They Want To DIVIDE The Working Class | Mick Lynch Interview

[@jorgesozapaz2560]

Mick Lynch is worth his weight in gold! He has morals, class, and integrity that money can't buy.

[@acrodave9287]

Which is why he's a Trade Union Leader and not a politician.

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Did you live through the 1970s. Unions shop stewards ruled the roost. If they disliked you and took away your union card you could not work anywhere, drive a lorry turn up to the docks or Ford etc, no union card and they would not unload you. Strike vote in car park, shop stewards and his mate stood on a trailer asking for a show of hands to strike, his bully boy mates going through the crowd giving you a dig in the ribs if you did not stick your hands up. If you did not live through the 1970s you have no clue as to how dangerous people like this are. I hope they relive the 70s. Massive strikes, flying pickets and secondary picketing etc. Working class culture for NOVARO means public sector workers on £60k per annum, not the minimum wage workers getting abused and used by everyone.

[@stevejam767]

Of course he is, he's a Brexiter.

[@robinroberts2568]

​@@JohnJones-k9dthat's just another form of corruption. What we are facing now and over the last 40 years is abuse of workers by the elites. The only power the working class can wield against elite power is collective action. Do you have a better plan?

[@jewulo]

@@JohnJones-k9d That is one of the problems with Unions. It attracts dangerous dominant types into positions of power. They produce nothing but have power simply based on the the moral argument of their position. It is very similar to the power of religious organisations. They too produce nothing but have power simply based on the the moral argument of their position. But overall the benefits they offer to the working-class and the poor outways their flaws. You make a valid point of how corrupt they can be. But they can be of great help to the working poor.

[@davidmcculloch8490]

Mick understands reality and has many answers that politicians are afraid of. We should listen and support, while holding our MPs to account.

[@theicebolt4361]

seems to be where your voice is jeered and mocked on a daily basis.

[@coleuk8817]

Well said, Mick.

[@philbeattie3978]

Well done Mick. Get into the government FFS. It needs your voice.

[@jonathanredman8497]

God I wish Mick Lynch was a politician.

[@raymonddixon7603]

He has not got the credentials. He is an honest man, that cuts him out, for a start.

[@valeriecamroux4197]

He is a politician, just not a Parliamentarian.

[@joshbaino3087]

I mean, union leaders hold political power just like someone in Parliament does.

[@raymonddixon7603]

@@joshbaino3087 If they do they don't seem to have any influence. I mean the UK has being going downhill for the last 20 years.

[@notgarybrown]

He could certainly unify the left and has broader appeal

[@roddychristodoulou9111]

The working class people have been divided for years which is why around half of them vote Tory . If the working classes came together as one the Tories would never ever get back into power .

[@timvella1817]

Labour is for foreigners so they vote Reform.

[@Shaggy-839two]

Because of racism. Once you admit that we can work to resolve it.

[@1112-g1x]

ther is no reason 4 the working class to vote labour thy offer nout

[@stephen_pfrimmer]

Thank you Mick Lynch.

[@diggerman00007]

Lovely guy great communicater

[@Knowonenew]

Mick Lynch should be our prime minister

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Jeez you need to see a doctor as your meds are not working.

[@DamienThomas-c4u]

Not with this mob, surely?

[@bigprob8744]

💯

[@JoeCalvert-cy5ix]

This guy is top draw.

[@jenniferpatton5108]

Drawer. Also, no he is a capitals ####

[@gordonaliasme1104]

Could be a draw, attracting people

[@PaulJenner-xr4ks]

@@jenniferpatton5108 Get a life......

[@JoeCalvert-cy5ix]

@@jenniferpatton5108 really? Could’ve sworn it was draw.

[@573lbt]

@@JoeCalvert-cy5ixstraight out the top drawer

[@annabelcleare138]

We met him and his lovely wife yesterday. They were both every bit as I hoped they would be. Love both of them 🤗❤️

[@lindagumbleton6569]

What a wonderful human being such a humane perception of what life could be like 🙏💚🕉xx

[@jezedwards3858]

Well done Mick, the truth is difficult to argue with when someone has the courage and intelligence to articulate it.

[@grahamricketts-bq1ft]

A genuinely good man

[@mousaka878]

He’s right … the working classes have been ridiculed and abandoned… All creeds and all colours !

[@michaelpickles1422]

excellent Mick Lynch, wholeheartedly agree!

[@Bingosaurus]

While I respect Mick and get his perspective, I don’t think that the current Labour Party is moving towards the working class and I think we need to avoid helping obfuscate the reality.

[@BR-qf3wq]

Simply provide a joined up public transport system across the country, people will get out of their cars and use it.

[@1112-g1x]

no thy wont pt is disgusting and dangerous

[@carolbriselden3166]

I admire your optomism Mick I don't share it Labour is not listening to the working class it no longer represents them😮😢 working class

[@pamplemouse5]

He's so right that unions should be at the heart of communities. It's such common sense it's remarkable that nobody's said this before.

[@industrialmonk]

As much as I have been abused by unions & not protected by them I do like Michael Lynch & what he wants & he actually seems to put his money where his mouth is.

[@ally11488]

A union is a reflection of its members. Shit unions tend to be made up of.....well.....

[@JSmith19858]

Ditto. I've never had any assistance from any Union when I've needed it, and they're a waste of money in my opinion, but I view Mick as a face here as being separate from the RMT

[@MontyCantsin5]

Being a union member is certainly not a ‘waste of money’. We need more people joining trade unions.

[@steveharrison76]

I bloody KNEW he was punk as fuck. Awesome lad! Go on, son!

[@daysofgreenday65]

The capitalists always rely on the same old tactics: division and distraction.

[@timvella1817]

Get stalin in

[@Lawranceathome]

​@@timvella1817 get every president in every democratic country that has been voted in

[@anthonymcnamee6297]

Need a pm like him no chance with Blue Labour

[@julesc1665]

The absolute legend that is Mick Lynch!

[@indarys110]

The man, the myth, the legend.

[@nicolem889]

Punk people are the best

[@AndyHuckle-wg5rx]

John Lydon?

[@helenswan705]

Love Lynch, he speaks so well, so clearly and so to the point. Yes trains! yes trams, buses, canals! but it's all about the vested interests isnt it, and even with Labour in power, those vested interests are still the same.

[@nickinthefield4202]

Want to divide the working class? I think it happened a while back! Respect to mick..

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

❤ Mick Lynch

[@Joe-oo3gi]

Class act class man

[@chrisyates2591]

Well said.

[@Non-Doctors-Music]

Absolutely!

[@shanek1195]

Mike is such a great communicator. To articulate the nuances and balances needed to tackle the climate challenge in such a simple yet non-patronising way is exactly what is needed to tackle reactionary politics.

[@janislaw6804]

As always.... Mick explains everything so well.😊

[@GarethWilliams-zz4ml]

Top top fella… and an old punk too.

[@maureenezekiel3960]

I love this man

[@thelonerider2600]

Mick for Prime Minister

[@samuelrosander1048]

4:45 Truth. Most people don't know how to organize because 1) it's been beaten out of us as a society as popular movements get demoralized and squashed, 2) we still hold onto the Aristotlean belief that we need special people ("the best people") to lead the rabble, and 3) people have become so atomized and our time controlled by capitalism that even socializing proves to be a difficult task. Socializing is part of organizing. For real long-term movements, organizing is just socializing with a central forcus. For political organizing to give the people more power, democracy and its principles should be the focus instead of specific policies or this or that politician/party. If you want to start organizing but don't know how, there are 4 links in my profile to get you started.

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

SOLIDARITY ✊️

[@cunninglinguist-hu1dz]

Never a truer word said and the bastards are succeeding sadly.

[@debbieharper4019]

I really wish Mick Lynch would go into politics, imagine Mick Lynch as the PM

[@timvella1817]

Why?

[@brianreilly1904]

Make Mick the permanent prime minister

[@george4mon]

He gave a Great speech 🎤

[@mysticchords]

Love Mick Lynch, but he still doesn't seem to get it with Keir Starmer and "Labour." They're no different from the tories.. They serve the ruling class corporatists.

[@davejohnston5158]

I agree with well run public transportation. Italy and France have great systems that encourage use. I wonder what their drivers are paid? I have no idea myself.

[@valeriecamroux4197]

But Labour aren't delivering. And under Starmer, I can't see how this Labour Party will do in (at least) the next 20 years.

[@Lemonie76]

Ironic that this weekend those “working class lads” from Liverpool will be selling tickets at over £100 a pop! Well done Massive Attack! Wish I’d known sooner, I’d have gone!

[@AndyHuckle-wg5rx]

They're from Manchester. But I like that you didn't know.

[@RankinMsP]

Absolute legend. Would love to see pics of his punk days.

[@elias.knotman]

So all the trains and buses run on time when union members want to attend a pop concert. Solidarity, always solidarity.

[@fintamaria2429]

👏👏👏👏

[@JamesSolly-sz1hi]

But at least THEY are actually doing their jobs....

[@lamusica1592]

Divide and rule, been working for millennia

[@tommynocash2419]

Wish mick was an mp, wish he were my uncle, Eddie dempsey is sound aswell, all power to 'em

[@reggiesmith3866]

No one has done more to divide the working class than this Labour Government: Ethnic minorities on one side and in politicians` eyes incapable of doing wrong, and indigenous working class now referred to as "Far Right" on the other and treated as second class citizens in their own country.

[@rincemor]

One of the biggest issues to divide the country in the past 10 years, which he and his union supported, is Brexit. Meanwhile Mick clings to his EU passport, which he is entitled to hold through his Irish parents. Some on the left are against the EU which they consider too centre right. However, I worked in the public sector in the 1980’s during Thatcher’s privatisations. It was the EU that saved workers terms and conditions with the TUPE regulations. Brexit has always been a far right project, and people like Mick Lynch should have realised that.

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Most EU employment laws etc are UK based in many EU Countries it’s very easy to fire people with no reason unlike UK. I guess you have never worked in the EU or employed people.

[@helenswan705]

Yes its sad. I am totally pro EU especially for our young folk

[@rincemor]

@@JohnJones-k9d Which EU countries? One of my friends previously managed a team across countries including the UK and Spain. When redundancies were happening the Spanish workers were far better protected. The same happened with IAG, the parent company of BA and Iberia. The Iberia staff were more protected.

[@timelwell7002]

In public at least, Mick Lynch is far more optimistic about the Labour government bringing meaningful change than are most of us from the left and from environmental groups.

[@Raiden-h8d]

Imagine he was PM, the the richest 1% would be crapping themselves

[@richardmaynard4942]

I love Mick and everything he stands for, I just don’t trust Starmer to deal honestly and fairly with the Unions. He is an Establishment man through and through. He has lied consistently while backtracking on any policies which would benefit working class people while cosying up to the oligarchs. Mick is a very shrewd operator and I’m sure he knows this. He is going to need all the help he can muster to put pressure on an authoritarian, neoliberal politician like Starmer. Power to the people Mick☘️☘️👏

[@davidwatts7615]

There is no climate 'crisis' requiring drastic action. Instead there is, as always, climate change that, as always, requires human adaptation. The obesity crisis is far more serious and really does require immediate drastic action however!

[@pepegalego]

Proble with unions is they don't know when they've gone too far, they align themselves with a particular group and forget about the rest. They used to have enormous power. Whether they still have the same, I don't know.

[@dec3142]

He has too much faith in Labour. They're just red Tories. Comes across as naive to me.

[@johntudorhallelujah2976]

I think you are being too kind really, 'red Tories' ? Nothing socialist or red about this gang as I think you will probably agree. I reckon Mick Lynch knows what he's saying...'realpolitik'.

[@Lee_303]

Too late, there isn't one unified "working class" anymore. And some middle class calling themselves working class, doesn't help either.

[@davidmcculloch8490]

No? But there is one oligarch class and the rest of us can go whistle. They depend on divide and rule; don't fall for it...

[@helenswan705]

no there isnt, now its rich and poor, straightforward

[@JJPwfelli]

There never was a unified working class. This sort of analysis was so crass and false it left an open goal to the far right, and still does.

[@richsan4923]

He is part of the problem not any kind of solution.

[@tell1980]

When are you going to announce the TOCs pay offer ???

[@if6was985]

We are already divided. No war but class war.

[@JulieCawthra]

What he said.

[@robsthedon]

🤛

[@LimeyRedneck]

🤠♥️💚

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Hi Mick, some questions for you. How does the world move from fossil fuels and by when can this be done? What technology is required? Hydro / Solar Panels / Wind Turbines / Something Else? How many and where? 2050 energy consumption will be 50% more than 2020. How to offset for no wind or too much wind or no sun? Batteries or pumped hydro? Capacity? / How many? / Where? / By what year? Global Energy Consumption - 2023 14.5% Renewables 1% Other 1% Biofuels 2.5% Solar 3.5% Wind 6.5% Hydro 4% Nuclear 23% Natural Gas 26.5% Coal 32% Oil

[@paulbatson7881]

Climate change my arse we outsource production so polution is another countries issue.

[@MontyCantsin5]

Not sure what point you’re trying to make. Climate change is a very real issue.

[@paulbatson7881]

@MontyCantsin5 it sure is but while we consume so much and import so many products from across the globe instead of using resources closer to home we're living in some kind of climate denial.Went shopping today looked at where the prawns were sourced Vietnam it's not like we live on an island surrounded by the little buggers but we ship them half way across the globe. That's why its bollocks.

[@Philip-x3d]

does anyone else not see the IRONY of a Union leader claiming to speak, on behalf of the WORKING class ? 😅😅😅 RMT worst of all Unions for holding their countrymen to ransom for even more selfish, greedy gain, at everyone else's expense.

[@Lawranceathome]

Yet they're doing something. Yet they got members. And u just calling the working class stupid and ignorant here btw

[@MontyCantsin5]

@user-eu4zy6rm3l: At least try to post something that makes sense if you want to be taken seriously.

[@Philip-x3d]

@@MontyCantsin5 Oh I see. It doesn't fit with your ideals so just ignore it. Sorry if this was too challenging for your little brain.

[@Philip-x3d]

@@Lawranceathome what msg you reading ? I guess English is not your first language then ?

[@Lawranceathome]

@@Philip-x3d it aint my fault u aint capable of understanding me tho. And english may not be my native lmao

[@stevenrobertson8329]

Calling people right wing will divide the working class.

[@gamerknown]

Calling people infantile ultraleftists didn't seem to make a dent though

[@davidmcintyre998]

Will i think it has, people say the country is going to the dogs when it did that years ago the far left playing a not exclusive but major part in this happening.

[@JohnJones-k9d]

@@gamerknownwho is calling people, this. It’s the left that do the name calling. As soon as something doesn’t go your way you label every one far right. Even Johnston pie acknowledges this.

[@Automat2]

If one is fascist, should be called as such. If fascists don't want 'division' should stop being fascists.

[@shugieshugied2269]

Mick Lynch lost much of his appeal to me for his support of a Tory brexit on what turned out to be rather spurious grounds. It's a sad day when people like him end up on the same side as the likes of Rees-Mogg, Johnson and Fartage.

[@helenswan705]

true that and sad.

[@timvella1817]

No, you are sad.

[@quentinjalapeno1344]

He didn’t support a Tory Brexit, he supported leaving the EU which was the option on the ballet. Why do people struggle to fathom that socialists don’t support a powerful corporate institution?

[@patcampton7163]

He had genuine reasons however.

[@leedowner2249]

So what's the solution mick? Just vote labour and hope for the best?

[@RojiVerdeVgn]

I think he answered this. He argued for organising amongst ourselves in our communities, like we have recently. It's not about prematurely declaring another new party or the need for one, and then watching that fail along with all the other new parties that have failed over the years. Mick is 💯 one of the good guys and he's on our side. I didn't vote Labour for the first time ever, btw.

[@helenswan705]

I think that's what we all just did. But now we can think about what a labour party is, what it stands for, and as for Starmer I wish we had someone to replace him. But are you seeing anyone? I quite like angela.

[@leedowner2249]

@helenswan705 to be clear I support revolutionary socialism and want the entire labour party abolished, so I'm not interested in Angela rayner

[@CuriousCrow-mp4cx]

If you think that's all you can do, then what do you expect? If that's all you ask for this is what you'll get. Nobody is saying you have to be a full-time activist, but until you realise that the personal is political, commit to acting personally to change things for the better, and acting in your local community nothing will change. Even if it's just finding out what's going on in your community and something to change things amongst your family, friends, neighbours, and fellow citizens, very little will change, and you'll relying on people you don't know to do everything you want. Anything else won't work. Waiting for change from the top down is like stand under an apple tree with your mouth open expecting the fruit to fall into your mouth. Fallen fruit is always bruised or rotting, or misses your mouth altogether If you walk around the tree and select a good, ripe fruit then pick it, you'll have more success. Likewise, the more you are active in your cimmunity, the more you study, discuss, and look at what you want, the better choices you'll make. And more people did that, and worked together, few would go hungry. Neoliberalism atomised us, as we had forgotten that even collective action needs to evolve it's knowledge and perspective beyond mere self-interest. What is achieved has to be sustainable and focused on the long term, and not just the short term. And it has to be rooted in the local. That means as well as working to get your community working together, you look for taking more control over what's happening to you. To bring back power from a distant centre to the local. Are you prepared to do that? Because that's how the centre will begin to notice you. When you start asking, rather than waiting for something to appear. When you start acting like your vote matters, and start demanding answers instead of just expecting. Unity is Strength. That's why this country is stagnating. We're no longer unified but atomised and myopic. Work together, or hang separately. And be prepared for slow, tedious, and sometimes frustrating effort, but for it to pay off in time if you keep at it.

[@helenswan705]

@@leedowner2249 we do need a genuine socialist party. and as that would be 'for the people' it beats me why there is so little support for it. The Daily Fail still sells alarmingly well

[@JohnGallacher-g9o]

what about having the tndependants running the country

[@marcusfry2580]

What a legend. Imagine this guy as PM...

[@carmelsheehy4415]

😮😅😊😢🎉😂

[@LovisaDengng]

Thank you for this video! Now I have a new hobby of finding funny videos and sharing them with my friends💝

[@coleuk8817]

Three new accounts all created at the same time, and using the same profile picture. Bots are working really hard, that's for sure.

[@leroysimon5692]

@@coleuk8817 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[@CuriousCrow-mp4cx]

Your thumbnails speaks more than you know. You need a new job.

[@amargamentedoce]

I appreciate music a lot but when i started to realize the amount of polution generated by music concerts plus the technology that is obsolete after some years, i simply couldn't continue to go to music festivals. You can use paper cups instead of plastic, but to BE impermeable Will still have plastic and Will BE even more dificult to recycle. Its just like throwing sand in the eyes. Just do small concerts. Its Impossible to have the amount of renoval energies to power such events and such larger number of people

[@PaulJenner-xr4ks]

Million pound home and £150k declared earnings, talk about double standards....Reminds me of the other trade union lunatic Arthur Scargill......

[@nigelgarrett7970]

As opposed to "man of the people" Farage you mean?

[@PaulJenner-xr4ks]

@@nigelgarrett7970 At least Farage earns his own cash and not by living off his members....

[@gamerknown]

@@nigelgarrett7970 For too long lawyers have represented the country. It is time for a seismic change and electing a city banker brave enough to say Britain has betrayed Israel instead

[@callyyeadon2653]

Unconscious remark

[@eddydar]

So what he deserves every penny. I dont vote but would for Mick.

[@user-zi7ep9jz1d]

He looks after the few ,his own members if he cared about the working class then he and is members would be on strike for o. a. p.s winter fuel allowance to be restored. He does not care the pension age keeps going up ,where is Mick, Counting his members huge pay rise ,other working class people can be left behind ,well done Mick .

[@shaunmulligan8717]

Just as the unions represent the interests of their workers, so the elders should organize and represent the interests of elderly citizens.

[@shugieshugied2269]

@@shaunmulligan8717 They've got more than enough representation in the Daily Mail, and loads of them vote Tory or Reform. I think we could do with a good bit less representation of the elderly until they learn the difference between economic and social issues.

[@user-zi7ep9jz1d]

@@shaunmulligan8717 Every man for themselves ,that is our Mick to a tee .A society is judged on how it treats the elderly ,have a nice day brother.

[@patcampton7163]

They are not allowed to strike like that. There are restrictive laws around striking. His job is to support his members but he also gives his personal views on things.

[@patcampton7163]

​@shugieshugied2269 and many of us have never voted Tory or supported the DM.

[@RonnyConnolly]

It's always been like this, and they've successfully done so over Millennia.

[@callyyeadon2653]

👍😊❤️🕊️