513]

Love it, fucking love it

[@jimstan23]

Eddie and Mick - absolute legends. Telling it how it is, calling right-wing ideology out and, crucially, keeping their cool. They know they're right.

[@somedipshtinthecomments2507]

God! The way he cuts down Widecombe's wage spiral arguement so calmly and effortlessly - it's a thing of beauty.

[@fuckbankers]

Widdecombe's shocked face was a delight.

[@connexmarket4436]

She was horrified. How dare he suggests matching wages with inflation!

[@donaldellis3609]

Typical of Widdecombe it her with the truth she's up the creak without a paddle 😂

[@KeithRingo]

She's a cretin and a ghoul.

[@brianperry]

@@donaldellis3609 Imagine having your ideology questioned by a Trade union person....absolutely disgraceful....doesn't he know his place!!!... Widdecombe is in a timewarp... a 19th century one..

[@0casey963]

Awful owld bag.

[@jensatts7125]

Absolutely loving Union leaders at the moment. Informative, eloquent, and taking down reporters left right and centre. Keep it up gents. We need this

[@almiromeragic9341]

They are UK's last hope.

[@ceecee130847]

Most union leaders have always been like this. They get a terrible press because it's in the interests of the press owners and big corporations to give them one.

[@craighicksartwork]

Very well said.

[@Jord2123]

@@ceecee130847 because press dont want their big payments to stop and they twist the engender to the general public/trade union that we are the problem and we have to pay for other peoples mistakes higher up. Covid could have been prevent better…if the government took it seriously sooner. No they kept travelling to and from the uk with minimum care of the virus borders should have been open to only returning citizens and all citizens should have had a two week mandatory stay at a covid centre where people would isolated and slow down the spread giving the country more time to act. Would have cost less to run that for a few months (the time it would take for majority of citizens to return home from abroad) …instead of furlough for 20x the amount of people returning

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@ceecee130847 and yet ironically they prop themselves up in exactly the same way.

[@hayley7090]

Great fella, knows his stuff and takes no shit. I work in retail, minimum wage, worked throughout all the lockdowns, called a key worker (what a joke) and the GMB Union have just negotiated us a 10p per hour pay rise. Fucking pathetic. The GMB needs people like this that stand up for their members.

[@alfamonk]

When presenters of TV shows are arguing about greedy workers, and they're taking home £250k, it's just taking the piss.

[@Britishempire-hv6rb]

And the unions fat cats taken over that amount as well

[@mssheilajones]

Fantastic. Love Eddie Dempsey. He talks sense; tells it how it is. That's what we need! 👏

[@suchisthismystery2814]

"They're having a disco!" 😂. That line killed me 🤣. Eddie you are brilliant. Keep up the great work. You along with Mick Lynch, are a national hero. Please set up a "Workers Political Party". You'll get my vote along with millions of others I'm sure. Power to the people!

[@ButherLi55ett]

I would imagine they're either already in TUSC... probably socialist patty of England and Wales

[@brentmused123]

It's a genius line! Short, simple, hilarious and bang on.

[@aardvark2641]

He's such a top guy

[@therespectedlex9794]

In 1962?

[@MassiveHappyClapper]

I am from a family, that we work hard, we pay for our own house and way of life and the cost of living is unfair. We have nothing to save or give our kids fun experiences as a family. This is the worst UK life has ever been. I was born in the 80s and life today under the Tories is awful for working class people. Eddie is totally right.

[@garybowman4913]

I'm a skiver, a scrounger, a lazy bastard, who can't work following a "life changing" accident. People didn't like people like me "living a life of luxury" on benefits, because the Daily Mail, Government, BBC (same thing) and Channel 4 told them they didn't. They voted for benefit cuts, they applauded benefit cuts, well here's a surprise, if they need help now or in the future, it isn't going to be there. If people have "life changing" accidents or suffer serious illness (1 in 2 or 50% of us are going to get cancer) who's going to support them. We can't afford to save because outgoings outstrip income, there's no point sitting there, thinking "it will never happen to me" statistically, yes it fckng will. They've voted away, not only my safety net but also their own, if or when it happens, not the smartest of moves really. You see, this lazy, scrounging, luxury living piece of shit worked for over 40 years. So I thought I would get splattered across the road by a large lorry, then I wouldn't have to work anymore!!!! Anybody, absolutely anybody can find themselves in my position, tomorrow or the next day or whenever. Then we can welcome them into the "life of luxury" club. We can all sit on the sofa, eating takeaway pizza drinking beer and watching sky TV. Because that really happens, in the minds of people who will never wear their brains out thinking for themselves. The temptation is to say "fuck them, it's what they wanted" but the reality is, I don't want to see anybody else going through it. It's time to stop shooting ourselves in the foot, over 150,000 people have died under the current system. They've done the sick, they are doing the low paid, then it will be moving on up the food chain. They have tried it once before but it didn't work, so watch out for the restart of the generation war. Why should those bloody pensioners be rich while you work full-time and can't afford to live. Don't fall for it there are very few rich pensioners. These divisions hand everything to the government on a silver plate. How many times are we going to keep handing it to them and get fck all back when we most need it, whether by accident, illness or unemployment?

[@krytonsbeast]

I remember the 80's under the Tories... way, way worse than today.. much worse..

[@MassiveHappyClapper]

@@krytonsbeast No they weren't

[@pseudonayme7717]

@@krytonsbeast Na, we had good music then 😛

[@julezpanda14]

@@pseudonayme7717 Yeah, we did have good music 😜

[@candacelee969]

BRAVO 👏👏👏 well stated. Thank you. I'm Canadian but seeing this gives me hope for my country. 🙏🕊️☮️❤️🙏

[@DemonetisedZone]

This guy, Eddie Dempsey is one of the best leftwing leaders i have seen in a goodly while. Excellent orator, great communicator, working class...love it!👍😉

[@stupot008]

Never heard of this guy before but Eddie is an absolute legend

[@therespectedlex9794]

Seems like more of an heirloom.

[@memyself1868]

Finally a Union representative who talks sense. Well said my man god bless.

[@DCW39]

Every now and then I come back to this video when the tories get too much for me to take. There are bright people in this country and they should be leading. I'd vote for this Eddie Dempsey as our Prime Minister!

[@peacefulpleb]

Widdicombe is a fool. Eddie Dempsey and Mick Lynch brilliant speakers of common sense.

[@leonskum.5682]

Love this guy. Just wished there were more like him.

[@fslinteriors7889]

Top bloke, knows his stuff running rings around these tory clowns 👏

[@martinmcdonald4207]

He represents everything the Tory Thieves hate. An honest decent man of the people.

[@daveduck4315]

He put that dinosaur in her place,game over Anne

[@SteRDLK]

@@daveduck4315 Her place is six underground. Fingers crossed.

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@daveduck4315 don't put on your jackboots just yet.

[@daveduck4315]

@@The_Phoenix_Saga polished and ready

[@donnyE777]

Big up Eddie, Solidarity to all workers 🙌 General Strike now

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Eddie Dempsey and Mick Lynch should be running the Labour Party.

[@christinedowson5657]

@@martinmcdonald4207 and the country!

[@twogsds]

I love the look on Anne Widdecombe's face, priceless! But she couldn't counter his argument hehe!

[@Calum_S]

Last time I saw over-acting like hers was in WWE.

[@alexduthie2381]

Nothing to love about that old hags face.

[@chrisworthman3191]

It would be nice if someone could find Anne Widdecombe's horcruxes and destroy them to rid the world of that evil monster.

[@involuntarilychad4048]

They cut the video

[@twogsds]

@@involuntarilychad4048 I see.

[@TommyNowDoesGaming]

There’s nothing more satisfying than batshit crazy Widdecombe being schooled on by pure common sense

[@chrisdavidson6838]

We need people like this.

[@timporter]

Eddie and Mick are an inspiration, and give some hope to some real change in our broken country

[@michaelrch]

I love the likes of Eddie and Mick finally saying the unsayable on MSM. They are skinning these corporate shills alive.

[@mikeyoung8293]

He's just absolutely brilliant absolutely

[@mikeyoung8293]

Yea it's fantastic to listen to them both. Just a breath of fresh air. Beautiful music to my ears.

[@lindamcanee8979]

And not once have the lost their cool...

[@boskee]

The reason they invited Eddie is because Mick showed them for the clowns they are, so they thought "let's get someone else, we can't keep up with Mick". Well, Eddie is as good as Mick so that didn't work for them either. I suspect they won't invite anyone from the RMT soon and will only talk to the Tories.

[@thechristianworker6718]

Eddie and Mick agree with the degenerate corporations cultural war though don't they.

[@abdelhalhuli4365]

I have been loving hearing from the union leaders. Legends all of them

[@davidmckeown9936]

Just watched this twice. So phukking good to see somebody standing up for the ordinary people of the UK. For sure the UK needs more people such as Eddy and Mick Lynch. God bless them both.

[@garyroberts1560]

Enjoyed him locking horns with Ann Widicombe!

[@Met182]

We need guys like this running the country - someone who cares for the people they represent - the general public - not executives and billionaires.

[@2WheeledPatinaThomasC]

We won’t get that voting Conservative

[@timcoakley5498]

Don’t forget the tax dodger Gary Lineker or King Arthur Scargill who stole 5 million pounds from the miners while they were going to the soup kitchen.

[@nelvaldo.4850]

@@timcoakley5498 Let's not forget the parasites in the city and the government front bench millionairs who have shares in the energy companies !!!!!!!

[@reececollingwood7489]

Yes! We need more people like Eddie Dempsey! Very well said, this country needs to wake up!

[@prodac]

What a LEGEND. Speaking 100% truth. Any working class Tory voters out there looking at their feet after hearing that..? Come on, what have you got to say about it?

[@eamonnquinn9585]

Not much then, ….

[@neilsarath9812]

Not a peep.😠

[@00pugsly48]

They never have a good reason to keep voting Tory. At best you get “Labour would be worse” without ever explaining why. They are literally voting against their own interests and are too stupid to see it.

[@neilsarath9812]

@@00pugsly48 welcome to little england & the working class Tory's who voted them in.😠😡

[@simonbilling2796]

A large Conservative fridge?

[@neilhallett2836]

Finally a straightforward talking expert on politics with all the right views and logical thinking. Why can't we have more of these people in political parties...

[@jimmyrich4675]

Couldn't agree more. Nice one Eddie!!

[@Boswellboxer]

Labour HQ need to give the RMT a call, they’ve gave more hope to lower and working class people than Starmer has ever-done

[@mikeyoung8293]

I could listen to him all day long every day. He chops these bastards right down to size. Just 👏

[@jonathanbailey1597]

Starmer isn't interested in working class people alas.

[@tomcurtis907]

Starmer will not stand with the unions they are not fashionable enough for him

[@randomdaveUK]

You're right Labour need these people with them, talking sense not politics

[@LimeyRedneck]

There's not been a Labour party since Blair, only Tory-Lite.

[@lil-g4879]

“No one is worried about pay at the top” This every f*cking time 🔥🤙🏻

[@tonyskoyled5949]

Yes Eddie you’re spot on 👍 All these companies need to go back to our own country like LNER Same with water , energy which are essentials

[@joshanderson7358]

By the people.For the people.

[@hellokintu]

All facts, blessings from an American here. We need more people like Eddie in America, in the UK, and internationally.

[@frothe42]

Absolutely! He and Mick Lynch are the breath of fresh air that the US also needs!

[@FIHRR-bd8uy]

💯right behind this

[@LeornianCyng]

Well done Eddie. It’s time for change and time for a redistribution of wealth. All people are asking for is good pay, good and safe working conditions and decent work benefits. Treat workers with respect and dignity, as well as supporting them in whatever they need to carry out their job.

[@alsg4]

I'm pleased you managed to shut up that old bat Ann. I can't stand that mad woman.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

She is a complete nutcase!

[@TheWatcher369]

@@martinmcdonald4207 Ikr.Why did the TV station have her on ?.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

@@TheWatcher369 A bit of Monty Phyton comedy?

[@keeblem1]

Yes - that was a joy to watch

[@jerrywinder7249]

Former Tory, now member of the defunked ukip party!!

[@ellismccoy]

Mick and Eddie are just incredible.

[@Theragll]

I have so much respect for Eddie and Mick. They remind me of the old trade unionists from the 70s who weren't afraid to speak up on behalf of the workers. It is sad that most of the media class treat people like Eddie and Mick like oikish upstarts and treat tories and industry leaders like demigods.

[@clemalford9768]

Yes I remember when the left had balls and did not doff their cloth caps to the landed and industrial gentry. The tide of Thatcherism is going out.

[@AM-fs1je]

I like this guy. He's spot on & knows what he's talking about. He's standing up to those idiot bullies.

[@connielane7113]

Several years ago I heard a multi millionaire warn those with excessive amounts of money that unless they shared their wealth, the people would come after them with pitchforks. He asked for fair wages, if people were paid a fair salary, they would instantly improve the economy by spending more....makes sense.

[@darrenbootland2316]

Sounds like a smart man and he's likely to be absolutely correct if this carries on.

[@SJPDurham]

Well done Eddie. Too many times the reporter/host of the show tries to talk you down which is plain RUDE! Thank you for telling it as it is.

[@charlievernon4064]

Absolutely spot on 👍

[@ben.1202]

Legend. Absolutely smashed it.

[@sueluckham471]

Absolutely spot on, well said Eddie!

[@SmithyD86]

Apparently MPs 'aren't allowed' to call other politicians liars and say they're arguments are rubbish... Did you see her reaction when he said that? It's time for us to tell MPs it straight, just like Mick and Eddie have done. We're sick of being poor and told we should be happy we've got a job. I want nice things for my family too! I want my son to grow up in a better position/country than me.

[@christinedowson5657]

I’m afraid none of our children will be better off than us. Brexit and the tories have seen to that!!

[@pabo-qv3nx]

Well said. Well as I call them PLOT TICIANS, they can't call each other LIARS because that would be HYPOCRISY.

[@paulhealey7499]

So nice to finally hear a balanced, well informed and direct union leader. Was never a fan of hard-line union bosses and unions but this current lot have a bit about them to be able to hold their own in front of provocative reporters, revolting superwealthy lords and our utterly inept politicians.

[@Codex7777]

Most of the so-called 'hardline' union leaders, in the 60s, 70s and 80s, were merely representing their members and saying much the same things. The unions were deliberately demonised by the Tories and the Tory media and were blamed for everything that was wrong with the economy. Funnily enough, the appalling state of British management, recognised worldwide at the time, never got a mention in the British media. Interestingly, the 70s was the decade when the British people scored highest on the (self-assessed) hapiness index and it was also the moment in British history when both the wealth and income gaps were at their smallest. Since worker power was deliberately smashed, the wealth and income gaps have gradually increased, accelerating greatly from the Cameron government onwards. They are now both at their widest since Victorian times. We've witnessed the greatest transfer of wealth, TO corporations and the rich, FROM everybody else, since records began. We've also witnessed the slow but accelerating erosion or workers rights and civil rights. At least when ordinary workers had a modicum of power, via unions, governments were being constantly reminded that they'fre meant to be serving the interests of the people, not merely the interests of big business, financial institutions and the 1%! A story to illustrate how Tory style capitalism 'works'... A banker, a worker and an immigrant (or unemployed person, person on benefits, disabled person, student, refugee, muslim etc. The scapegoat changes depending on the prevailing propaganda) are sitting together at a table. They are presented with a huge cake. The banker immediately takes charge and begins cutting the cake. He cuts it into 10 slices. He keeps 9 slices for himself and gives the single remaining slice, the smallest, to the worker. He then whispers in the workers ear, 'look out! He's after your slice!' pointing at the immigrant... Unfortunately people fall for it time and time again.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Hard-line union bosses have done more for common people than the people they have opposed (and way more than any freaking journalist).

[@seanscanlon9067]

WTF are union leaders meant to be, pussycats to roll over for the government and get their bellies rubbed? Since when has trying to do right by their members been considered as hardline? What about hardline Tory governments, do they just get a free pass then?

[@johnjeffrey5432]

Mick Lynch and Eddie Dempsey should be running the country instead of the profit/shareholding leeches of the Tories.

[@1962Tel]

You and mick are different class keep it up , we’re with you!!

[@keeblem1]

"We need a country that's run for the people that are in it, not run for the financial institutions and the big corporations." I can't help but agree with everything he said.

[@annenunney9907]

So do I

[@ranapour]

But media will demonise these guys and people unfortunately believe what they read 😔 😟. Look what they did with JC, they kicked him out of Labour Party 😔. Ordinary taxpayers should boycott the Sun, Daily Mail, etc

[@scatmann5839]

Me too. Not many Labour politicians can hold a candle to this guy or Mick Lynch. Absolute top diamonds! 👍🏾

[@tcsl7764]

That's what Corbyn said and look what they did to him.

[@feistyphysicist]

Mark, you are in a capitalist system; it's why you have a computer, a mobile phone, a TV, a car, a house... NO COUNTRY is run for the people! It's a novel idea, but it won't catch on. Have you seen what is happening in China in the past few months? You either have a capitalist system, or a dictatorial system. Capitalism for me, thanks, for all its ills.

[@ethyhayes]

Legend. Point always made with a firm but fair message, speak up people.

[@davidpearn2484]

When Eddie starts giving hard nosed facts they are completely clueless.

[@AV-pi5mn]

As a nurse, I hate it when we are used to drown out the cause/fight of another profession.....every job should be paying a living wage and if an employer tells you the money isn't there they are probably lying . Or it's being siphoned off at the top.

[@mrgerrytube]

Total legend. At last, a strong advocate for workers 👍👍

[@amayastrata4629]

This all makes sense and under the Tories this won’t change. Ann looked astonished at being corrected. Love it.

[@victorformosa228]

She needs to get back on strictly.

[@rainbowevil]

@@victorformosa228 she needs to keel over.

[@victorformosa228]

@@rainbowevil She wouldn't be missed, like the rest of the self serving 🐷 pigs.

[@arooba18]

What an absolute legend! I wish our union had leaders like this. Side note: why is that old trout Anne Widdecombe still on TV?

[@TheWatcher369]

I've just had a phone call from the trouts and they are not happy that you compared them to Anne Widdecombe.lol

[@haribo99ify]

Old trout is the perfect description of her.

[@robertmaitland09]

That's a bit unfair on old trout.

[@robertlawson8572]

Side note: why is that old trout Anne Widdecombe still on TV? You may well ask. Hardly decorative, but entertainingly confrontational while in receipt of a verbal pasting... She lost the argument when she started to become rude. (not that she had a chance from the outset, though) I know that Diane Abbot and Michael Portillo used to pitch up on Andrew Neil's show "This Week" as often as they could, at a rate, per appearance, I read once, of £900 + a car to get them to the studio, and return the home. So that may explain why she was there, the attraction of money for toffee. The real question though, is why she was invited, no? And... Was Eddie Dempsey equally well remunerated for being the star guest? I could watch him confound Tories for several hours every day. I don't think I'm alone in that, am I?

[@TheWatcher369]

@@robertlawson8572 You most definitely are not alone in thinking that.Cabinet Ministers have been pulling out of interviews and appearances so maybe that was why she was asked to appear.As you said "The attraction of money for toffee" would have been her incentive. Peace be with you 🕊️

[@susanzundel6231]

That's wonderful working class taking a stand at last.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Always found it odd that poor down trodden working class folk vote Tory all the lives for generations and keep going back to the ballot box and voting them in again. When does the penny drop that the Tory toffs are laughing at them?

[@Nick51100]

Still not enough :(

[@rogueceska]

Eddie and Mick national heroes, they give me hope for our future.

[@rabmcnair4488]

My favourite bit, which I 100% agree with, was when he said, "that there is plenty of money in the transport industry but it is leaving the industry and the profits are going to tax havens and no tax is being paid on it." This is one of the major issues in the UK and it needs addresed immediately.

[@rg-web-design]

Top man. He has clearly outlined the reason why so many are peed off; wealth divide (and no talk of wealth tax).

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Absolutely bang on! Well said 👏 Like deployed 👍

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

I love Eddie Dempsey and Mick Lynch. Real life heroes.

[@bravoalley228]

If I was to see this man on the streets, I would assume he's an unknowing geezer. I have really got to widen my mind. This guy knows his stuff and how to give that information.

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

"when we're all wearing the same trousers, then you can tell me to tighten my belt" Mark Blyth

[@mikeyoung8293]

You've said 100% more than the MP wankers that should be supporting the working class and I'm talking about the so called labour party. Good in ya mate. 👍👍🇬🇧👍👍👍👍

[@diavoloucraino]

What about the party in power for the last dozen years ffs?

[@chrishampton2565]

Labour aren't in power. They're the opposition party so don't have any say in how the country is run. Surely you understand this or are you a Tory stooge.

[@chasjacks9378]

The Labor Party is MIA. How sad the working man has no one looking out for them.

[@mikeyoung8293]

@@diavoloucraino well the tories aren't going to support the working class now are they

[@A5H_01]

@@mikeyoung8293 Can't dirty their shoes on common soil let alone support us peasants

[@00pugsly48]

Every interview you see “journalists” asking them the same old questions to make them look like selfish jerks. It’s also “aren’t you being greedy?” It’s never asking how it’s come to this or about their struggle. It’s absolutely shameful they are so on board with turning people on each other.

[@michaelcoward1902]

Usually the same "journalists" who simper and nod whenever some swivel eyed Tory is lying right to their faces.

[@almiromeragic9341]

Shell made 70% more revenue in the first quarter of 2022 than in the last quarter of 2021. 70% more!!! Nobody is asking them are they greedy but the bloke who fights for the unions members to get few pounds extra an hour is being greedy. WTAF! This is what's wrong with the UK today. Rotten from the inside.

[@00pugsly48]

@@almiromeragic9341 I completely agree mateZ it’s absolutely disgusting.

[@David-cm4ok]

Absolutely. Where tf do they get off? All the media immediately take the stance of nurses dont get this or that? Wtf has that got to do with it? Why do they take the side of the tories?

[@almiromeragic9341]

@@David-cm4okJust to compare nurses salaries in UK and in Denmark where i live... Danish nurses got 5% pay rise last year agreed with the government and as that was not satisfactory (because last time salary was reviewed was more than couple of years ago), they went to strike untill they agreed on better terms. When I've heard that British nurses got only 1% after the whole Covid shitshow, it felt like UK government just gave them a middle finger. This is "de facto" a pay cut for the people who were fighting pandemic for almost 2 years! I can tell you, if this was happening here in DK there would be riots on the streets.

[@rebeccamondloch4265]

Very well said

[@simracer1256]

He's really impressive. He's so well briefed and knows his facts and industry

[@bernipritchard784]

💯Hes spot on

[@Paulsie85]

Eddie Dempsey and Mick Lynch telling it as it is! The media don’t know how to handle them it’s brilliant! 😂😂 Need people like these guys shutting the media and toads like widdecombe up!

[@alcoholidaysUK]

This guy is fantastic, a straight talker with the facts to back it up. Composed and assured. Get them in Parliament.

[@disct1597]

Tories keep telling us we don’t deserve extra money despite the huge profits of corporations. We work and earn profits for the corporates. It’s disgusting, they want us to argue between ourselves who deserves more ie nurses and rail staff wages while they continue to profit. We can’t let them carry on. Full transparency is needed and tax havens need to disappear.

[@mastertrams]

Never heard of Eddie Dempsey, but my word does he speak some good stuff. Also, I thought Mick Lynch was head of the RMT?

[@nigelthompson4758]

Keep doing what you do what a great man so many people hang on your actions .your family must be so proud x

[@Brellowcrop]

Good on him, what a legend

[@nigel4776]

Why are the majority of the british public so dead set against the unions? What he says makes perfect sense. The power of the press and the establishment is what keeps people from realising they're being screwed

[@christinedowson5657]

Because the red top newspaper barons told them to be!

[@seanscanlon9067]

Because many working class people are more interested in what is happening in Love Island than what goes on in the real world.

[@nocentii]

They aren't dead set against unions. People care what happens in their workplace, and the workplaces of their families and friends. They care about being able to get transport, healthcare, education, etc. Union-busting managers staff hamper efforts for collective bargaining. Agency staff are dismissed if they try to organise. Tories, New Labour trying to win Tory voters, tabloids and media outlets striving for balance over accuracy shape it differently and make you think no one cares. People do care. It's their faith in getting change that's been damaged. The same story for the past decades. Worker: "What about a unio-" Manager: "Your productivity dropped by 0.5% last week. Bye!" *rinse repeat until workers come together outside the workplace* Workers: "Union, we need representation." Union: "Our members need better conditions." Bad Employers: "Hmm. I could do, but let's pretend it's Bargain Hunt instead. You asked for a fair wage, but I won't be beaten, so how about I reduce their pay cut from 6% to 3% and they work more hours?" Union: "Uh, no." Bad Employers to Press: "It's unaffordable." Bad Employers to Tories: "Ahem?" Tories: "Militant unions are out of control. Clamp down now!" Press to Union: "Some other industry are paid less than your members." Union to Press: "They should be paid more." Tories: "With what money tree?" Union: "The profit." Tories: "Profit isn't a bad thing." Union: "I didn't say th-" Tories: "This is all just militant unions propped up by Marxists." Union: "Employer is refusing to budge. Tories are being Tories." Workers: "What do we do? Do we strike?" Union: "That's a last resort. There are several things that can be done ahead of considering strike action. Work to rule and such." Workers: "Alright, let's try that." Bad Employers: "..." Union: "Still not working." Workers: "What now?" *repeat a few times* Union: "Unfortunately they're unwilling to improve conditions." Workers: "But we can't go on like this." Union: "Before your workplace collapses, they need to see what it would be like. They need to understand that this is a serious issue. Do you want to accept their latest offer, or strike?" Workers: "Their latest offer is unacceptable. Strike." Service: *slows down* Workers: "Support the strike!" Public: *beep* *cheer* *tea* Public: "I hope it gets fixed soon." Press: "This is still going on with no end in sight." Tories in "committee": "Who's to blame?" Bad Employer: "The union." + *unfounded claims* Union: "The employer." + *evidence* Tories: "The union's to blame." *continues in more industries* Tories to Press: "Everyone's in the same boat. Things are really tough and we have to make difficult decisions." *cut services, reduce quality of life, increase nihilism* Public: "People should have good conditions but we're all in the same boat now. No point trying to change things, they don't care." Workers: "Support the strike!" Public: *beep* *cheer* *tea* "I can now only dream of things getting better for any of us." Press to Public: "How much disruption are these strikes causing you?" Public: "A lot. It's been going on too long. It needs fixing." Bad Employers to Tories: "Ahem?" Tories: "New anti-union laws on the way" Workers to Union: "What now?" Union: "They've made striking more difficult. We need to ballot again." *ballot fails* Workers: "We can't go on like this" Bad Employers: "I'll hire some staff" Bad Employers to Agency: "Give me some temp staff" Bad Employers to employees: "We're reducing the size of this section and renaming the department. You can apply through agency." Former employees, now agency staff: "wtf?" *workplace continues operating with low conditions, high turnover of workers* *continues for years* *pandemic* *energy crisis* *tories keep trying to be tories* Workers: "Fuck this." Union: "Fuck this." Public: "Fuck this." Bad Employers: "This is great!" Tories: "Getting trashed in the polls though..." Bad Employers: "Not to worry, saturate the news with whatever you have available and they'll forget about it" Tories: "The electorate aren't stupid." Bad Employers: "... ... You had me going there for a minute!" Tories: "Gotcha! Haha. Economy's fucked anyway, we'll throw the next couple to Labour and let them take the flack. Toodles for now!"

[@Tashio240]

Legend!!

[@KeithRingo]

The man's a legend. On my list of top 10 Id love to have a pint with

[@kieranoconnor7096]

Legend