Fire brigade union chief tells Sky News journalist to stop repeating government spin 

Its not a new bread its the old bread finding its voice again.

All you people who support these strikes remember you are paying for it from your taxes, if you want higher taxes support them

@@LETSLEARN751 'Breed' you mean? 🤣

@@garyb455 So you prefer spending your tax on the contracts awarded to government cronies such as for dodgy PPE then?

@@garyb455 Gladly.

Don’t read or listen then. Plenty of objective news stations out there just steer clear of mainstream rubbish👍

@@RojoBoxeador name a few objective news sources...

Murdoch owns the biggest Right Wing media Top Down.

@@elingles3708 Novara Media, Politics Joe.

@@RojoBoxeador Plenty of loony fringe news sources, GB News, Talk TV, Migration Watch, Britain First, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Sun etc. Please list competent, credible news sources in your opinion?

Agreed just a shame sky news do these live broadcasts at 7:30am when the vast population isn’t awake and if they are they’re not watching the news

Probably as reporters mostly aren't interested in what you have to say, it's more about pushing the news companies agenda for who's paying their wages. It's got to the point that mainstream news hasn't been trustworthy for a while.

Puppets of Murdoch’s facist regime

Nothing says 2023 like partial, agenda-driven journalism.

Well observed, they can also come across as quite condescending.

Basically they're saying "Stop talking, that answer doesn't fit the narrative I'm trying to promote. Let's try again with a different question..."

Well said!

So true!

It's bizarre isn't it? He's asking if the public will be unhappy with a general strike, who exactly does he think the 'public' are???

That was my thought to The working class being squeezed

Spot on … I’ve been stating that one for months. Wake up government and employers, we are the people, we are the public.

What country?

@@Mark-Haddow Imagine of Sky News was!

@@tomcat7525 They are lol

I for one welcome our new arachnosyndicalist overlords

There was a union rep type person the head of one party. But he was ousted

I wish they would respond with something along the lines of "if your home is on fire and family members in peril, would you like the firefighter who arrives to assist you, be tired and hungry because they are stressed about providing for their families?"

Well said!

It’s a shame that the opposition parties aren’t calling the government out on this, it’s a shame that the opposition parties aren’t promising to do anything about it. Our political system is broken and not fit for purpose.

@@johnnyrocker7495 With that comment you are part of the problem.

The same thing happened when the BBC tried to rip into Dave Ward from the CWU.

Conning sheep like you, you mean. CHeck out what these people already earn then tell me how sorry you feel for them.

Lololol. Your just as delusional as the union leaders🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

spot on mate ,hope others can see it too

Still mesmerised by the puppet show.

And the presenter tries to swiftly move on when he’s caught out like on the wages

@@jordanbooth4470 Like the remainers on here. You show them there was virtually no negatives and zero compared to remain, remain in ukrain has been a failure. People should be called out and shamed when the troll like this. Politicians and journos should have to resign when caught trolling.

@@richardgallagher4880 What are you talking about? Putin said he wanted Brexit, why do you think that was? He thought that the EU would collapse without the UK, leaving him able to invade Ukraine without unified opposition. He was wrong. You are wrong. The list of businesspeople saying that they cannot continue trading with the EU is growing. The queues are still there, just not reported. People are complaining about the difficulty just going on holiday to Benidorm, compared to before Brexit, never mind trading. Our economy is tanking. Only Russia is doing worse. Stop taking the lies of GBNews and Murdoch rags as gospel and think for yourself

..... and hotels, allowances and xboxes for the seemingly unending and increasing stream of illegal arrivals to our shores. Not to mention the casual normalisation of "friends of the government" enriching themselves to the tune of millions by picking the pockets of struggling, overworked taxpayers while the services we pay fore are cut through the bone!

I think he is better than Mick. I think he is more robust through his citation of facts.

@@solidoperative Don’t know much about Wrack but I’m willing to believe it, Lynch is great and he’s a good speaker but he often doesn’t say the things he should be saying

Good news is we don't have to pick one or the other - we have both of them 😁

@@markwelch3564 You should have voted for Corbyn

​@@markwelch3564plus Dave Ward and many others. Plus Political Joe etc. Who needs Sky rhetoric...

He's not a Journalist, he's a Presenter. His job is reading an autocue.

@@dondoodat he doesn’t just read autocues like a robot, he promotes right wing propaganda For money!

@@dondoodat Harsh, but fair!

In the US they are called "talking heads" and this is why the UK is going down the same sewer with huge vested intrests,

@@barrieroberts75 We have laws in the UK against treason but they're never implemented.

They deal in stirring?

Aye, I've never understood working folk thinking voting Tory was a good idea. Maybe they're not old enough to have suffered under Thatcher? I left school when everyone around me (Miners) was out of a job. Means testing for benefits was brutal.

A viable opposition, as opposed to a non viable weak version of the same. Labour are no more than red tories.

@@liammalarky3483 I am 61 Liam and i remember too well what she did to grown men and families. My Dad was a Crane driver and earned good wages back then. I remember he helped as many people as he could. It was bad, Sad hard times. And we seem to have went backwards.

@@dougaltolan3017 No one mentioned Labour. And i am not a Labour supporter anyway. So i don't know why you feel the need to mention them?

@@audreymcgready4329 "What will it take for people to wake up....?" Your words. My answer : a viable opposition.

buy shares.

Tim: CORRECT ‼️ The profits are astronomical, you only have to Go ogle to find out what profits any company is making - everybody: Do Your Research 🙄

@@jackjones4861 This would be a great solution if everyone was born with wealth or able to collect wealth when young, but they can't.

Buying shares is good and recommended, but you will never have enough to influence any decisions or affect any changes.

hopefully that time is coming soon

Why not give us all a wage rise? Sick of hearing how brilliant public service workers are. We've all been in the same boat.

Agreed, We live in a world of lip service, crocodile tears and logical fallacies, while the wealthy gaslight the poor via their tabloid public relations experts. Manipulations and polarisation designed to continue the masquerade while the political mummers play their artless roles with facile duplicity. They only care to continue the status quo or increase our suffering for their profit.

Because they're tory allies. When the next party is in power these fucks will attack every little thing, and even lie about a lot of it.

Because MSM is owed by billionaires and its in their interests to have a Tory government.

It will take 30 years to recover from the last 14 years or more. It will have to consider cost of roof over heads, health (diabetes and heart) prevention, preschool, nursery, education for a thinking society that can flex what it does to make a living and handle complexity and responsibility. Some policies and decisions will offend the broad brush left; most will make life more difficult for the relatively well off left and will test their determination to vote for justice and fairness; almost all will make life difficult for the well off inheritors of wealth. Directors of companies and major shareholders have to live with their families next to a site for sewage discharge, dangerous factory, etc. SAS or James Bond types to hunt down the tax offshore types or is that unacceptable to everyone?

@@justsomerandom202 Hello Putin's lap dog.

It always amazes me people using that argument don't realise it

@@globalist1990 they do, but they know enough of the audience won’t, so it will work.

I found that question hilarious when he asked it, well, it’s the people that are telling you they are fed up and he was assuming the publics own public opinion 😂

vaper: THANK YOU - I would not go into a burning building for ANY money. A lot of people do not appreciate all the training you have to go through to become a competent fire fighter, it's not just "point the hose at the fire" 🙄

Lol the avarage london worker does not get 41K, i've lived here all my life never known anyone get that amount, don't let the 1% in the city getting paid millions scewer the figures of the average wage

@@GreatSageSunWukong Err that's why it is an average wage - simple maths - get a clue.

@@GreatSageSunWukong Thats true but the national wage is calculated using the same method so you have to compared a london fire fighters wage with the average london salary. The journalist here is trying to make the firefighters look like they are getting paid alot. The simple truth is that for their salary they would be lucky if they could get any form of property or mortgage.

@@GreatSageSunWukong The AVERAGE intelligence quotient of people in GB is 100 - even in the microcosm of the City. The fact that you do not score that high does not invalidate the AVERAGE! Think before you shoot your mouth off. Or, better still, get an education and get a better job paying more than the AVERAGE of £42k.

Theyre on 40k.

Cost push inflation is caused by any/all costs incurred getting the product to the shop shelf, it's wrong to single out labour costs as the only cause but it is generally the single largest cause historically - current fuel price stupidity might well change that though.

@@atffan a lot of it is price gauging, plain and simple. If the increased costs in products was simply due to the increased costs of production and transport, none of these large companies would be reporting an increase in profit and yet they are.

You forgot money printing. The same people who caused the problem are the same who think they can solve the problem.

Inflation is purpose-built into the system itself. Our speculation and gambling based economy relies on these constant booms and busts. The entire system is rotten to the core.

@@kasroa Capitalism's has been doing the boom-and-bust cycle since Tulip Mania in mid-1600s Netherlands.

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Agreed 💯%

All you people who support these strikes remember you are paying for it from your taxes, if you want higher taxes support them

@Gary david we tax payers paid for the Covid PPE VIP Lane contracts to Tory friends, family and donors. We tax payers paid for the wasted 'Track and Trace' disastrous project. We tax payers paid for the Covid 'Bounce Back' loans that went to bogus companies who cashed in on an unregulated free handout. All the above is written off by the government and is significantly more money than pay rises that bring workers up to the cost of living. We tax payers subsidise the huge profits that the rail companies make, enriching the share holders but denying workers a decent pay rise. What exactly is your point (if you even have one)?

@@garyb455 And if we don't support these brave workers, who are standing up to this establishment/corporate greed/corruption, then the corporations/establishment/government just continue to walk all over us, and continue to force us to survive on less and less, whilst they continue to take the cream off the top. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. In which case it is far better to at least have a go and stand up to the greed of establishment/corporate bullies, then continue live on your knees begging for scraps..

Don't think so pal

@@christopherlawledge9093 just because you're a miserable selfish bastard doesn't mean everyone else is

@@christopherlawledge9093 speak for urself pal

All got second jobs sleep all night 50 retire full Bifta pension not fukin bad

@@christopherlawledge9093 what crap are you on about? Where do they have second jobs? Who's retiring at 50?

Spot on. Great comment.

_..red_ braces at that..! Excellent assessment.

Wow absolutely spot on 👌👌

It's easier to tighten the belt on a starving stomach then on a obese 50"+ waist line....

I see your point but its not really the same as the Tories were still being PAID while they pissed about selecting Truss. You don't get paid when your on strike

I dunno your Police, Nurses, Prison Officers and other services do a lot that we don't see daily

@@rossdavison6526 It's not a competition mate, they're all bleeding heroes.

@@rossdavison6526 Yeah I dunno on the police side, Seems they readily avoid more serious crimes to enforce social distance for example.

Running into a burning building IS CRAZY. That is why they WALK.

@@angh18 And that's just people at a rave.

Ye, well the e.u just invaded Russia causing 10% inflation so that's out.

I'm glad your so bitter that brexit was a staggering success, with little negatives and ZERO compared to remain. How's ukrain these days since it joined the e.u? How's there health care? 300k dead?

That's 16.8 Billion a year 😂 God that would be amazing, imagine the difference that could be made with that money, and if that much was to be saved, where the fuck's it gone? We know where

@@richardgallagher4880 the editors at the Daily Mail and Express are probably laughing at how they got masses of degenerates to believe in the waffle they published about 'believing in Britain'

@@richardgallagher4880 Ukraine isn't in the EU.

This is what corporate journalism is. They are paid by the same corporations that are trying to fuck over workers. They are paid propagandists for those corporations. That is why they will always spew right wing propaganda.

Spot on

Well said 👍

Spot on!

It is time for some major national co- ordinated action! If it is illegal for the unions to call a General Strike then somebody else call some action similar to Ghandi's Non.- Co- operation movement ( non - violent) in India! Look what that achieved! The moment should march.en masse like The Jarrow Marchers to Parliament and demand a General Election! This Government.has no mandate! Nobody wants them ! They have failed The Country and The British People! If they had a shred of self- respect they would fall on their swords and go to The Country!.Their shameful.faced would withstand clogging ! People don't want their handouts,as Cheeky Truss called them! All they want is The Tories to go and to have their peoples' rights restored with a chance to get their self- esteem.back! The Tories take responsibility for nothing but they are the root cause of all the current.rot and chaos!

They should have learnt from Grenfell.

Maybe a spell in the private sector will show them that the grass isn't always greener.

@@bikeman123 wrong my friends work in the private sector and get a lot more than me your statement is really daft as the private sector is huge. if you think fire fighters and NHS workers are well off then you need help my friend

As soon as Matt challenged this reporter on the accuracy of the figures he was quoting, he changed tack!

Not just sky, any mainstream media. Stick to the independents online (preferably not ones owned by some billionaire 😂)

I listen to Sky to understand the line of attack.

@@mdb3040 you mean the tax avoider friend Uncle Rupert ???

@@bh5037 exactly!

45 fire fighters have died since 1978.

16 journalists since 2000. That's about the same?

@@richardgallagher4880 reckon the guy sitting in the Sky offices is probably pretty safe mate. It is great to see such an obvious and hilarious false equivalence put out by the type of person who would argue for working people getting pay cuts though.

@@rainbowevil It's an exact comparison. The fire fighter sat on his hole in the station isn't gonna get burned either.

@@richardgallagher4880 it really isn’t, please try thinking about it a little more before you bash away at that keyboard. The presenter who is always in the Sky News studio reading the news is not ever at risk. There are journalists on the ground, especially when they go to war zones, who have life risking jobs. These presenters are not them, ever.

They do factcheck but then they misrepresent those facts. Hence London wage compared to UK wage.

They know the facts..... then deliberately misrepresent those facts as they rush to the defence of the tory Government.

Tory government mouthpiece.

Expect them to do there job description not Torie mouthpiece.

Just because Rupert Murdoch's not in charge anymore doesn't mean anythings changed about how it's run

@@angh18Any, and I mean ANY soldier that obeys THAT order is a traitor to this country and the people who reside within.

@@angh18 So fucking what.

@@angh18 the army would be a piece of bubblegum on a leaking pipe. they would only be able to do the minimum of the roles there given for a short amount of time.

What army? Our army is tiny compared to the public sector. Another result of the Tory austerity initiative, and their pay is even worse.

Didn't the tories legislate to make it effectively illegal to general strike? Pretty sure they're basically is one atm.

You clearly don't understand how inflation is measured. Ps I dont agree with the cap being removed.

@@bikeman123I know how they calculate it. Don't remember only certain workers being in those categories. Inflation is high before all of this.

Pensioners are getting “double digit payrises” next year as well, and that apparently has no impact on inflation. Only when workers ask for one does it cause a massive wage price spiral…

The gig economy manifest.

HAHAHA....GOOD ONE..!!

Yes. It serves him right too

You speak for yourself,I do not support the likes of some railway workers earning massive salaries that ordinary workers can only dream of ,striking and causing untold problems and extra expense for the lower paid,and when the increase is awarded the inevitable rise in fares which will again affect the lower paid.

@@johnsidwell2241 The fares are nothing to do with any pay rises. Another gaslit comment.

@@stephenjon3502 so who pays for the pay increase then,the railways are a business fares are part of their income which they use to pay their employees so surely as in any other industry if your costs increase your prices rise proportionately

@@johnsidwell2241 I think I speak for many more than myself on this one. In the last ten years rail fares have increased at more than double the rate of salaries, so a fair salary rise should not impact fair prices. However the rail companies will probably raise fares because they want to continue to pay themselves large salaries and pay the shareholders instead of paying workers and investing in the railways.

@@johnsidwell2241 maybe you need to get your facts right, before giving an uninformed opinion.

Not to worry my friend, just saw a video on Sky News where Labour says exactly that. It's time for a change of government!

I can tell you what a tory thinks of sitting down and talking money with "key workers". Sit down with the plebs they want more of my money. No never not of us.

I think the response should have been: "Do you think it is responsible to underpay key emergency workers who risk their lives on a daily basis to keep you safe - to the point they can't afford to pay rent, heat their homes, or buy food, Jonathan?"

Just get your facts right,every MP got a pay rise not just the Tories also ALL MPs delayed getting their rise for 2 years during the pandemic,The fact is that no government of whatever party can award themselves a pay rise any increase is decided on and awarded by an independent commission which holds no political power or influence

@Mr MrI was just stating how it works and pointing out that all MPs got the rise and not just the tories as was inferred in the original post, ,whether it is right or wrong is another matter

@Mr Mr It was about 2k a which works out at about two and a half percent on an MPs salary

@@johnsidwell2241 I'm sure the comission is very 'independant'

The Tories did not give themselves a payrise it was awarded 2 years ago by the independent commission responsible for these awards and amounted to about two and a half percent. It was awarded to all MPs of all parties not just the tories and they all deferred taking it until this year when the pandemic was over. That is not supporting any political party that is how its done

How does profit drive up inflation.

@Jazzmaster Jay Incorrect. Profits don't come from peoples' salaries, revenues do - profit is a product of revenues vs outgoings, one of which SHOULD be adequate corporate taxation.

Richard is not paid from government funds. There is a massive difference. He could earn 50k a week, why would it matter?

Agreed 👍 I'm sure the one for them is completely 'independent'