Mick Lynch goes in on the Daily Mail 

Why portray Mick Lynch as someone he is not. He is not a football hooligan, or a tiktoker. By the way, he forgot to mention the Guardian, as well as a lot of online media, that don't properly discuss alternatives to this creaking old system, or any media that wants to continue fuelling this absurd idea of division between Brexiters and non, who actually probably, have more in common with eacother than not. So, instead of dividing, try finding the common ground, JOE. All journalists deserve mocking these days it seems.

@@junctionfilms6348 This "them and us" thing has certainly had us busy eh? Almost like it is perpetuated. Russel Brand used to talk about how the current system doesn't really work, and that we need an alternative. He never proposed an example solution, but at least he brought it up. The other day at work, we were faced with a problem. We all got together and voiced our ideas about how to solve it. Not everyone agreed. We set up a few experiments to prove one method over the next, and the solution was decided upon within a day. What we didn't do, is divide into two teams, who's job it was to slag each other off in the hope that decision makers "go along" with one side or the other. No surgical team works this way, nor does any engineering team. The only place it happens is in politics. Them and us, them and us, them and us. It never ends.

@@digitalradiohacker ahh,, now dont forget science, 😉

A genius

@@digitalradiohacker It is perpetuating this bickering style of things for sure. JOE saying "mocking" etc. Would hope for something a bit deeper and also people talking about things like massive educational reforms that are urgently needed and total restructuring of police, civil service and government, downsizing of government and regional government. Giving money for things like broken water treatment services, pouring sewage into the south coasts and Windemere. Windemere is half dead now. Be nice if JOE covered all of the above. Russell Brand though, is someone who says stuff to sound clever but really is just interested in cashing in on what is now a massive industry of 'conspiracy' and 'alternative' media scene it seems, which he does from his mansion in Henley. Lets turn parliament and Buck Palais, into educational centres and resource centres.

.Never ever talks down to people regardless of their status. His rational articulate manner and approach is the very thing that infuriates the media so much.

I remember RED Robbo OUTSIDE LONGBRIDGE with the same communist spiel and look what happened .The beginning of the start of the end of BRITISH OWNED CAR MAKING .but whatever COMRADE LYNCH WILL KEEP THE RED FLYING

Plus he's got truth on his side! He is authentic & I Support the Peoples of this Earth to regain Our Birth Right🌏❤️

im amazed how calm he stays.

He is very likable

I feel the same when I have a good poo.] Calm and consistent in messaging.

​​@@jamescagney2713 Good to clear yourself of shit both verbal and rectum. Still the piss to clear up more difficult as seem to have a severe infection.

Alright Vinnie, No need to shout.

@@50angeleyes Then perhaps you could tell us why you think it is unreasonable to demand a living wage?

Socialists have argued this for donkeys years, the problem is the fcuktard working class buy gutter press papers (even his members by scum newspapers)and believe right wing mainstream media. The fcukrards voted for bojo as did mick lynch (oh yes and I can prove it), he stabbed Corbyn in the back. Now the daft fcuker wants tory Starmer for PM

@@widgibob27 there’s most definitely the need to SHOUT.

He's still getting his pay though, an alleged £124000 a year that he denied ofcourse on the Piers Morgan show.

French love striking, it's a national pasttime

@christiankaloga8598 I totally agree. Perhaps you could teach us how to be more like French people, & stop putting up with this crap and oppression. Why do you think French people are able to come together, unite and stand up for their rights etc We have a saying, devided we fall, United we stand. But British people seem to have forgotten this, we don't seem able to stick together. There appears to be a lot of selfish people in the UK, selfish people with the attitude bugger you, I'm alright Jack

@@aceman0000099 At least they don't take any crap, and stand up for themselves. They stick together, solidarity

Vallyof Neptune,u don't even know what Marxism is-Mick Lynch is a classic social democrat

@Ingested Mediamore bile coming from people who have no idea what they are talking about!

You have no support you brainless imbecile.

He had your support. Most see him as a selfish, dangerous person - comfortable with making things up

@@MKRM27 Most do not - just you right win cry baby trolls!

@@MKRM27 Utter nonsense from you. Mick is stating facts not fiction and truth not lies evidently clear in all what he states.

And yet its that same media that Lynch uses to excuse his actions

@Neutron are you a brown nose?

@@NeutronSpace you know the train industry doesn’t work with just train drivers?

@Neutron well to be fair, lock downs, jabs, food shortages, DVLA are the Govs responsibility & hence fault. Even this strike is prolonged as Gov are stopping the progress of negotiations by not coming in good faith... So you want people to take action themselves, instead of moaning. Which is exactly what the RMT are doing. So, sorry but your comment is illogical captain As for the train drivers having a decent wage...this is selective @ best. Most of those striking are not highly paid, though share holder profits keep on going Up🕊️

Totally agree Oh Mickey, Really relaxing just to hear it minus the gas lighting🧘‍♂️ ✊🌍

Are you aware of the actual wages earned by train and London Underground drivers? New safety systems etc have made their jobs much cleaner and easier and they earn far more than most people.

Boot lickers out in force I see. We know what papers y'all read

@@reggiesmith3866 so what dose it mean then they sud not get a pay rise to keep up with the standard of living he or she has earned getting into that job. Inflation is out of control cus of the lockdowns that this government has forced on us and now the working people are being told they have to pay for it 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

Good luck getting the twots in this country to care about anyone but themselves

@Controversial Chris who's an edgy boy then? Is it you? Is it? Cool, now stfu, you patronising🍆

Oh we all know on which side SIR Starmer is on and it’s definitely not yours

Starmer is not on the side of the working classes, neither is thornbury and very few of the labour party. In Britain, we are lost!! We need real, honest trade unionists to stand for parliament. Dennis Skinner, please come back!

Didn't go into too much detail about the "average" salary of the workers striking without emphasizing the lower ends lol

It's clear whose side Keir is on the oligarch side. Easier to get into power when you have media backing.

The labour party isn't left wing enough for him? Then he can go back to the 1970s where he and his views come from.

Rare indeed

@Privileged Whyte Knight FECK OFF !

@Privileged Whyte Knight Why are you so aggressive? You clearly have a strong opinion so why not make a comment on the main thread, ie contribute rather than react in a dismissive way.

@Privileged Whyte Knight No, you are angry and aggresive. Calling Lynch a tosser and mocking the OP via mock laughing whilst adding nothing of substance to the lexicon is nothing but aggressive anger.

@Privileged Whyte Knight What are you going on about? They vote to strike (choose) and why wouldn't he get paid, he is not on strike but working tirelessly to secure a good deal for them. You do know that to intimidate others to strike is illegal and does not happen. If you can cite evidence otherwise I will be happy to look it up. Furthermore, if public transport is so important that when there are disruptions people suffer, then those running it should be well compensated to ensure competent staff can be recruited and retained and the system should be funded appropriately, in other words, take profit out of the equation and bring it back into public ownership. Just like the French State who make a profit from running part of our system but have the sense to keep their own system in Public ownership. The whole system in Britain is dumb and not fit for purpose (unless the purpose is to milk it for every penny for big bosses and shareholders). Have you even bothered to look at how much the CEO's of train operators pay themselves. Besides, you don't suffer because you don't need public transport right?

Biggest theft in history. 40+ years of it.

@Charlie Harper excellent where do you work?

Socialism for the Rich Capitalism for the Poor 😏

@Charlie Harper Not a pay increase then is it

@Charlie Harper Your comment is unhelpful and Jurz is correct, you haven't had a wage increase you got a better job. Have a little humility and decency and think of all those who are struggling...

He is legendary at dealing with hostile interviewers in a calm and logical way!

He can speak intelligently and off the cuff because he doesn't have to manufacture and spin bullsh*t before he opens his mouth. So refreshing!

Always calm, even with a pleasant expression, as he casually dismantles their argument. Absolute legend. 👌

He good with the press but still not been able to secure what the union members are striking for

He's good at getting his pay too, when the strikers get fk all.

The Tasteless Public

I'm glad you pay for his shiny shoes and suits while he tells you not only to pay for his lifestyle, but to lose so many days of pay while you're at it.

@@jamescagney2713 short term pain for long term gain. He’s at the top of his game. Of course he earns an excellent salary! I don’t begrudge him a penny!

@@jamescagney2713 He's wearing a bog-standard suit. Perhaps he got it fitted, as anyone who cares about their image should do. Meanwhile, our Prime Minister is strutting around in designer suits.

@@jamescagney2713 His wage is approved by RMT members - and would you believe it, the man saying "our members should be earning more money", is earning a decent wage.

@@Bagofnowt By WHAT stands Are You comparing, His Managerial experiences, WAGE COMPARISON?.

Same thing they did with Jeremy Corbyn.

My Hero 👍🏽

It is disturbing that our government has not learned anything from history, they are still using the same attacks that they used against the miners in that battle. It is even more disturbing that unions have been chewedup and most of the remainders DO NOT SEE what is happening and are responding almost as poorly... People need to attend meetings and build pressure ...against bosses and Under UNION BOSSES. THATS TOUGH, I KNOW BUT IT IS NEEDED. JUST USE FACTS THAT YOU'VE DUG UP...THATS ALL YOU NEED... TRUTH...TRUTH AND MORE TRUTH.

Most of the working people? Not even close to being correct. He is a selfish dangerous man, who is scaringly comfortable making things up

@@MKRM27 found the Tory

Well said.

Respect to you !

The great thing is, you need to go figure why there are no customers in your bars and restaurants. There is nothing to stop the Hospitality and Catering sector to strike . (not sure it is hospitable to intentionally close though). Go for it. If you are confident your skill levels are worth what you think they are. And I mean that. I rate my skill levels pretty much at the top of my profession. I get head hunted for certain jobs, and check out certain jobs on the grapevine. If they pay what I think is a fair deal, I take the contract, if not, I walk. No one is hurt that way, the job is still available to someone else the client may think is capable as a second choice. That is the difference between knowing your worth and being a prime player, or being a union scumbag that could less than likely get their own job back if asked to reapply. ;o)

Greed corrupts people with weak morality, hence why we need laws to protect living standards in society.

@D C Broadly speaking, enough to cover daily living expenses eg rent/mortgage, utilities, food, clothing, leisure activities, and enough left over to cover a sudden expense such as car repairs or to replace a broken washing machine for example. There is no excuse for anyone to be forced to live hand to mouth much less have to claim benefits to supplement full time pay, which since this comes out of taxes means that the government is subsidising not just the claimant but their employer.

@D C but thats semantics isnt it? the point is people should not have to work full time to still not be able to survive. you should be able to survive on part time. and then working full time be able to have some luxuries etc

@D C So what is your solution to the problem? Mine would be to increase pay to cover average living expenses with enough left over to save, or deal with unforeseen expenses. If an individual is still struggling, then they may still need some additional help, but it would be far fewer than we have now.

The majority of workers voted for bojo as did mick lynch, they stabbed Corbyn in the back.

@carlosdeno This is what we always get when some people vote for the con party

I love this man.

He's a wrecker of industry.

@@Andrew-rc3vh no he's not. You haven't listened to him. Listen with an open mind and maybe he will make some sense. We need more people like him.

@@ben8878 I'm a customer and will be furious if he messes up my Christmas, which he is threatening to do. Trains are ridiculously expensive as they are. The service is rotten too.

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@@UncleKlausSchwab cope

Hear, hear.

I have never heard any tory MP or journalists get the better of Mick Lynch. Mick Lynch for Prime Minister.

He runs a union. More important

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@@UncleKlausSchwab Your brain-dead response is ironic in its ubiquity.

Sub-normal people perhaps, let's do this one step at a time for those that need help in that area.........

@@UncleKlausSchwab cope

@@jamescagney2713 You are brain broken. The union is going step by step.I have no idea why people can be as evil as you are.

Daily Mail should look into strikes by daily express journalists, over pay, when they have time 😆🤣😂

Mr Grinch👋👋👋 😂😂😂 & The Grinch was actually the victim , not the villain, in the end. The meanies where the bad guys in high society Perfect really Don't blame workers for fighting for a decent life

@@lovesees4320 class yes ur spot on

Mick Grinch 💀

I prefer to stick with his name, Mick Lynch. He is not showing it, because he has very good self control, but I doubt that he likes to be called the Daily Mail silly name

and woman

@@DeanJuvenal yep very true, I try to be inclusive with my words but slipped up there. You got me. Working person it is.

Time they got punched back for all the horrible and divisive rubbish printed about people ✌

Always thought that. These people at the top don't use most of our public service including the NHS. They're all going private while most of us are using food banks.

And intend to make things worse. No holiday pay, ssp, etc, crikey M !

They have one of the cushiest jobs in the country and take home more than alot of workers do. The Grinch gets an alleged £124000 ayear which he denied ofcourse on the Piers Morgan show. I bet he'll still get payed too while the strikers get nothing. It's no wonder the rich get richer when the poor behave like sheep.

Careful now, that's logical thinking. How dare you understand cause and effect!

Talk is cheap my friends, come on, its one side, did you not see the one side propaganda during the covid. 2 sides to every story, like it or not.

Who do you think pays the higher ticket prices?

@@jordangill2710 there's doesn't have to be higher ticket prices, people at the top can stop pilfering the excess profits

@@jordangill2710 your cognition is not working right.

£65-70k being demanded for drivers. Id love to know what a new definition of working class is

@@tristandrew5903 again with the Drivers...most of those striking are not driver's or on a high pay. Everybody should be well paid for their labours You should value yaself more Don't sell yaself & the workers of this country short Stand up for yaself✊🌍

and people mis hospital appointments

Yes.

@@mikwns3722 well they’ll be missing they anyway,nurses strikes!

@Neutron Well how else do you suggest they get a decent wage? People like you are so selfish and shortsighted and the reason we have to tolerate this corrupt, twisted system. You're in for a shock because you're a slave just too thick to realise it, but realisation is dawning for the sheeple the 17% increase in death rates across Europe should give you a clue.

@@mikwns3722 if we carry on as it is there won't be any nurses/healthcare staff left to provide hospital appointments

Really? Food banks are giving out fuel now? Lol. Be careful what you write and be very clear in what you say, because people will take you at your word and miss the context. Especially, you envying people who are more disabled than you. If you work in social care, you should know that those people have had to prove how disabled they are to get what they get, and they're not living the life of Riley. In the current crisis there are disabled people who are rely on electricity to run medical equipment to stay alive and they're scared to face the bills. So, somehow as a disabled person I don't think you want to give the impression that you envy them. Because if you did, that would be toxic. Punch up, not sideways or down. Those like you or materially worse off than you are not the problem. They don't run the system, which is broken, and stopped making sense a long time ago. Your ire should be directed towards those who made this mess, not those struggling in like yourself.

It’s not right mate and people in this country are very slowly waking up to the fact that this conservative government have been fleecing the people for over a decade. Now all the strikes are happening because people no longer want to work for the privilege of barely living and having to use food banks, at least when labour were in power there were no food banks and people could afford to buy a house etc.

get a different job mate, even on minimum wage you shouldn't be resorting to a food bank or getting less than a benefit claimant, i hear that bullshit all the time im off work right now with an injured hand and struggling to cope on the sick to the point where i will most likely be back at work before i should be so i know for a fact a minimum wage full time job is better than that

@@lbfourtwenty4163 Yeah, I'll just pop out in my lunch break and get a better paid job. Why didn't I think of that? I mean they're queueing up to offer well paid jobs to 56 year old disabled people! 😂 Actually I consider myself pretty fortunate to be getting £21500p.a when so many people in Cornwall are on minimum wage or working 2 or 3 part-time jobs. Were I on the same benefits as one of my clients I'd be getting UC £658 per month, PIP £505 per month and his Housing Benefit and zero Council Tax. That's £1163 per month as disposable income with zero bills except a weekly £16.50 service charge leaving £1 097 per month in his pocket. What incentive is there for him to ever go back to work when he can stay on his bed, watching TV and wait for his Cost of Living payments to roll in? So maybe you can show me a minimum wage job where you'll be left with nearly £1100 per month after you've paid your rent etc? Hope your hand heals soon by the way.

Lynch is not fighting your corner these people already earn £50k plus a year 6 weeks holiday and only do 32 hours a week, now they want another 10% it will be the poor who pay through added costs and don't forget they get free travel,

They can also expense items...

Most back benchers are consistently putting in expenses for 160 to 200k plus a year. A lot have their families on the payroll. One tory allegedly has his wife AND girlfriend on his payroll at the max 45k each a year. This lot need investigating big time. Their base salaries are just a drop in the pond.

Tube drivers! I started as a guard in 1987 on the Nothern Line. Drivers then earned £12,000 year I retired in 2017 on £52,000 a year. Tube driver now earn nearly £63,000 a year. From 1987 to 2021 Tube drivers salaries increased almost £50.0000 All that has happened has that thier wages have kept up with inflation.I have a very nice pension! Why shouldn't all workers have this?

@@stephenjon3502 I have been saying for ages that the problem is the IPSA. The press and the MPs claim it is independent when it is no such thing. IPSA is run by the civil service and who runs the civil service? Yes that's right - the government. The opposition and other MPS will not turn down a pay rise as they benefit from it.

Correct, lets get back to the 1970’s.. Dummies.

He just makes things up, and much worse than politicians do. He is a dangerous, selfish person

Yeah bankrupt.

Yep, we would all be on strike or unemployed whilst he sits there on a full salary telling us all 'to take em on brothers and sisters'

The son of immigrant parents who cares more about the hardworking people of England than their own politicians do

Can't agree more 👍

Yeah, more left wing sell outs who care more about what pronoun you use

@@UncleKlausSchwab seems more centralist if anything, maybe left leaning, but certainly not left wing.

You do realise he makes most of it up? He’s a chancer. Gambling that the reporter doesn’t know the real facts to challenge him back. Selfish, disgusting man

You miss a vital point, where is the opposition, its easy to waffle when standing unopposed. It has now a been a few days since this clown spoke and I have noticed quite a few rail workers showing dissent toward him and his union mob online, but hey when people like you play the victim card you can never be persuaded to see the 2 sides of any debate.

@@MKRM27 Going to back that up with any citations or standard Internet bs?

He'd throw you under the train in an instant. The people are stupid

@@UncleKlausSchwab You saying "The people are stupid" really isn't going to bring anyone around to your bizarre point of view.

Every working class family of Britain should love what mick lynch is doing for them, taking the fight to the tories ,the oligarchs, and the greedy executive's that run large profit making companies, that take out their over inflated bonuses and provide some of the worst services this country has on record .

My support for the NHS seems to weaken when I see NHS staff support rail skivers

37k a year after the killed 404k people last year from the lock down and they want a rise?🤦‍♂️🤣

Full timer, eh, good on ya ! 😉 Bang on bout the road our Army is always dragged in to plug the gap by 'the Govt' as their failsafe and for nowt extra.

Tell me about it! I too am ex army and got fed up of being expected to swallow the bS thrown at us.

@MrBlackfalconuk 2008 - 2019 the UK GDP grew but wages didn't, in fact, the government made cuts. Then during COVID, the government hands out 460bn, which went to owners of companies. If a nation's GDP grows but your quality of life doesn't then someone is taking that from you. If 460bn gets handed out and you don't get 16k then someone has taken that money from you. I'm lucky to be in rail and be a part of a political working class but the people in the UK are lazy with politics, we're letting the government take advantage, be selfish and destroy us. Honestly mate you're right, people need to make some noise, get organised with others, demand reasonable wages, demand health care, demand safe fast travel, demand a pension and a house. You served in order to grow that GDP, so go make sure the government is looking after the nation and not themselves because otherwise you go to work so they can live like millionaires in their high societies off the back of others. Workers getting organised is their nightmare.

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@@UncleKlausSchwab top

Compared with the vomitings from Piers Moron, and Fartrage it really is No Contest!

There were just as many strikes on the railways when they were under state control. Years ago I kept a diary and thought it would be interesting to read day by day what I was doing 50 years ago. Guess what, in November 1972 the railwaymen were announcing strikes ... I looked back 60 years ago and..yes you were right. No wonder we have among the highest rail fares in the world. Money is on offer if only the railwaymen would accept modern practices but no, their mentality is rooted in the age of steam despite it being much more safe and comfortable driving today`s trains with automation doing a lot of the job for them.

Like that’s going to help. He’s just said that the department for transport is blocking the operators to make an offer. We need to put a noose around the necks of the ruling class. Either that or ask the French to borrow their guillotines…. #SayHiToTheGCHQ 👋

@@lupo10 The Dept of Transport is correct in preventing an offer being made if there is no agreement on increased productivity from the strikers, otherwise fares will rise yet again to pay for it and fewer will travel. The strikers must accept that the age of steam is long gone and that increased automation is making their jobs safer and easier and therefore they must make concessions, it is not as if the drivers in particular are underpaid.

And health care most importantly

I don't even understand how the water privatisation was meant to help anyone. The main argument the Tories had was "It allows competition!", but you obviously can't switch water provider, sk what was the point?

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@@UncleKlausSchwab cope

*_That's what happen!_*

don't forget those mp's are BOTH labour and consevative, so regardlees of who you vote for, you can bet angela rayner will hold a christmas party in her london home and claim it on expenses before going home and having another party there and having a bloody laugh at us all for paying for it. but not to be biased so will every other mp, they are all the same. all at our expence.

I think the anger is at the railway workers not turning up to work. Not anger at union jobs systematically getting lower pay rises than non union ones for the past 25 years.

Thats what they are trying to do, it's up to everyone else if they want to be fooled by that line of divide and conquer, again.

@Neutron the railways were Privatised and have never been so inefficient and expensive. It’s not the workers that are the problem, it’s the vultures constant need for more!

@Neutron exactly But who is to blame & Why, if it's so bad are you not angry at the share holders who are not reinvesting? Is it because you don't understand or are you working for The Man?!?

@@Scottie444 It doesn't seem to have posted my reply with a link to the actual data from statista. But since 2000 (till 2020 last data point) non union average hourly wage has increased by 10% more than union average hourly wage has.(not sure if it uses mean or median though, which does matter. But doesn't matter 10% and is apples to apples whichever of those 2 it is.)

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Yep, a little late for Guy Fawkes and a little early for April Fools

Are you sure it’s Cork Gaa ? Isn’t Mick Lynch a supporter of Cork City F.C

@@davidpryle3935 Pretty sure. Looks a lot more like the county GAA crest than the city FC crest, to be fair. Anyway, looking at it again, I'd nearly swear that underneath it is a copy of the 1916 Proclamation. The man goes up and up in my estimation 😍😍😍

We could do with him over here, I too as a cork woman love listening to Mick, he makes so much sense, answers everything his asked, no stumbling, no hesitation, and tells it in layman terms, brilliant 👍

@@patrickwalsh6873 Oh yeah, Mick is a great one, and his deputy Eddie Dempsey, who’s father is from your neck of the woods, I think. Mick’s predecessor at the RMT the late Bob Crowe used to come to Ireland for the Jim Connell commemoration at kilskyre county Meath. Jim Connell wrote the red flag, and the trade unions erected a memorial to him in his native village. The legendary Bob Crowe used to speak at the commemoration. You can get it on RU-vid if you search.

@@magsmcmahon4721 Apparently his father came from a place in cork city called gunpowder lane. Do you know it, or does it still exist ?

Agree totally hope the daily fail go to the wall Tory tossers

Lol. How much are you paid?

He’s selfish. Unless you’re the tiny minority that pay him a membership fee, he’s prepared to screw over millions and millions of people. Prick

@@UncleKlausSchwab there is nothing lol as you put it to laugh about. This is an extremely serious battle one workers can't lose. If do what will follow is a bonfire of all workers right. Tories are brutal and will aim for latter. It is their ideology and their crulity has no cut off point.

@@MKRM27 Sorry who is it that he’s screwing over?

More like a man full of spin & propaganda.

The question people need to ask is how much Corporation Tax the beneficiaries of the Rothermere Family Trust (registered in the Cayman Islands) have ever paid HMRC on their income from the operations of the Daily Mail Group of Newspapers, or indeed the Treasury before them. The answer can be written on the back of a postage stamp. One digit only is required. Then you may come to understand why the Daily Mail was desperate for the UK to leave the EU.