The MP fighting Royal Mail, Amazon and P&O | Darren Jones interview
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- čas přidán 8. 03. 2023
- Darren Jones is the Labour MP for Bristol North West, and chair of the business, energy and industrial strategy select committee.
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Biggest load of rubbish I ever heard !!
Brexit and climate change - the 2 biggest scams of the last few decades.....
Nobody with half a brain believes either of these socio political tools really exist for any other reason than to control morons ....
ALL of this, all the time, needs to be talked about Down The Pub...
I have so much respect and admiration for Darren and the work he does. He's clear, articulate and takes no prisoners and Labour would do very well to put him on the front bench.
Which is why they won't.
@@marktaylor6491 Yes, he is disqualified because he is honest, trustworthy, straight-talking, and is a fine constituency MP.
He's party to the mass murder of over 400k people, a real fucking Prince, smh
He supports trade unions so that rules him out.
Definitely.
Gives me hope that UK politics has not totally scared off decent people with brains and integrity.
That’s not wat surprises me, it’s the fact that people in Britain can still be bothered to vote!?
Next to the u s, the uk electorate must be the most confused bunch on the planet!
The Tories didn't scare off decent people with brains and integrity. They removed them for saying Brexit will be a disaster and for supporting Remain. Now all they have is thick, incompetent fools, who don't have two braincells to rub together.
@@willnicholson18What happens is that they're just ignored. It's good that nothing horrible happens to people like him! But what happens is that good people finish their reports, ask their questions, put forward their positions, make their recommendations, propose their votes, make their votes, speak to the public, speak to the media, speak to other MPs;
and get completely ignored if it's inconvenient. It's like an immovable object. Of course it does move at least perceptibly when there's an election or change of cabinet, so that's a good thing, but during a government all these select committees and advisory committees and commissions etc are theatre. They are put into more than full force if they agree with the government's design and they are simply ignored entirely if they don't.
It's pointless box-ticking to have these committees if they are usually ignored, they'd best but it's far better than anyone getting hurt - so I'm thankful for that!
You should read Ian Dunt’s book “How Westminster works… and how it doesn’t” it will help you understand why. Great book.
Darren will never make it to Labour front bench as he calls out system wide bullshit
He’s so intelligent and articulate, it’s hard not to like this man
I dunno, a lot of people just really hate that kind of thing, how else do you explain top gear?!
Tell that to his 'victims' 😂
@@philroo1 So why do they vote Tory? The people want one of them but one who's done well for themselves! One who speaks for them, one who came from their ranks but is respectable enough to stand on the global stage! Image is everything!
@@LambsyLamb ignorance and stupidity has always been my guess. Like that woman who featured in the news for a while after she broke down crying on question time. She'd voted Tory because there were a few long term unemployed on her street and she thought they were getting a free ride so loved the idea of David Cameron's benefit cutting austerity only to realise she's a low income single parent and all her benefits were getting cut as well... Oh how we laughed.
@@philroo1 I don’t know why Labour voters continuously vote against their own interests. Labour did more to privatise the NHS than the stories have ever done.
Darren Jones was absolutely brilliant. If only we had a Prime Minister like him, I would start to have faith in politicians
He is either a coward or supporter of genocide.
How he handled the Royal Mail the other day was incredible. I just wish something would happen.
Nothing will happen though. Worst company I've ever worked for.
@@RZPPAA it's mental how much they get away with. Never mind this one, the Horizon one was even worse and nobody at the top have been held accountable at any stage.
Unfortunately nothing will happen. The people at the top have no responsibility. Thompson will still get his 60k a month and when he leaves he will get a huge pay off and then move on to another highly paid job. Absolutely sickening.
Personally, I would like to see that 🤬 slimebag Thompson in stocks & pelted with rotten eggs by every Postie in the UK 👍
@@RZPPAAit’s happening right now due to tv doc and people power 🎉
I went to university with Darren. He really is the most lovely, kind genuine person through and through. Darren for PM!! So proud of how far he's come.
That's good to hear!
I’d vote for him
PM one day definitely
That's lovely to hear. I have been watching his work more and more recently, and I am so impressed. He would make an excellent PM!!!
I can see that happening…
Royal Mail CEO outright lied, and did so intentionally, and needs to be held accountable.
I watched the way Darren interviewed the Royal Mail bosses, commendable. Nobody is pulling the wool over his eyes👍🏻
This MP should be championed across the country. We salute you Darren Jones
What an incredibly intelligent, articulate, empathic and competent person. Imagine where our country could go with people like this at the helm instead of the current muppet show.
As someone who has Darren for an MP, I can assure you he is useless. Charlotte Leslie was a far better MP. Unfortunately Darren has successfully relied on a reactionary remainer support base to get re-elected.
I'm so glad he's my local mp with a few more people like him. The country might be able to be saved.
@@alexchamberlain9317 He is a terrible MP, thank goodness most are not like him.
@@suburbanyobbo9412 Can you expand upon this?
@@jcdenton4911no of course they can’t, it’s a Tory bot! ! Filled with cretinous sound bites to throw at anything honest and competent. If it’s a real person then they are thick as 💩and possibly corrupt as well
Very impressed with Darren Jones, I’m sure he is destined for better things in politics
if he became Labour leader, then they would win the next election - as simple as that
I fear he’s actually destined for better things outside politics.
Just checked. Came in with the 2017 intake. Doing rather well. Giving businessmen a hard time on the select committee, profile rising. No doubt he’s on Starmer’s watch list. Ditto Bryant. Competent MPs? Not necessarily beholden to him. Yeah…
As a postie I cannot thank this man enough for helping to expose what's going on within RM. Watching Simon Thompson squirm like that is the most wonderful thing.🤣
The whole place is a shambles. Get out
Recalling Simon Thompson and questioning again under oath was a master stroke and Darren Jones does not suffer fools gladly.
Thanks for the hard work you do for the country.
Example of a person who is far better than their current position. Wish we had more people like him in politics.
I seriously bloody love this guy. Restores my faith in politicians
Darren Jones is a fine politician, a rarity today with true morals, ethics and principles, someone I’m confident will in the future reach great heights, if only we had more mp’s like him the country would be a far fairer and better place
As long as he's batting for us
I really wish we had more MP's like Darren, I'm surprised he's not in the shadow cabinet
The fact that this MP took the time to _actually_ read the correspondence from the workers (and then focused his questions to management accordingly) in itself is groundbreaking, and potentially, hope-inducing.
What a joy to see that there are still good people in parliament. Sometimes that's hard to believe.
Darren Jones is an absolute legend!
As a postman I have the upmost respect for Darren Jones, hopefully soon he will become the leader of his party and a future PM imo. He comes across as a honest hard working person unlike some of the current mp's in parliament.
Agreed. Future PM in the making here.
This man in charge of the party would give me far more confidence
Brilliant in what he does. His constituents must be proud of him. Future Labour leader.
Totally agree Ciaran.
Certainly!
This is what integrity professionalism and accountability looks like & credit where credit is due & befitting of an MP title
Please take note Rishi Sunak.
How refreshing to hear an intelligent and articulate man speaking so clearly about a subject without dragging in spin and party politics. He was able to make the subject accessible to anyone listening. Not dragging in terms that are so complex a member of the public can’t comprehend the argument.
As a postie, I am incredibly grateful to Darren Jones. Privatisation was the worst thing to happen to Royal Mail. We cannot let it happen to the nhs.
Excellent interview 👏
My postie is a scab and has no objection to the proposed changes. As they don't directly effect him. That'll be upto the point he has to supply and maintain his own van.
@IJC oh no, that's disappointing. They most certainly will affect him. There are so many terms and conditions changes, it's unreal.
Sadly pretty much the most of the NHS is private.
@@ijc9984 scabs are vermin
@T Gc, when Blair brought in the private initiative partnership, you knew it was being privatised.
I'd love this guy to be my MP!
This guy is my local MP and he is absolutely brilliant, somebody who actually stands up for working class people, a rare thing nowadays.
Darren's my MP too. He's a fantastic constituent MP as well as a steady eye on the bigger picture - and obviously a gift for communicating clearly!
Same. I've got Bob Stewart 🙄
He can be. Just go and live in Bristol! 😄
Darren is my MP, he is terrible. He has been re-elected because he has drawn support from a reactionary and unhinged support base of remainers, namely Bristol for Europe, who are all nut jobs. Darren is frankly pathetic, he doesn’t even turn up to hustings events.
He needs to be asking questions in parliament on a regular basis. He could tie Sunak etc in knots.
Now that British politics is clearly at its nadir, it is so refreshing to see an articulate, dynamic Labour MP prepared to stand up for justice and promote constructive and reasonable policies. I have such respect for Darren.👍
I watched both select committee hearings, he was excellent! Calm articulate, didnt allow waffle... future labour leader methinks....
The labor party is a sham, their equal to the conservatives, some worse, they’ve been infiltrated years ago, all orchestrated, & plain to see,
They should be shut down!
Are you so blind that you cannot see?
@@davidprosser457 explain you wild assertions.
🤞🤞
A proper, hardworking, honest and INTELLIGENT MP who takes no prisoners. He sticks out like a sore thumb from the self-serving shower currently residing in parliament.
I watched bth of those meetings and the postal CEO and management are prolific liars who obviously believe they aren’t responsible to anyone but their investors. You could tell they thought the meetings were inconvenient and did not take it seriously.
Listening from Australia. Thank you for you journalism PJ.
All is not lost.
Another great interview with someone so worth listening to.
Excellent. He talks like a normal person. He wants to be understood.
I worked at Sainsbury's for 16 years and when I left it had a similar culture of fear as what's being described by the Royal Mail staff. It actually makes you sick and I and others I know are well rid of the company.
I did zero hrs contract Homecare. Not only are you fighting the bosses, you're fighting coworkers who want your hrs. Whistle-blowing is employment suicide and no union can help.
@allmodcons2274 God I feel for you, the Sainsbury’s I worked at didn't have zero hours but instead stiffed everyone by giving a contract with minimal hours and allowing overtime to fill holes in their schedule.
You would typically do more than double your base hours in overtime and then they'd take it away with little to no notice.
This also allowed them to underpay on holidays and sick leave.
Been there too large private company, it made my illness worse and now I'm so ill I can't work. It was awful. I'm old enough to know what a good job, good boss and good company looks like. Thatcher f*kd all that up. My first job my employers were amazing and valued people paid well good holidays kind understanding and if there wasn't work you got extra paid time off, and the employees returned the favour with loyalty trust and very hard working and hut the ground running when work was very very busy. It was a two way street and you were treated as an individual. The bosses were upper class and old money but we all had a lot of fun and they'd treat us all to meals and nights out and we all went from the tea boy or girl to the managing director. There was no judgement or stigma or values put on education as you were trained up. My last job was ultra monitoring, being told off, watched castigated if you were off sick constantly changing your job role pushing and punishing you the whole business was toxic ✌
@@faves2064 I'm not sure about sick leave (it's been a while since I had a job with benefits like that lol) but I am pretty sure that holiday allowance is calculated on your customary hours, not contract hours. I believe holiday is calculated on the last thirteen weeks work and adjusted accordingly to prevent abuse like you're describing
He needs to be the pm
@@binanocht6110- "his personal morals have nothing to with it"
Tell that to Boris.
You have no idea what you're on about
Great guy! We need more MPs like him.
Man crush! This guy is a beautiful antidote to populist politics in the UK, authentic, in the detail, working to protect and improve our lives.
🤮
@@serenityinside1 ahhhh yes, the vomit of agreement. Glad we’re on the same page.
@@josephhodgetts3161I vomit in agreement too! 😂😂😂😂
What a hero, wished he was my MP. It's a shame more MPs aren't like this honourable politician.
I listened to Darren tearing a strip off the Royal Mail guy, it was awesome! Thanks Darren 😊
What an honest one pleasure to listen 👍
It gives me hope for labour having someone like Darren jones in the party. Met him and Ross kemp of all people at the lamplighters pub in shirehampton. Impressed me there and continues to in his handling of committees. Big up the 0117!
Darren jones a man for the future rebirth of main stream politics...this is a man that can bring thr whole country along with him...a no nonsense politician who ain't scared to publicly denounce the no skilled parasites that now have infiltrated modern day business...
It's heartwarming to hear such an intelligent and articulate MP
Thank You ever so much for standing up for us posties, we have had the most brutal attack by Simon Thompson and his rogue "Team" for far too long now, his grilling has revealed the truth to the public. Our true Bosses are the people to who we provide a service on our rounds. Big thanks to Joe, super video.
This guy is great, if he was the face of labour he'd have my vote.
Darren Jones is consistently excellent 👏 👏👏
I could listen to him for ages. Hes brilliant
This guy is awesome
I'm hopeful that in the future, people like Darren Jones can continue to stand up for what is right and wrong in our society. I really enjoy hearing him talk on the select committee and hope he plays an even bigger role in the years to come!!
Splendid I have watched him live on CZcams and was impressed. There should be more of him
I absolutely love having Darren as my MP, I see big things in his future
Unfortunately they don't get very far unless they start falling into line and bulls£$%%ing.
I hope he runs for leadership in the future. The country needs more people like him in politics.
Also refreshing to hear an MP not talk in 'political language'. So refreshing.
Darren Jones is spot on about energy base load & the role / potential of nuclear power. Good man!
Darren is a ‘fresh of breath air’ to politics! Very easy to understand, no waffle, confident and knows his stuff. He should be the leader of the party!
I am a foreigner living in this country for many years, legally, no benefits, paying taxes, high rent and always reading my news. When I thought that all politicians are like Boris or Farage then I saw Darren Jones!!! With young blood like him, this country still has a future. The way he grilled the CEO of Royal Mail , reminded me of american movies with debates in court and juries. SUBLIME! I wish him all the best and keep his dedication for public welfare alive and never let himself intimidated by Megalodons like Amazon or any other trillion $$$ companies! This guy deserves credit for how he deals with lying greedy capitalists which don't care about workforce or their customers , just money, shareholders and bonuses.
We really need another 300-400 Darren Jones in Westminster.
Hes brilliant , need a few more MPs like him
Nice to hear a decent MP given space to talk. Good job PoliticsJOE
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Darren Jones what a wonderful politician I have heard him a few times as chairman of his committee Darren is excellent ! The Labour Party needs to have a huge change and make Darren the leader . Really looking forward to listening to him soon and I don't say that about many politicians . Posted by Ian Parkins
Our terms and conditions are really being attacked on all fronts. We’ve never had a CEO as awful at Simon Thompson. I couldn’t believe how many lies he was bareface telling to the committee, I don’t know how the hell he though he could get away with it.
lets hope Thompson is held to account, to effortlessly lie on both occassions is shocking
Friends in high places, the support of the media, the usual.
The magic of the market place.
I know how Thompson gets away with it CEOs and most all heinous people who hold power feel they are answerable to no one and most of the time this remains a fact. Then there is people out there such as Darren not near enough of them who really brings truth to power. Wonderful to observe truth over powering lies.
Pity outrages that SKY and all those other media talking heads are very poor journalist little factual evidence is thought after. Sadly press more or less the same. None of latter two do their job description provide truthful factual evidence prefer easy option therefore are not independent far from it.
Full respect for Darren and the few who do take on powers that be. Torie MPs and government require the Darren treatment never will if left to journalists or editors.
He thought he could get away with it because every CEO before him has managed it. Remember Crozier? One year our pension was extremely healthy, one year later there was a mega black hole.
These guys need to be called to committee on an annual basis.
Got so much respect for Darren Jones.. Puts his views across clearly, he's honest about what he can/can't say for various reasons and clearly cares about the British public. Need more like him.
Darren Jones doing a great job asking the difficult questions and holding CEO's and trade unions to account.
At last, a politician who can talk knowledgeably and accurately about his brief
Top guy , love is honest approach, and think he will go far. Glad he is in the Labour Party.
What a great interview. I hope my local Labour party can find a candidate like him, to replace the current tory yes man.
Good interview; nice to hear a sane, rational voice dissecting these issues.
This was an interesting conversation. The question about whether RM should be private or public particularly caught my attention. I don't think we're going to make much serious progress in the UK with the state of our key services and the misery of their workers and customers - post, rail, energy, water, healthcare, and so on - until we get back to understanding that if you want vital services to be run fairly, effectively, affordably and such that they carry out their primary function over and above enriching a select few, they need to be publicly owned and run (by competent people, to be sure); genuinely accountable to government, and the government accountable to the public so they have an interest in properly overseeing these services with their electoral fate tied to whether these services meet their promises. All of these services are failing badly and becoming or have become unaffordable to ordinary people. (We're also unlikely to make serious progress in contending with climate change while relying on private corporate behemoths to make responsible decisions about where our energy should come from and to what end.) A major industrial and political seachange is long overdue, because neoliberalism isn't working for anyone but those at the top.
Darren your doing a top job. From a postman myself.
What a decent, affable and level headed chap.
Brilliant politician wish I had someone like him for my constituency.
What a legend. Articulate, sharp and confident.
Darren does such a good job of explaining the nonsense around Royal Mail that it is infuriating to hear that we allow this stuff to happen. I'd like to see more of this man in the national discourse and as a part of the shadow cab/future gov.
Royal Mail investors: Yes, we won our bid to run a public service!
also Royal Mail investors: Oh noes, we have to run a public service 😢
Excellent interview, I appreciate how informative it is!
This is what a good MP looks like
It's a shame they are so rare ! He's speaking like a human being not from a script. I wish more politicians would do interviews like this .
He's brilliant! Would love to see him as a front bencher in a Labour government.
Thanks for this, really enlightening. Great to see an MP who knows his shit
What an excellent, excellent MP Darren Jones appears to be. His ability to explain in understandable terms very complex issues is highly commendable. And his parallels drawn with the Houses of Parliament and indeed the circus that is PMQ's these days does 2 things. 1, confirm that there absolutely is a need for select committees. And 2, absolutely confirm that they need more powers to be able to carry out restorative measures where necessary.
I do hope Starmer has this guy on his radar.
Very much enjoyed DJ roasting Simon Thompson and co. What an interesting interview, particularly when Mr Jones was explaining the validity of many of these select committees. A very capable man and someone definitely worth keeping an eye on I reckon. Excellent stuff PJ, thanks.
You're amazing, a real asset to the UK. Stay strong
I see a very big future for Darren Jones, he seems to be very competent.
Darren is an excellent, hard working MP - imagine if we could all have an MP like this.. The horizon software scandal destroyed one of my oldest friends, Simon Thompson is a monstrous human being..
ahh ..i like straight talking politicians. sersiouly. a breath of fresh air. please replace the others ones. thank you for the interview :)
Excellent stuff from Mr Jones, no BS definite front bencher 👏🙏
One of the decent MPs out there from what I've seen. Seems totally genuine and would be happy for him to represent my constituency!
The amount of local junk mail delivered by Royal Mail is silly now. Price of sending letters gone through the roof. How were they allowed to split up Royal Mail various services?
Free market forces innit. AKA, selling off national assets because you can't be arsed to manage them.
Our manager sat us all down this week and made us watch this pathetic video from RM about how important the ‘junk mail’ is, and we should treat it as first class mail, we all laughed. It is however a massive income stream for the business.
@@SimplySketchyGT Give the Royal Mail to McDonald's to run. Their management will make it 'world beating' in two minutes. Have a nice day - do you want stamps with that?
@@jirlam1
Did they order you to stop laughing, or you'll be sacked? I would have been on the floor corpsing myself, rolling. rofl
@@huwzebediahthomas9193 haha no the managers know how much we hate delivering that stuff 😂
Darren....you have obviously found your 'niche ' . This is where you STAND OUT. You are fabulous 👌 👏 👍
He's becoming more and more impressive every time I see him.
I worked at Bulb before they went into administration at the end of 2021 and later saw Darren question Hayden Wood (Bulb CEO) at the select committee. I found him to be very clued in with the realities of the industry, aware of how technology could be used to better the sector, and generally brought an air of rationality and understanding that I'm not accustomed to see in UK politics.
More of him please, hope he progresses and has the integrity he appears to have today.
Please give us more politicians like this!
CWU wants Royal Mail re-nationalised. It has to work with the existing privatised RM management, but the experience since privatisation has only been negative both for the workforce and the service.
Can't remember the last time I heard someone from the Tories talking as clearly and knowledgeably as this Labour guy.
Put Darren ( my local MP ! ) on the front bench . Labour needs him leading from the front.
Unfortunately nice people don’t make it to the top.
Good afternoon to you both
Really think and wish my RCN UNION adopted said same principles. Been attempting to highlight bullying gaslighting and much more since forever as a Mental Health addiction nurse. Lots of lived experience/growth and still waiting patiently to have my individual grievance case HEARD.
Thankyou for sharing your conversation.
Real politic brain gym, indeed.
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Mr Jones's you are best interviewer or is the correct word, I have never seen anybody grill people like you do your lawyer training has served you well. Thank you Mr Jones's honesty comes easy to you.
Darren Jones you are renewing my faith in politicians. I would definitely vote for you to be Prime Minister.
This man here is a future Prime Minister! Maintain you integrity and your fight for justice Darren, you’re essential to Labour’s success.
Darren at his best on SMRs - absolutely got the facts at his fingertips. And across that enormous brief. Could watch this pair for ever….