Mick Lynch calmly dismantles MPs in their own select committee

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  • čas přidán 11. 10. 2022
  • The head of the RMT made a show of MPs trying to argue against strike action in today's transport select committee.
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  • @PoliticsJOE
    @PoliticsJOE  Před rokem +83

    Just MPs trolling Kwasi Kwarteng on first day of parliament: czcams.com/video/nGl8oPaew24/video.html

    • @Anon-xd3cf
      @Anon-xd3cf Před rokem +3

      The sound seems to be missing?
      WHY NO AUDIO?

    • @jukeseyable
      @jukeseyable Před rokem +2

      No sound!

    • @samanthaapple7767
      @samanthaapple7767 Před rokem +1

      NO SOUND !

    • @odinallfarther6038
      @odinallfarther6038 Před rokem

      Any chance you could repost this you seem to be the only source . I tried to search latest post by lynch CZcams seems to think his latest post was five years ago by date posted 🙄

    • @theascendance
      @theascendance Před rokem +4

      Let’s have the same decision when it comes to mps ministers house of lords pay pay rises pensions and there productivity out put and see them justify there jobs

  • @mrdeafa25
    @mrdeafa25 Před rokem +639

    This man isn't working class, he is world-class.

  • @richardwalker5249
    @richardwalker5249 Před rokem +1076

    Amazing how calm and coherent someone can be when they don't have to worry about tripping over lies. Just free flowing truth

    • @thehighlandphotogallery3168
      @thehighlandphotogallery3168 Před rokem +25

      Well said

    • @mariogmajner6549
      @mariogmajner6549 Před rokem +6

      @@thehighlandphotogallery3168 He supported Corbyn did you.

    • @sarabevan3468
      @sarabevan3468 Před rokem +32

      @@mariogmajner6549 And what' exactly has that got to do with the price o fish NOW? Corbyn doesn't matter now, but thankfully people can change their minds as I think the falling of the blue wall is showing 🤣.

    • @donaldellis3609
      @donaldellis3609 Před rokem +12

      Yes you can see the cons merchant squirming red face and fiddling with his pen.

    • @susanzundel6231
      @susanzundel6231 Před rokem +8

      @@sarabevan3468 well said

  • @samjones7296
    @samjones7296 Před rokem +236

    Honestly in awe at this man. The speed he thinks at to get around traps, and avoid being flustered or rushed and just *sound* calm is astounding. Incredible glad to have a man like this fighting for the rights of average people.

    • @kennyhill3140
      @kennyhill3140 Před rokem +1

      Agree. Mick's obviously a highly intelligent guy. Think he's in the wrong job

    • @SussedRage
      @SussedRage Před rokem +6

      @@kennyhill3140 he'd never be 'allowed' to be a politician, or rather he'd not get very far. He's clearly not corrupt enough.

  • @leodb3894
    @leodb3894 Před rokem +177

    Very alarming that Mick had to explain to the MP how democracy generally works in this country...

  • @andrewleebunting
    @andrewleebunting Před rokem +686

    This is what he does. This is what they do. He's prepared and knowledgeable, they're pompous, arrogant fools with little to no desire to understand.

    • @julezpanda14
      @julezpanda14 Před rokem +17

      It's like watching a remake of Dumb and Dumber, but they're all dumb!!🙄

    • @Anon-xd3cf
      @Anon-xd3cf Před rokem +2

      Are you getting audio on this video?

    • @tjenadonn6158
      @tjenadonn6158 Před rokem +30

      It's like he's the only person in that room who ever did any assignments in school.

    • @tariq_sharif
      @tariq_sharif Před rokem +10

      I was intending to make same comment, but that was eloquent.. spot on

    • @makerbeelab5546
      @makerbeelab5546 Před rokem +10

      They don't have to be, I bet everyone of them owns multiple houses with tenants and investment in stocks. So their income is guarranteed.
      As I often say, there's such thing as big money, and there are weird people growing on it, like some kind of mushrooms.

  • @taffyman6089
    @taffyman6089 Před rokem +744

    Mick Lynch is a great talent. We need people like him in parliament instead of these public schoolboys we have imposed on us now. Go for it Mick.

    • @Kajpaje
      @Kajpaje Před rokem +11

      Such a sharp and unrattled traveller. Must have been a cracking tradesman. Saying that as an aside of course.

    • @lizbourn4192
      @lizbourn4192 Před rokem +12

      Put Liz Truss in an interview with Mick Lynch!!!!!!

    • @taffyman6089
      @taffyman6089 Před rokem +4

      @@lizbourn4192 Don't be cruel.

    • @neilrmartin1984
      @neilrmartin1984 Před rokem +5

      A great Brexit supporter too

    • @2wheelsrbest327
      @2wheelsrbest327 Před rokem +4

      Absolutely. I've yet to see Mick not leave egg on the face of any of his interviewers.

  • @lawsonj39
    @lawsonj39 Před rokem +284

    It's outrageous that the government is subsidizing the companies to help them resist negotiating with the workers.

    • @dinglebat63
      @dinglebat63 Před rokem +13

      Spot on. I'd never thought of it like that.

    • @edeledeledel5490
      @edeledeledel5490 Před rokem +12

      And also limiting what they can offer in the negotiations as well.

    • @gunrock00
      @gunrock00 Před rokem

      Well, Thatcher's government imported coal at greater cost than UK production, in order to break the miners strike. So this is nothing new.

    • @willielarsson9651
      @willielarsson9651 Před rokem +3

      Incredible

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 Před rokem +9

      They’re assured of profits even if the entire network strikes? So have no interest in negotiating better terms for its own workers!
      This is our money being used blatantly against our interests!!

  • @paul68z
    @paul68z Před rokem +84

    One really crucial point Mick makes is that these nationalised industries are not genuine private companies that have to survive by being competitive. The profits ARE privatised, the LOSSES are paid for by the tax payer. Nowhere is this more true than the railways. As Mick says, the operating companies take no entrepreneurial risk ( but get rewarded by Govt as if they have) and when the going gets tough they hand the contract back to the Govt and walk off. The rental of rolling stock was always bonkers because you are renting carriages at a fix level for a fixed period without knowing your needs - Mick’s point of rolling stock during Covid. Great if you are the firm leasing out the rolling stock, rubbish value for the tex payer. The structure set up at privatisation was unworkable for running trains but great for city types making huge profits and we have spent the last 20 + years paying the cost of (Tory) dogma.

    • @danh5637
      @danh5637 Před rokem

      yes we shouldn’t socialise the losses and make the railways fully privatised. so they live or die by their service and fares

    • @AntonyClayton-eq1ul
      @AntonyClayton-eq1ul Před rokem

      Tory government, and TOCs are involved in the great train robbery Mk 2.

    • @kristiblack4789
      @kristiblack4789 Před rokem

      Baphomet Bingo Baby! 👶😍😘😎

  • @bobjohnbowles
    @bobjohnbowles Před rokem +1237

    It's quite horrifying how ignorant our elected representatives are.

  • @john-paulharkin1743
    @john-paulharkin1743 Před rokem +730

    Mick is brillant, doesn't get drawn into traps and hits the nail on the head everytime.
    Keep going Mick💪

    • @stormytempest6521
      @stormytempest6521 Před rokem +4

      Spot on John.

    • @seansrecords
      @seansrecords Před rokem +11

      mick for PM

    • @johnm2012
      @johnm2012 Před rokem +4

      @@seansrecords He isn't a politician. He sticks to the topic, speaks the truth, doesn't get distracted and answers questions honestly. He would make a terrible PM, though probably not as bad as Truss.

    • @EE16SVT
      @EE16SVT Před rokem

      @@johnm2012 but youre comparing him to lying corrupt politicians that have gone before. Theyre the ones who make terrible PM's

    • @savio718
      @savio718 Před rokem +3

      @@johnm2012 The comments you make, are why I agree with @Sean Dyer. But respectfully sir, I disagree with your comment of 'a terrible PM'. I think society needs and WANT's change, instead of have the wool pulled over our eyes! He'd have my vote if he were a MP.

  • @paulmccooey3221
    @paulmccooey3221 Před rokem +55

    Its breathtaking how ignorant the first politicians was, contrast how well Mick Lynch can talk and his depth of knowledge.

    • @georgerogers2120
      @georgerogers2120 Před rokem +2

      Possibly more ignorant is the guy who didn't know that his example of a driverless train had the same crewing requirements. I mean, I didn't know that either, but then I wasn't planning on talking about implementing them as driverless options to the head of a railway union, so maybe I don't need to. Still, it would have been handy for him to have known how the tech he hypothetically wants to use works.

  • @fargo1228
    @fargo1228 Před rokem +51

    “what about your constituents?” Mick is a class act

  • @roserose-gt4if
    @roserose-gt4if Před rokem +588

    They're shocked because a working class person who speaks with a different accent is actually intelligent! 😂😂

    • @tomtheeagle1
      @tomtheeagle1 Před rokem +66

      More intelligent!

    • @tjenadonn6158
      @tjenadonn6158 Před rokem +1

      He alone has a higher IQ than the rest of them combined.

    • @dommccabe17
      @dommccabe17 Před rokem +70

      Much of the trouble with England itself is that the inhabitants hear a plummy accent and assume the chinless wonder using it is intelligent and superior to them.

    • @Warentester
      @Warentester Před rokem

      A well spoken working class member? That's akin to treason. Tearing up the very fabric of British society!

    • @roserose-gt4if
      @roserose-gt4if Před rokem +8

      @@dommccabe17 💯

  • @jeffbanks9955
    @jeffbanks9955 Před rokem +36

    Mick is the type of person who should be sat in the MPs seat. It's high time our leaders came from grass root professions and not overgrown school children who've spent their whole lives in a classroom, detached from the real world, where sounding and looking the part is more important than being able to do the job you're employed to do.

    • @RoxyRebel
      @RoxyRebel Před 5 měsíci

      well said and fully agree

    • @wendyknight9574
      @wendyknight9574 Před 6 dny

      He is much more influential and can effect greater change in his current role - as an MP he would be unable to even have potholes filled in!

  • @Amelia-er2sn
    @Amelia-er2sn Před rokem +36

    I could watch Mick Lynch putting tories into their place all day every day, it's my elixr of life

    • @danh5637
      @danh5637 Před rokem

      their place as democratically elected government? and his as a gang leader you mean?

    • @Amelia-er2sn
      @Amelia-er2sn Před rokem +2

      @@danh5637 errrrr, you do realise Mick Lynch is democratically elected by his Union too, don't you?

    • @user-df9pr4dc1m
      @user-df9pr4dc1m Před 4 měsíci

      Stupid is as stupid does...
      @@danh5637

  • @jamesdarby86
    @jamesdarby86 Před rokem +394

    Don't understand these MPs, do they literally do no research on Mick before these things and then think they're capable of outwitting him or something?

    • @julezpanda14
      @julezpanda14 Před rokem

      No they're just plain dumb!!🤭

    • @HarryFlowerrs
      @HarryFlowerrs Před rokem

      Why not, they believe the Working Class are dense hence the lies Bozo The Clown told so they’ve come unstuck with Mick Lynch!
      Power to the People!

    • @HappyBabushka
      @HappyBabushka Před rokem

      because they beleive his just some stinky dirty peasent who'll rub his hat soon as they speak down to him.

    • @backupinit
      @backupinit Před rokem

      Tories are essentially very lazy and selfish

    • @gwh3013
      @gwh3013 Před rokem +64

      They are Tories.. they think because Mick speaks with a more working class accent and doesn't attend a country club that they are better than him. Simple class prejudice, it's been going on in the UK forever - see people listening to Bojo and JRM because they speak with a posh accent, despite both being full of effluent.

  • @elpresidente8730
    @elpresidente8730 Před rokem +488

    If Tory MPs were as smart and as prepared as Mick Lynch they might actually get something worthwhile done. What they are missing is that job security and decent terms and conditions lead to a productive work force and a buoyant economy.

    • @xMrjamjam
      @xMrjamjam Před rokem

      They face no punishment even if they cause countless deaths so they dont care.
      No consequence results in zero fucks given

    • @Capybarrrraaaa
      @Capybarrrraaaa Před rokem +14

      A smart Tory is not something you want. To be a Tory, you have to want to be destructive.

    • @luminousfractal420
      @luminousfractal420 Před rokem

      Tories/eugenicists. They revel in the destruction and wealth

    • @terrencehook2031
      @terrencehook2031 Před rokem +1

      What! On the railways? You must be a bike rider

    • @7ookee
      @7ookee Před rokem +6

      They don't care about any of that, they only care about not being challenged by those they see as lessers and profits. Productivity aspirations are just some woke jibber jabber to them.

  • @markshaz8691
    @markshaz8691 Před rokem +19

    We need Politicians with the knowledge and expertise and decency like Mick Lynch.

  • @isickofit
    @isickofit Před rokem +50

    A masterclass in how to handle hostile interviewers.

  • @BargainBarons
    @BargainBarons Před rokem +70

    *MICK LYNCH IS A HERO TO THE WORKING CLASS!!!!!*

  • @bstumer
    @bstumer Před rokem +11

    The condescending and immature behavior, of what appear to be quite junior MPs, was nicely balanced by the professionalism, pragmatism, and clarity of the RMT representatives

  • @wildflyingdove
    @wildflyingdove Před rokem +11

    Mick Lynch is phenomenal in answering these questions in a calm patient way. He is a hero. Not just for his union but for democracy. I wish I I was rich enough to subsidise his members.

  • @ashleyKennedy5
    @ashleyKennedy5 Před rokem +94

    For every day of strikes MPs should lose a day's pay. This would ensure MPs do the job they are being paid to do, that is to look after the interests of British people and not the interests of foreign companies.

    • @EE16SVT
      @EE16SVT Před rokem +1

      or their own....

    • @Rotwold
      @Rotwold Před rokem +4

      Yes, having a performance review of how well they govern their sector is a good idea. We already do it for skilled labour. Why on earth are we questioning the union when it is corporations who doesn't want to come to an agrement while the government being the main stakeholder.

  • @cathlaurs9754
    @cathlaurs9754 Před rokem +245

    Mick Lynch knows his stuff and delivers it well. Opposition and counter arguments make zero inroads - especially from ill informed, less intelligent numpties.
    All hale Mick Lynch ✊
    * Hail

  • @58deluxe8
    @58deluxe8 Před rokem +8

    As someone looking at all this who doesn't live in the UK, Mick Lynch is a hugely impressive figure. No bullshit, focused on finding solutions, calm, logical, intelligent, persuasive, a natural leader, a great communicator, puts complex ideas across in an understandable way, can crucify opponents with a smile, has a coherent story to tell. Contrast this with Keir Starmer. Why isn't this guy the Prime Minister?

  • @louisbanaszak3125
    @louisbanaszak3125 Před rokem +14

    Mick Lynch is a great talent. We need people like him in parliament instead

  • @njkip
    @njkip Před rokem +145

    These so called politicians haven't got a f*cking clue....crack on mick lynch you're the man...👍

  • @LeornianCyng
    @LeornianCyng Před rokem +58

    These MP’s in the media keep on trying but they just can’t outthink or outwit Mick Lynch. He knows his trade inside out and wants to make life better for everyone. He left school and qualified as an electrician, then worked in construction. From there he began working for Eurostar, and became active in the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).

    • @fuckbankers
      @fuckbankers Před rokem +3

      He was black listed in the building trade. ✊🏼

  • @nigelsutton8957
    @nigelsutton8957 Před rokem +104

    Can't imagine the MP for Buckingham has too many constituents working on the railway, as the line was closed in 1966!!

    • @zendog7212
      @zendog7212 Před rokem +20

      He's probably not aware of that.

    • @antonystephens2446
      @antonystephens2446 Před rokem +1

      Chiltern Line goes straight through his constituency, FYI.

    • @nigelsutton8957
      @nigelsutton8957 Před rokem +1

      @@antonystephens2446 Yeah I know, Princes Risborough and eventually Winslow when the East West route opens. But not Buckingham.

    • @antonystephens2446
      @antonystephens2446 Před rokem

      @@nigelsutton8957 your ignorance about constituency boundaries betrays your inability to comment on these matters.

    • @nigelsutton8957
      @nigelsutton8957 Před rokem +1

      @@antonystephens2446 Really? Suggest you look at Greg Smith's website, quite clearly states that Princes Risborough and Winslow are part of his Buckingham constituency.

  • @ferret9800
    @ferret9800 Před rokem +10

    The mp's keep ignoring what Lynch is telling them.

  • @censorshipBS
    @censorshipBS Před rokem +30

    When Eton gets schooled by a man who left school at 16 got to love Michael Lynch ❤

  • @raymondwebb4179
    @raymondwebb4179 Před rokem +48

    The Tory tribe cannot win the argument with someone as clear and concise as mick lynch ,
    As a working class person retired may I wish mick and all rail workers the best of luck,
    Keep calm, don’t get caught up in violence stoked up by the Tory party, as happened to the miners campaign,

  • @whowherewhatwhywen
    @whowherewhatwhywen Před rokem +137

    It's amazing how they just push aside the corruption like it has no meaning in the whole situation.

    • @Nikolai508
      @Nikolai508 Před rokem +19

      They're conservatives. That's what they do.

  • @cedenullis5906
    @cedenullis5906 Před rokem +20

    I was a lifelong Conservative voter, watching these two union representatives answering MP’s questions was impressive. They were clear, well informed and presented themselves exceedingly well. If the Labour Party had MP’s of these two representatives they would storm the next election.

    • @waqasahmed939
      @waqasahmed939 Před rokem

      Labour as they stand are useless imo given they're making concessions to the tories and rejecting unions when that's how they get their money

    • @susanmason6476
      @susanmason6476 Před 5 měsíci

      Please don’t vote Tory , vote anything else but that . ❤

  • @theRab1609
    @theRab1609 Před rokem +128

    The reason mps keep losing the argument is they lost the moral highground , simple decency would prevent many of these questions. Really are a vile immoral bunch.

  • @thomaskearney9034
    @thomaskearney9034 Před rokem +48

    Poor Mick Lynch. Facing the combined power, of the UK government and the railroad owners, what can he do? In solidarity with his his union members, Mick is going to kick their behinds.

  • @yvonneandreassen-vo3dt
    @yvonneandreassen-vo3dt Před rokem +5

    thanks Mick...a breath of fresh air......

  • @Rich-oc8pi
    @Rich-oc8pi Před rokem +11

    It's quite strange how the media never mention the change of working conditions, permanent nights etc.

    • @davepointon6273
      @davepointon6273 Před měsícem

      ... and neithed do their masters, the "politicians "

  • @stanwilson8089
    @stanwilson8089 Před rokem +153

    There should be a referendum on whether the government can use public funds to compensate companies for the money they have lost caused by strikes.Who's country is this the electorates or the conservative party's?

    • @kw2299
      @kw2299 Před rokem

      The WEF/UN. Governments in U.K. and round the world obey the orders from these unelected wallahs.

    • @marierobson8144
      @marierobson8144 Před rokem

      At the moment it is an extremely corrupt tory dictatorship.

    • @whatsthatnow308
      @whatsthatnow308 Před rokem +21

      It literally makes my blood boil. Who in the hell is deciding to give our money to these fat cats when the idea of strike is to hit them in the pocket? NEVER TRUST A TORY.

    • @Bloodlyshiva
      @Bloodlyshiva Před rokem +6

      Especially given a lot of councils are very short of cash right now.

    • @bereal6590
      @bereal6590 Před rokem +3

      Here here 👏 👏 👏

  • @milnez
    @milnez Před rokem +86

    Flip it… imagine the outage if they subsidised the Union’s members for taking action… the faux outrage over the impact of strike action is lost on these clowns

    • @rhodesboyson1700
      @rhodesboyson1700 Před rokem +5

      Are you suggesting that the government should put the people before corporations?! Don't you know your place?! Outrage! You sir are a menace to the English way of life! :p It's time to finish what guy Fawkes started ;)

  • @markdoughty8780
    @markdoughty8780 Před rokem +11

    Mick Lynch and the Unite Union regional representative more than held their own here and gave good accounts of why these disputes are taking place and possible solutions to resolve them. If Keir Stramer wins the next general election, let's hope he brings the national rail network back into public ownership, where it belongs - very engaging; thanks for uploading.

  • @farahrizvi6634
    @farahrizvi6634 Před rokem +12

    Mike is a absolute legend, he always has a excellent reply.

  • @Peter-Ac
    @Peter-Ac Před rokem +94

    Mick always quotes his sources MPs never do,

    • @tjenadonn6158
      @tjenadonn6158 Před rokem +1

      What exactly is the propper format for citing your own arse?

    • @stevenredpath9332
      @stevenredpath9332 Před rokem +8

      Because he’s done his homework while MPs have civil servants & staff to do theirs.

  • @martinherts1967
    @martinherts1967 Před rokem +191

    Mick and Eddie are the only people who can make things right and I would like to urge everyone to join together and support them. I've met Eddie Dempsey in person and can assure you he is a decent honest kind hearted caring and compassionate Man who simply wants all key workers to enjoy job security, a decent roof over their heads, good quality food for their Families, a decent education system with happy Teachers, and a free NHS service, properly staffed. Both Mick and Eddie speak the truth. Eye watering sums of money are being siphoned out of public services that have been privatised, which has shifted the focus to paying the shareholders maximum dividends and bonuses, invariably untaxed, as opposed to actually providing decent services. This is not just about a truly realistic pay rise, it is about SAFETY.

    • @nodtripRS
      @nodtripRS Před rokem +4

      Well said Mr Norman.

    • @terrencehook2031
      @terrencehook2031 Před rokem

      Are ticket office staff key workers?

    • @timyardley7042
      @timyardley7042 Před rokem +10

      @@terrencehook2031 If someone travelling has any kind of disability or needs special assistance Terrence yes they are key staff.

    • @emmetbergin6016
      @emmetbergin6016 Před rokem

      Eddie has a bit of a sketchy past though...

    • @terrencehook2031
      @terrencehook2031 Před rokem

      @@timyardley7042 They are called porters not ticket office staff. Read the question. And what you describe happens once in a blue moon

  • @abigailmckernwalkingwithpo4582

    YESSSSSS! Mick running circles round them. Love it that he sounds intelligent, calm, polite and determined. RESPECT!

  • @James-bc1jk
    @James-bc1jk Před rokem +315

    We should all get behind this man it's about time we had someone sticking up for the working class

    • @WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe
      @WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe Před rokem +1

      We should, I agree. But will we!?!
      I have my doubts. We are too fractured nowadays.
      :/

    • @rhodesboyson1700
      @rhodesboyson1700 Před rokem +9

      But lots of working class people in the UK believe that the royal family are special :p it's that sort of thinking that enables the Tories :p

    • @James-bc1jk
      @James-bc1jk Před rokem

      @@rhodesboyson1700 well not really because it's not like they have any say on who you vote for lol

    • @maxpowerii7368
      @maxpowerii7368 Před rokem

      @@rhodesboyson1700 do they? Surely some but in my experience in a working class community many don’t support it at all. The silent majority that the UK right wing don’t want to talk about…

    • @nkirk8740
      @nkirk8740 Před rokem

      Yes we can't trust the odious Zionist supporting Tory SIR Kier Starmer, he has to go as he's a Tory con man just like his proposed nationalised energy company which is nothing more than a means of investment it won't supply energy to any customers? 🤔🙄😬😱🤪🤤🖕🍋💨💩👎👎👎👎😬✊👍👍👍👍👊✌️.

  • @stanwilson8089
    @stanwilson8089 Před rokem +63

    Why do we need people making profits from public services when a nationaliised industry could use the profits being made to reduce fares,improve wages and conditions,and increase the number of people being employed that have been reduced to make profits?The profits of all industries are being banked,and the electorate are being milked.Renationalise all industries that have been privatised.

  • @lawrencebolt3540
    @lawrencebolt3540 Před rokem +50

    Im a simple man.
    I see Mike Lynch, I click.

  • @lauralishes1
    @lauralishes1 Před rokem +8

    Love this guy. The Tories have ruined this country. Everything is worse under the Tories, absolutely everything

  • @hanzel0015
    @hanzel0015 Před rokem +12

    Quite proud to be a union member watching this…. 😁

  • @ssssssscrow
    @ssssssscrow Před rokem +54

    There is no getting away from the fact that facts are facts and truth is truth - no amount of politicizing will alter this . MP speak with forked tongue !

  • @Adamb87
    @Adamb87 Před rokem +208

    Go on Mick , we are desperate to take on the corporate class , to speak out and stand up for all out social and economic justice.

    • @marksimpson8209
      @marksimpson8209 Před rokem

      how much does mick get payed a year!!!!

    • @mariogmajner6549
      @mariogmajner6549 Před rokem +23

      @@marksimpson8209 Not enough.

    • @pjwhitlock4198
      @pjwhitlock4198 Před rokem +12

      @@marksimpson8209 The members of the RMT vote to set the pay of their board, and doesn’t get ridiculous bonuses unlike the corporate suits he’s trying to take on.

    • @marksimpson8209
      @marksimpson8209 Před rokem

      @@pjwhitlock4198 really ridiculous bonus like 150k a year I'd like even half that !!! he gets payed more than the politions / nurses doctors teachers fire fighters the lot!!! #fucktheunions

    • @jayneryan6395
      @jayneryan6395 Před rokem +1

      Yes- you sound desperate.

  • @zf1615
    @zf1615 Před rokem +8

    Please keep this up Mick Lynch - the absolute cheek of these smug tories, thinking they can get away with their self-interested blinkered schemes at the expense of so many peoples' livelihoods. They don't even acknowledge the sweat dripping on their foreheads... I'd say they need help but they're supposed to be the ones helping us (i.e. the whole country). Despicable. Miserable situation but people like Mick give me hope. Good will always prevail eventually, as is beginning to show here.

  • @mattbod
    @mattbod Před rokem +7

    Mick scrubs up quite well…no matter what you think of the guy he is laid back and unflustered. I think he is bang on.

  • @eh1702
    @eh1702 Před rokem +204

    “It hasn’t affected rail companies’ profit. Because of government subsidy it hasn’t affected their bottom line at all”
    [Completely ignoring point] “But if rail companies are to *survive*…they need people buying tickets to travel on them”
    Evidently not, since we hand over our tax money to keep their profits up - passengers or not, strikes or not.

    • @namanbajaj7611
      @namanbajaj7611 Před rokem +12

      Thats a takedown/knockout...time to wrap it up folks...game, set and match!

    • @maybe-xh8il
      @maybe-xh8il Před rokem +15

      Tories have consistently voted against regulating rail fares

    • @nobbycheeseman2915
      @nobbycheeseman2915 Před rokem +17

      That's the thing isn't it? Someone makes a key point and they just ignore it and continue putting their argument across as if the point you've just made was never made. I've had this with an employer recently and I would make these points, believe they took them on board but later in the discussion they would say something that my earlier point already disproved.

    • @maybe-xh8il
      @maybe-xh8il Před rokem +2

      @@mariogmajner6549 I dont vote. Call me what you like they are all the same

    • @maybe-xh8il
      @maybe-xh8il Před rokem +8

      @@mariogmajner6549 tbf if I was to vote for anyone it would have been corbyn and the way the media hunted him was despicable. I've read it and a manifesto rarely becomes reality if ever?

  • @nataliejacobs3420
    @nataliejacobs3420 Před rokem +179

    It must be so hard to negotiate with people who want to give you nothing, I am glad that the railway staff have such clever men looking after their interests, keep up the amazing work.

    • @bryansmith1920
      @bryansmith1920 Před rokem +2

      Natalie have you ever tried standing up in a room of people you have just met I have and every time my sphincter muscle was beating the retreat M.L. is a Star and Kier needs to note this He could be the next PM but he needs to up his game

    • @nataliejacobs3420
      @nataliejacobs3420 Před rokem +2

      @@bryansmith1920 But I bet you could write a dam good speech.

    • @BoneStar
      @BoneStar Před rokem

      Those train drivers are on 1200 quid a week you ignorant kh unt.

  • @8847gm
    @8847gm Před rokem +10

    Mick Lynch is awesome! He can answer all of their questions and attempts to try and put words into his mouth with their leading questions

  • @SuperJaypatterson
    @SuperJaypatterson Před rokem +20

    Thanks for the upload, Joe. Mick represents his members so well, he gives me hope.

  • @bryndawes1492
    @bryndawes1492 Před rokem +43

    That Chair couldn't even make himself seem like a reasonable/understanding human being if he tried

  • @nicholashart789
    @nicholashart789 Před rokem +73

    I’m a striking postman and I am proud to have my union the CWU ✊✊✊✊

    • @fuckbankers
      @fuckbankers Před rokem +5

      Thank you

    • @cathlaurs9754
      @cathlaurs9754 Před rokem +3

      Nicholas Hart: More power to you ✊✊✌️

    • @hmu05366
      @hmu05366 Před rokem

      How much do you get paid and how much do you expect to get paid? Would you encourage your kids to be a postman? Do you think it should be a well paying job? Just curious

    • @nicholashart789
      @nicholashart789 Před rokem +1

      Terms and conditions are what we are protecting and the service

    • @christopherjones2884
      @christopherjones2884 Před rokem

      The C W U has done a very good job. But they couldn't get any deal. From a company that wants to get rid of staff. The want a fire re higher

  • @DarkFire515
    @DarkFire515 Před rokem +35

    Mick Lynch is a legend. 100% solidarity with everyone in the RMT.

  • @stanwilson8089
    @stanwilson8089 Před rokem +9

    A good proportion of the electorate have been convinced that the only employer they can work for is a private employer.They have been cohersed over the years that the present mode of working is the only way.As a retired union rep,I can remember the days when, if an employer stated that he/she couldn't afford to give the employees a pay rise,the union had a legal right to look at the employers books,and the claim would go to arbitration by law,if a rise was possible,it had to be granted.

  • @markchester9353
    @markchester9353 Před rokem +43

    Mick is wiping the floor with the Tories

    • @johnwright9372
      @johnwright9372 Před rokem

      Not yet. It takes an informed electorate to kick them out and even then the people have to take back the Labour Party.

  • @DCFunBud
    @DCFunBud Před rokem +95

    "You cannot get a pay raise without a job." That's brilliant.

    • @stevenredpath9332
      @stevenredpath9332 Před rokem +15

      News for Tory MPs living mainly on passive income.

    • @ianmcnulty3279
      @ianmcnulty3279 Před rokem

      Most of our MPs manage to get a pay rise without doing anything. Just saying.

  • @mikedown1250
    @mikedown1250 Před rokem +5

    to make profit you need risk...well said

  • @algraham7177
    @algraham7177 Před rokem +4

    Watching this has just confirmed that my recent decision to rejoin a union (in my case Unison) is the right one. So happy that I did this.

  • @audreymcgready4329
    @audreymcgready4329 Před rokem +47

    Well said Mick. Respect to you. Keep fighting.

  • @ive3336
    @ive3336 Před rokem +36

    anyone else find it refreshing when someone talks straight sense? feel like the air I'm breathing all of a sudden becomes clearer. What happens when all you see and hear most of the time is utter bullshit and lies

  • @johnmightymole2284
    @johnmightymole2284 Před rokem +4

    Such clarity from Mick Lynch

  • @seanymo
    @seanymo Před rokem +7

    Victory to the workers!

  • @carcav13
    @carcav13 Před rokem +24

    They must have a hell of a job to get people to sit in the same room as Mick Lynch, 2 minutes and they are in his pocket.

  • @Vee-jc1qh
    @Vee-jc1qh Před rokem +36

    What an eye opener this video is into how little understanding of how railways operate. Excellent, straight speaking from Mr Lynch. Thanks for posting.

  • @realeyes2458
    @realeyes2458 Před rokem +5

    Well done Mick!

  • @ivynkatha7265
    @ivynkatha7265 Před rokem +7

    "you'd have to pay more money then kwashi printed last week" this man is a legend and his members are well represented.
    Best of luck in your union negotiations from Canada.

  • @poonchild
    @poonchild Před rokem +11

    This was a calculated, coordinated attempt from the Tory’s to trip Mick up and he absolutely embarrassed them all.

  • @taninofbane
    @taninofbane Před rokem +71

    Nail on the head once again Mick.

  • @Space-O-2001
    @Space-O-2001 Před rokem +45

    Mick stop talking sense and showing compassion and reason when I'm just trying to look after my mates and my pension fund. Bloody decent human beings are such pain in the arse.

  • @samrobinson4013
    @samrobinson4013 Před rokem +6

    Mick Lynch needs to run for primeminister. He is EXACTLY what this country needs to pull us out this shitstorm. He is 100% genuine in everything he says and has a wide range of knowledge in economics and statistics. I feel like if he didn't know something he would ask for advice off his council and advisors rather than just guess his way through everything as we've had from our most recent primeministers.

    • @chillsterdlux
      @chillsterdlux Před rokem

      ANY THREAT TO GOV WOULD BE NEUTRALISED WEATHER ITS SUICIDE ACCIDENT THEY WOULD NDVER LET IT HAPPEN EVER

  • @southney7211
    @southney7211 Před rokem +6

    In response to that opening question; many members have only lost a small amount of money. Network rail relies on overtime as it is, therefore many members are able to work some extra shifts to cover their losses on strike days. If network rail could really afford to cut jobs, they’d enforce an overtime ban. I don’t believe they’d be able to manage if they did this and the maintenance would fall heavily into backlog.

  • @pamelasmall1511
    @pamelasmall1511 Před rokem +40

    You’ve got my backing Mick Lynch!

  • @annamcleod9699
    @annamcleod9699 Před rokem +233

    MP: Do you not think it would have been reasonable to at least put [the 8% pay offer] to ALL your members?
    Lynch: We did put it to our members through their elected reps. Isn't that what you do in this chamber everyday?
    MP: No, not at all; we all actually have our vote!
    Lynch: Well what about all your constituents? Will they vote on the budget?
    Beautifully done 🥳😎

    • @sands7779
      @sands7779 Před rokem +22

      Mick Lynch: logic
      MPs: ill-researched hyberbole

    • @Matteus733
      @Matteus733 Před rokem +3

      Yeah bang on!

    • @michaelarchangel1163
      @michaelarchangel1163 Před rokem +1

      That's the way to slap down a myopic schoolboy Tory MP, without resorting to calling him an ill informed, snot nosed fuck, as I must confess I'd have been hard pressed not to do.

    • @briangriffin7096
      @briangriffin7096 Před rokem

      Dopes

    • @theprivilegecheckers
      @theprivilegecheckers Před rokem +1

      Precisely!!! Lynch is brilliant!!!!
      MP: What offer would you accept?
      Yeah, nice try! He doesn't have to answer that. He will know it when he gets it. Way to go Lynch! Keep up the good work!
      I have loved these strikes. I have been working from home all year. It's been wonderful. Love the workers! For the many not the few ✊️✊️✊️

  • @judykilner6256
    @judykilner6256 Před rokem +2

    Superb. Factual, calm, articulate. Love Mick Lynch.

  • @rattylol
    @rattylol Před rokem +2

    Fantastic. He is worth every penny

  • @dbcooper7326
    @dbcooper7326 Před rokem +205

    He's a joy to watch. Like a bulldog playing with kittens

    • @tjenadonn6158
      @tjenadonn6158 Před rokem +12

      Mike Tyson versus James Corden.

    • @jayneryan6395
      @jayneryan6395 Před rokem

      So deluded. I bet you talk to yourself too.

    • @zam1007
      @zam1007 Před rokem +4

      @@jayneryan6395 did someone say something?

    • @daniellamcgee4251
      @daniellamcgee4251 Před rokem +9

      @@jayneryan6395 Ironically, as you are not engaging in an intelligent debate, you have been left talking to yourself.

    • @zam1007
      @zam1007 Před rokem +2

      @@daniellamcgee4251 Indeed, these trollish people really are utterly tone-deaf.

  • @cherrybakewell1338
    @cherrybakewell1338 Před rokem +43

    A masterclass from Mick. It’s such a pleasure watching the establishment get handed their arse 🕊❤️

  • @russellbooth37
    @russellbooth37 Před rokem +6

    I've seen several Mick Lynch interviews, and Dear God please make our politicians as articulate and informed as him to get us out of the total sh*tshow we appear to be content with. The people need to be educated to break this elite circle of doom 😕

  • @maxmoore9955
    @maxmoore9955 Před rokem +2

    Human beings, does he even know what that means?

  • @annirvinetaylor1376
    @annirvinetaylor1376 Před rokem +41

    the gov ministers are shocking at doing their homework before they open their mouths

  • @tootstanner
    @tootstanner Před rokem +49

    If only we had Mick Lynch as prime minister

    • @danh5637
      @danh5637 Před rokem +1

      yes we’d have breadlines like soviet russia.

    • @tootstanner
      @tootstanner Před rokem

      @@danh5637 just like how food banks outweigh the number of McDonadlds in the UK under the Tory Government?

    • @user-df9pr4dc1m
      @user-df9pr4dc1m Před 4 měsíci

      And we aren't there enough already?@@danh5637

  • @geralduk631
    @geralduk631 Před rokem +4

    The Tories on the committee are only interested in demeaning Lynch and the union position. Mick Lynch is knowledgeable and fluent and very effective. In contrast to the (misplaced) confident attitude of the Tories, the Labour members sound timid and half-apologetic in their manner. The unions are fully in the right over this dispute and Labour must be more forceful in their support, particularly in hearings such as this.

  • @jsmuir4722
    @jsmuir4722 Před rokem +3

    Lot of respect Mick. Full support.

  • @EssJaiHendo
    @EssJaiHendo Před rokem +37

    Mick Lynch you are BRILLIANT. Just plain and simple honesty.

  • @derekarnold3665
    @derekarnold3665 Před rokem +56

    Working class lad vs ex Public school conservatives.

    • @kw2299
      @kw2299 Před rokem

      Don’t fall into the trap that Labour (or anyone else) would be handling things any better. They might have diff strategies but ultimately the model they are all going for is a cosy ubtopia for them whilst we all duke it out on the socialist scrapheap.

    • @robertfmorton
      @robertfmorton Před rokem +9

      No contest.

  • @NorthernNegatives
    @NorthernNegatives Před rokem +6

    Do these people just enjoy being dismantled and made fools of? Because that’s what happened every time they go up against Mick. He’s clued up in ways they cannot even comprehend and that’s why they move on quickly once he starts pushing out figures and bits of information backed up research, facts and experience. The man just knows his stuff.

  • @justjames1111
    @justjames1111 Před rokem +1

    My Father was a Union Shop Steward and told me of his dealings with the boss at one company where the Workers hadn't had a pay rise in nearly 3 years. A meeting was arranged and All the Managers were there and representatives of the Workers through their Union, and the only person they were missing was the Boss himself. This Man kept the whole room of people waiting for him for well over and hour and my Father said the atmosphere in the room was not good.
    Finally he arrived, literally crashing the door open, stormed into the room and stood at the head of the table and shouted 'Give them Fucking Nothing', then turned round and stormed out, leaving the Managers open mouthed and the Union Rep's in shock.
    My Father was an Amateur Boxer and did National Service and he said he'd never wanted to kill somebody so much. This is the environment that the tories want to reintroduce, and tear up the hard fought rights that Working people have had to fight for. We need to kick the tories out NOW.

  • @paparobbo62
    @paparobbo62 Před rokem +51

    As a Scot listening to this I really despair at the level of ignorance shown by Tory members. By way of example when the 'Chair' says there is no difference between Scotrail and others in the Private sector he misses the point in that the Nationalised rail operator is there to provide a service to the travelling public and not to line the pockets of Private coy's and their shareholders.

    • @Cheebasonic
      @Cheebasonic Před rokem +5

      Yep, the chairman really showed his true colours with his snidey response when the Scottish MP just explained they started off on a much closer basis in first round of negotiation!

    • @vickywitton1008
      @vickywitton1008 Před rokem

      💯

  • @jacksalisbury4289
    @jacksalisbury4289 Před rokem +26

    Nailed him on referenda. Well done Mick!! Properly outfoxed and outwitted.

  • @trishbickerstaffe5757
    @trishbickerstaffe5757 Před rokem +3

    Mick you're an inspiration,,, a legend 😍

  • @Happy-ok3sj
    @Happy-ok3sj Před rokem +4

    Great Mick. This man needs to be PM!