The MP fighting Royal Mail, Amazon and P&O | Darren Jones interview 

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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.

Gives me hope that UK politics has not totally scared off decent people with brains and integrity.

He’s so intelligent and articulate, it’s hard not to like this man

How he handled the Royal Mail the other day was incredible. I just wish something would happen.

Darren Jones was absolutely brilliant. If only we had a Prime Minister like him, I would start to have faith in politicians

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.

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.

Very impressed with Darren Jones, I’m sure he is destined for better things in politics

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.🤣

Royal Mail CEO outright lied, and did so intentionally, and needs to be held accountable.

Example of a person who is far better than their current position. Wish we had more people like him in politics.

I watched the way Darren interviewed the Royal Mail bosses, commendable. Nobody is pulling the wool over his eyes👍🏻

Darren Jones is an absolute legend!

This MP should be championed across the country. We salute you Darren Jones

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

I'd love this guy to be my MP!

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.

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.

I seriously bloody love this guy. Restores my faith in politicians

Another great interview with someone so worth listening to.

What a joy to see that there are still good people in parliament. Sometimes that's hard to believe.

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.

Brilliant in what he does. His constituents must be proud of him. Future Labour leader.

This man in charge of the party would give me far more confidence

I watched both select committee hearings, he was excellent! Calm articulate, didnt allow waffle... future labour leader methinks....

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 👏

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.👍

This is what integrity professionalism and accountability looks like & credit where credit is due & befitting of an MP title

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 really wish we had more MP's like Darren, I'm surprised he's not in the shadow cabinet

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.

He needs to be asking questions in parliament on a regular basis. He could tie Sunak etc in knots.

Great guy! We need more MPs like him.

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!

Excellent. He talks like a normal person. He wants to be understood.

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.

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.

Listening from Australia. Thank you for you journalism PJ. All is not lost.

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.

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!!

I listened to Darren tearing a strip off the Royal Mail guy, it was awesome! Thanks Darren 😊

Splendid I have watched him live on RU-vid and was impressed. There should be more of him

What an honest one pleasure to listen 👍

Darren Jones is consistently excellent 👏 👏👏

Darren Jones is spot on about energy base load & the role / potential of nuclear power. Good man!

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.

I absolutely love having Darren as my MP, I see big things in his future

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.

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.

This guy is awesome

It's heartwarming to hear such an intelligent and articulate MP

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

Hes brilliant , need a few more MPs like him

What a hero, wished he was my MP. It's a shame more MPs aren't like this honourable politician.

I could listen to him for ages. Hes brilliant

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.

Good interview; nice to hear a sane, rational voice dissecting these issues.

I hope he runs for leadership in the future. The country needs more people like him in politics.

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.

Nice to hear a decent MP given space to talk. Good job PoliticsJOE !

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...

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!

Darren Jones doing a great job asking the difficult questions and holding CEO's and trade unions to account.

This guy is great, if he was the face of labour he'd have my vote.

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.

Top guy , love is honest approach, and think he will go far. Glad he is in the Labour Party.

Also refreshing to hear an MP not talk in 'political language'. So refreshing.

What a great interview. I hope my local Labour party can find a candidate like him, to replace the current tory yes man.

He needs to be the pm

You're amazing, a real asset to the UK. Stay strong

At last, a politician who can talk knowledgeably and accurately about his brief

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!

Thanks for this, really enlightening. Great to see an MP who knows his shit

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.

He's brilliant! Would love to see him as a front bencher in a Labour government.

Excellent stuff from Mr Jones, no BS definite front bencher 👏🙏

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.

Darren Jones you are renewing my faith in politicians. I would definitely vote for you to be Prime Minister.

Darren at his best on SMRs - absolutely got the facts at his fingertips. And across that enormous brief. Could watch this pair for ever….

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!

What a legend. Articulate, sharp and confident.

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?

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..

What a decent, affable and level headed chap.

We really need another 300-400 Darren Jones in Westminster.

Brilliant politician wish I had someone like him for my constituency.

This is what a good MP looks like

I see a very big future for Darren Jones, he seems to be very competent.

Joe, your channel is slowly becoming the best political channel on the tube. Keep up the good work sir.

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.

Please give us more politicians like this!

ahh ..i like straight talking politicians. sersiouly. a breath of fresh air. please replace the others ones. thank you for the interview :)

Put Darren ( my local MP ! ) on the front bench . Labour needs him leading from the front.

Darren your doing a top job. From a postman myself.

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. 💜

Great interview. I am a postal worker and watched both the Simon Thompson sessions with great interest.

More of Darren, please. Talking sense is SUCH a refreshing change. Thank you for this video. Very enlightening

He's becoming more and more impressive every time I see him.

You’re a Great man! Never give up this fight your one of a few MPs that are fighting against the rot that’s happening in Westminster