'Unions are going to ruin this country!' says millionaire plumber | LBC
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- As businesses warn Keir Starmer that empowering unions will stifle growth, Pimlico Plumber's Charlie Mullins tells Ben Kentish that unions will 'ruin the country', adding that Labour 'are all for giving money away' and 'do not care about working people'.
The new Prime Minister has been tipped as the most 'union-friendly' PM since the seventies by former Blair advisor John McTernan, as his Party continue to surrender to demands.
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A millionaire landlord is precisely the wrong person to listen to
why is the landlord a millionaire because uncontrolled immigration has caused rocketing prices , i'm a landlord and i'd like to say thankyou to governments for flooding the country with immigrants
people should protest against landlords and big shark corps/banks.. not people running for their lives to work hard and get some food and little money back home.
these corps also benefit from the mass immigration, will create many low price labor. can work in any conditions.
But they pay the wages of journalists looking for scraps from the plate of the wealthy.
Plumber but whatever
@@PopeyeBjj86He hasn’t been a plumber in a great many years and he owns multiple properties (some of which are leased out) in England and Spain.
So apparently, when youre worth about 200 million, youre not too keen on people earning a wage merely in line with inflation, having reasonable working conditions and a semblance of job security. No way. I am shocked.
We all know where his employees wage increase went.
His employees often earned over a hundred grand a year for doing plumbing work. Look it up
Reminder: Unions are super strong in Denmark and they're doing fine
Germans seem to be doing pretty well too.
Sweden still has Saab factories because of unions too
@@naga9067Germany's economy is in dire straights at the moment, so wouldn't be holding them up as a Bastian.
@Gray What do you mean by fine? Getting everything they want?
@@chatham43
Yes, and they're the happiest country in the world for it
Of course that is what a millionaire would say lol.
I net he's an awful boss,🙈
@@sheeliewoo He is. I know of people who have worked for his plumbing company and they can confirm that he is as much of a w&nker as he seems in interviews.
@sheep We can't all be millionaires. Get over it!😊
@@chatham43you need to do some research before blindly defending the likes of Mullins. He gained his status before he was bought out by ripping off his employees and gaming the tax and national insurance systems.
In a unanimous decision by the supreme Court he was found liable for unpaid holiday and sick pay. He played the game of employing his workers on a self employed basis but expected them to work set full time hours exclusively for him. The supreme court ruled that no matter what basis he employed his workers they were still his workers and entitled to all rights and laws given to employees.
That means that over the time pimlico plumbers existed Mullins avoided paying probably millions in holiday and sick pay, it also means that he also avoided paying probably millions more in employers NI and tax by making them work as self employed.
So no you're right we can't all be millionaires, but that's because most of us don't break laws to run our businesses
@@chatham43That’s kinda the point.
Id rather have a government influenced by unions than one paid for from tax dodging billionaires.
Be very careful what you wish for...
@@joelhall5124 I like how you guys can't do better than make vague threats about a thing that has never once happened
@@joelhall5124 Denmark has strong unions and we are fine
@@Gabryal77 who are "you guys" and what "threat"?
@@biornr.4031 does you government demonstrate weakness towards unions as soon as they're elected?
Rich people are utterly TERRIFIED of workers organising. But workers organising is why we have a lot of the work rights we have now.
Work week. Working hours. Lunch breaks. Tea breaks. Paid sick leave. Holiday pay. Maternity leave and pay. Contracts. Disciplinary procedures. Things WE ALL take for granted. Not one boss is doing this off their own back.
Exactly
Millionaire plumber who keeps the 140 million he made here in Off shore accounts to avoid Tax .... He has NO right to comment on Anyone !!!?
Anyone who doesn't pay british tax should NOT be allowed to vote.
@Lynne Just imagine if that were true. Anyway we can't all be millionaires...or maybe we can?😂😂
@@chatham43you'll never be one with that attitude
So what. He is wise to hide his money from our socialist government.
Thought he lived in Spain?
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer because of the way this aristocrat speaks belittling the plebs.
He’s no aristocrat.
@@mattpjsmithbut ulhe is a millionaire who keeps his employees under his boot.
And dodging tax
Hardly an aristocrat he’s self made!
Like most of the British right wing media owners, Charlie spends most of his time abroad spouting nonsense about how Britain should be run. As an aside, did Charlie get electrocuted at some point?
No. He just thinks he's Rod Stewart!
@@bladesman1963That’s where I have seen that head before!! Rod Stewart! 😂
Poundland Rod Stewart.
@@michaelmather7352 😂😂😂😂
Says the guy who overcharges for plumbing
@TabsT-vy5jy Haha yeh and if you think that he made 200 million just from plumbing work and not exploitation, you need a cold splash of water
@tabs Then shop around genius!😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@chatham43Take your own advice. For more than plumbing.
Who decides what overcharging is? He provides a quote, and if you want people to be well paid you should be happy to pay a higher price
I simply cannot take a man who looks that ridiculous serious.
Starmer?
@@druidlx2674Boris?
I can’t take anyone seriously with that quality of sentence construction
@@druidlx2674😂 no your dad
@@TimComleyYou missed the full stop off . Simple mistake made your poncey a bit blunt love 😂.
plastic surgery gone wrong
to be fair the guy is 71.
Plastic Surgery Disasters...a great album by Dead Kennedys.
Ha ha they must have got his tooth implants from a horse as well
1950s to the 1970s the time these guys all want to return to had much higher union membership than today and wages were higher in relative terms back then. The economy was naturally doing better as the money was being spent in the economy rather than being taken off to some tax haven.
The time when disparity in this country was at its lowest ever. Thatcher thought "we can't have that" and it was back to "Victorian values", and now teetering on Victorian levels of disparity.
Exactly this.
Rod Stewart cosplayer telling us that Labour are going to ruin the country? Whatever you say Rod.
😂
Dinorod Stewart, you mean
The guy doesn't even live in the UK
Neither do you...and we appreciate that.😊
I think he does doesn't he? Where does he live if not?
@@mwd331 Spain and Dubai, allegedly (where his money is, avoiding UK Tax !) 😂😂
@@chatham43 You know Alex do you, Tory apologist?
Plumbing Baron should stick to his water pipes.
this guy started a business with nothing did amazingly well , jealousy and envy is left trait
@@GaryTaylor-gp2qc What does that have to do with employment rights in this country and the effect unions have on them?
his opinion is down the drain
Why? What an odd post.
His entire fortune is offshored so he doesn't pay tax to the UK treasury, meaning people like us, have to pay more.
But yeah, you keep noshing
Says the guy who hides his millions and rinses clients to keep up his lavish house. Such a cry baby
I'm dazzled by his teeth and as a result can't hear the b*llo*ks he's speaking
I wonder whose they were.
Poor people's who could not afford a dentist 😔
Unions are the reason we have weekends.
Enough said.
39 hour weeks
Lunch breaks
Holiday pay
Permanent contracts
The list goes on😂
Safe working environments.
Assistance suing employers for accidents, and complex medical conditions.
Giving workers pay rises would not reduce growth it would do the opposite it would boost the economy, as those workers will spend the money in the economy.
@Alex And fuel inflation...and then we get even bigger pay rises....so everyone's a winner!😊
@@chatham43inflation can be credited to greedy corporations well before deserved payrises
Cry @@chatham43
@@Litheon11 Like Wilkinsons, C & A , British home stores, ?
No, if you give free money to smelly, poor plebs they will keep the money under a mattress or something because they probably have never seen money whereas the smart busines owners will keep the money safe in their bank accounts off-shore where those pesky unions cant get their thieving hands on 🤫🛥
I've never been a member of a union, but I understand how they work and what their aims are for their members. I have also never been a member of the Tory party, but I understand how they work and what their aims are for their members. I have also never bought the Daily Mail, Express or the Telegraph, but I understand how they work and what their aims are for their readers.
Which brings me to the conclusion that I'd support the unions any day over Tory charlatans, Right-Wing snakes and millionaire non doms!
"unions" don't donate to parties, their members do. A union is just a large number of ordinary people pooling their resources to finally get their voices heard and attacking "the unions" is just attacking average working people de-facto
Charlie Mullins is delusional AF.
He's got a conclusion and is working backwards. Making up facts as needed.
Aren't his teeth lovely? (Shouldn't get personal but they're very white).
I remember Limmy whitened his teeth using a filter once, maybe Charlie's doing the same thing.
To paraphrase Michael Gove, I think we’ve all had enough of the opinions of millionaires.
He aint the 1 either to listen too
@copper Well you apparently have.
@@chatham43 Michael Gove you dip shift
Not the whole shed are you
Kier Starmer is a multi millionaire....
@yah Neither are you...and your two mates.😊
This is why the Torys will always have a voting base.
Charlie Filmed himself in front of a massive TV in what is clearly a mansion. Real man of the people. He’s not the most self aware is he! Bet all his employees live in similar gaffs
@chris We can't have the Working classes deserting their true roots and becoming self made millionaires. Totally agree!😊
@@chatham43Under Communism we will all suffer equally. 😂
@susan Call the bill!😂😂😂
@@chatham43 Nothing wrong with that- but he shouldn't pretend as though he's fighting for the working class when he isn't. The way he treats his own workforce is testament to that
@blazz What do you know about the working classes.middle class boy. Nothing wrong with being so as long as you don't pretend your otherwise because it might be a tad inconvenient.😊
Unions are the reason for the 5 day week with a weekend at the end. Unions are the reason women have the right to work and same pay rights etc. Unions are the reason maternity and paternity leave exists. Also the reason for minimum wage. Lots of workers rights were won by unions, and then these spread to non unionised sectors. People need to be careful what they wish for. Usually the greedy people at the top that wish to exploit workers are the ones telling you that unions are to blame for everything. They just want more money for themselves and to tear up workers rights.
The rich are richer than ever , the greed knows no end.
Kier Starmer included..
So what are you moaning about?😊
Public ownership of property is bad. Said the private property owners.
Christ he’s dense. If you ask your employer for a pay rise, and they say no - he suggests just moving to another company. The point of unions is to have that manpower behind you when seeking further benefits from your employer. They absolutely are still necessary in today’s world.
Sadly it's super common the the only way you get a pay rise these days (other than legally mandated minimum wage rises) is to move somewhere else.
The P&0 scandal explains all you need to know
Why are we asking a millionaire about their opinion on anything?
Reveal the stupidity.
Mullins looks like his dentist replaced each one of his teeth with a 100W bulb.
Knock off Rod Stewart says we don't need unions anymore, coming from a multimillionaire business man, I think I'll pass on that GBNews take. Shame on Kentish for platforming this ghoul.
We can't all be millionaires pal. If you'd gotten off your backside maybe you could have been a self made millionaire instead of living off mummy and daddy.😊
Tussauds wants their Rod Stewart figure back. Whoever stole it left it out in the sun for too long.
Plumber by occupation. Plum by nature.
@mike The school term beckons mickey boy.😊
😅😂
"Paymasters" they are talking about millions of hard working brits, who in total gave £2 million. These newspapers prefer it when 1 person gives £15 million.
Why is worzel gummidge given air time. We need more unions.
He thought it was going to be about onions.
The only reason these millionaires should be brought on is to be scolded.
I'd have loved to see him being interviewed by James O'Brien, but we all know these people would never sign up for that these days given his reputation for making them look like the idiots they are.
Fox asked for opinion on the welfare of chickens 😂
Millionaire plumber doesn’t want to pay prevailing wage. He needs that money for veneers (implants). Also, styling his hair and eyebrows.
And the prevailing wage is?. Thanks for confirming you're clueless.😊
a labour government is meant to stand up for the working class!
@gary...where have you been..?
@@chatham43 Where have you been? Tories have been in power for 14 years even though they may have convinced you they haven't
Does he realise that LBC invited him on for Comic Relief?
Fake eyebrows, fake hair, fake profession... Try again Rod Stewart. 🤣😂🤣😂
I thought it was Freddie Starr
Scandinavian countries and Germany economies all seem to do extremely well with much higher union membership levels and less anti union legislation compared to the UK and those counties seem to have happier workforces a much better standard of living and their economies seem to be doing pretty well too.
To have a tax avoiding millionaire business owner come on a start spouting his utter ignorance on Unions destroying our economy which has actually been destroyed over the last decade and a half during austerity, ongoing privatisation, increasing anti trade union legislation and Brexit, seems a little bit ridiculous to be honest. Also the fact that he is a large Tory donor means it is unlikely he can be impartial when talking about The Labour Party and the Unions.
Workers can enjoy most of the benefits they get at work because of hard fought for rights trade unions have fought for throughout the years. Rights like paid time off, maternity & paternity leave, the right to be safe at work. The right not to be discriminated against etc etc etc etc.
This man abused his staff and got sued for it.
If union members get higher wages, wages for other workers goes up. This means all workers of the nation benefit. If you own your own business you will benefit as that peraon with higher pay might buy a new bathroom etc.
What he wants is to pay his employees low wages. In other words he wants to continue being rich on someone else's hard work. Who's supporting who, if employers are fair people they have nothing to worry about.
Why take advice from someone who has ruined their own head?
It's lovely to finally see nurses getting the pay rise they deserve. Labor is making the right decision for key workers.
Muti millionaire telling the peasants that the unions are bad ,what a shocker
Thought for a moment that was Katie price
lol
I thought Rod Stewart was ill
"We dont need unions today - most workplaces are pretty fair and look after their workers today." Says the millionaire clearly not feeling the effect of the cost of living crisis or wealth inequality.
If you were to ask me to draw a person with the brief:
"doesnt pay his wotkers properly"
Thats what Id draw
When people say unions are going to ruin this country what they mean is, unions are going to ruin MY lifestyle.
Train drivers should "move company"? Their employer has a regional monopoly, you muppet.
Last time I saw a union at work first hand the company I work for tried to reduce unsociable working hour shift rate from 40% to 20%. The guys joined a union and they saved the day.
Is he related to Mickey Fabricunt..
lol
I remember when a friend of mine worked in recruitment for his company, and she said she was pulled aside and gently told she was interviewing too many non white plumbers, and she needed to vet them better before inviting them down for a face to face. In other words they expected her to judge them by their names, or by their voice when she spoke to them on the phone. She immediately searched for a new job.
A business owner doesn't like unions. Shock
Without businesses to pay income tax and employ people there would be no income for the government.
Most workers just procrastinate, if you think your being used move on,your choice
Mullet has been living in Spain for years. Why choose him?
Keep Britain great while sitting in a villa in Spain
Of course he's against better pay and conditions for employees .
He's a boss 😂
More profit , more botox and fillers
Flush him away. That hairdo might get stuck in the u bend though.
Says the guy who spends his money on facelift and botox,🤮instead of paying his workers ehate they deserve.
Why would anyone ever ask the guy who lives in a penthouse overlooking the Thames, funded by selling off his company for £140M, his view on unions? I think we can all guess what he thinks about them. Unions and tax, not for him, thank you.
Maybe see what Bezos thinks about them while we're at it?
He's inside his villa in Spain it's too hit outside that his face might melt. It appears his brain already has assuming he has ever had one
Fear mongering from rich people!
Too late. People like him already did it
This is the guy that wouldn't let anyone work for his company unless they had jib jab
I remember
Who goes on to a national radio show for a subject that you clearly have no knowledge or understanding about. Clueless
The same question could have ben asked of any minister of the previous Tory government after 2016, especially 2019.
Why would anybody listen to Frankenstein. He got rich and switched. Anyone who says you don't need unions can never be trusted.
Lot of places treat works like dirt to be honest. There attitude is don't like it leave we will replace you
Those kind of places in any just society would go out of business because everyone takes their advice to leave.
Is he just here as someone to laugh at? I don't see how he has any expertise that contributes to the issue.
That was one of the stupider things I've heard a person say
If it weren't for unions we wouldn't have half the rights we have today .they idea that any business who primary focus is making money cares more about you than its profits is laughable.
Workers built this country (including the unpaid ones) and unions make sure that no one forgets that.
Unions made up of normal working people backing Labour are not for the working class, but tax dodging billionaires, like this guy and Mone, who back the Tories are. Got it
He said that if Labour were elected he would leave The UK and go and live abroad!!! Well he is still here??? Unless he meant he was going on a Rod Stewart Tribute act tour 😊
Weird promise to make since he already lives in Spain. Can you threaten to leave somewhere you have already left?
@@markwelch3564 Maybe he can let Farage stay with him in his shed or something, like the guy who owns JCB did with Boris.
I think he should emigrate to Rwanda
Of course an evil dragon is going to say that. He's guarding his hoard.
the difference is that the unions and government talk about those settlements and changes up in the open, while tories were changing laws after quiet deals with those lobbyists
This jacka** is exactly why we need unions!!
How much did the not fit for purpose track and trace cost?
So what have Unions ever done?
How about legalising conditions of service, maternity and paternity pay, holiday pay, procedures for unfair dismissal, contracted hours, pensions, legal help for its members that would be unaffordable to ordinary citizens, brought in a legal framework for conditions under which you are able to work, regulatory hours in which you have to work, legal entitlement for breaks, a health and safety framework so that you are not forced to do anything that may cause you or others injury or harm.
Yes, what have those pesky Unions ever done for the average working individual?
Never seen a transvestite plumber before is this a wind up
😅
Growth has stood still since tories got in fourteen years ago. Foreigners control tories, unions are British citizens.
Is this for real. The term growth in economics means making the very rich richer which by definition means removing assets from the working "Middle Class" and creating cheap labour which in turn makes the very rich even richer. so for the vast majority of people is a race to the bottom.
Totally wrong, why did the USSR fail ? Because every one was poor, no rich people tp blame there !
Like he ruined his face?
Plumbing Rod Stewart lookalike talking a lot of hot air as per usual. Looks like he has had his teeth whitened......
More like Turkey teeth😅
Tell me you want to be free to abuse your workers without telling me…
This millionaires attitude shows exactly why unions are needed.
When a multimillionaire business owner says you don't need a union.......you definitely need a union 😂😂
The owner of pimlico plumbers becomes a millionaire off the backs of non-unionised staff. Of course he dislikes unions.
Most workplaces are pretty fair? How out of touch is this muppet?
Did he think he was on the radio? Botox and clown make up, just say no!
These attacks on labour are embarrassing, given that the tories repeatedly take money, and are advised by, organisations like the IEA, which refuse to even disclose who their financial backers are.
Charlie hasn’t got a scooby doo. We need to regulate greed not unions.
How this man ran a successful business is beyond words.
Has he drawn his eyebrows!
imagine living in another country and having an opinion on how Britain should be run...