Labour Is Taking The Unions For Granted | Mick Lynch Interview
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Novara caught up with Mick Lynch of the RMT union at 2023 Labour Party Conference.
Reporting: Polly Smythe
Video: Gary McQuiggin
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This man is articulate thoughtful and has emotional, social and cultural intelligence
Keep him safe
What a competent bloke. Wish he was running for Labour leader
In what way is he competent, apart from representing his union members? He hasn't run a public service such as a railway, or indeed any service. He hasn't been an MP. Its a completely different thing. He has got some good ideas but he has no idea how things would be paid for because he doesn't actually care as long as his members get paid.
Everything you’ve just said applies to the current state of politics… nobody knows what they’re doing, they’re all useless 😂
@@rupertmiller4718 Baloney
Why would the media and establishment in general treat Mick Lynch any different than Jeremy Corbyn? The whole reason Corbyn was smeared relentlessly was that he'd bring some equality and fairness to the many.
@@rupertmiller4718 I feel sorry for poor liz truss, they are only giving her £120 thousand a year for life for being pM for 49 days, how the hell do they expect this poor woman to make ends meet on such a miserly sum of money. So sad that they can't give her double or treble the amount per year, after all NHS consultants and nurses are on double her annual pay!
Mick Lynch is “the man” 👍🏴✊✊
He's a Brexiteer haha
@@imastaycoolEven Mick would admit he's not perfect.
Mick not only speaks for the RMT But for all working class , my advice to everyone is to join a union
Great journalism
Yeah, join a corrupt organisation that does nothing but make everything worse for the working class. 👍 👏
Mick lynch, speaks truth, I will always support him!
He's a Brexiteer haha
@@imastaycool maybe so, but I support his stance on Labour, I support him union leader, I support his politics.
He is brilliant and articulate. He should be PM and lead the Labour party.
Said exact same thing myself on many occasions.
It is every Indians patriotic duty for vote Conservative. STOP Keir STAMER! He suggest prefer local workers vs foreign Indian workers in his speech today which is threat to India economy it limit visas to UK. Big threat to India make sure u all vote Conservative we need more India worker in UK making India economy stronger. Vote Sunak ❤️🇮🇳🇮🇳💪
@@4ickyy Of course my friend, anything we can do to help the colonies.
Indeed. Mick for PM! A hope unlikely to be fulfilled, unfortunately.
We should have had Jeremy Corbyn
Thank God for mick !!!
Novara needs to do more of this, real world reporting and also giving more voice to the activists on the ground, I do enjoy some of the conversations they have, apot of the conversation in the studio are very valuable but getting out of the studios and into the streets, the communities and where the left are organising and I would absolutely love if they'd engage more with those in the not the Andrew Marr show, turn left, etc. Novara media should also hold public meetings, talks, I woukd definitely attend, keep up the good work comrades, when economic situation is better I'll start donating again
Completely agree 👍
Holding talks or live audience interviews is a great idea (e.g politicsjoe x Mick Lynch)
The unions should stop funding a labor party that will do nothing for the hard working British people
As a representative of one of those unions that fund the Labour Party, we had one of those conversations yesterday. The consensus was to keep funding them, because the alternative is a Tory government. Whilst we don't agree with the direction Labour is taking right now, we hope that our affiliations can continue to try change that direction going forward. Opinions are very split though and if Keir Starmer reverses some of his promises, we will find more and more unions unwillingly withdraw their support.
@@elboobio5920If he doesn't rip up the "Minimum service bill" then he can get stuffed
@@ExplodingPiggy Agreed, but until he walks in to number 10, we won't know. Fingers crossed he does the right thing.
@@elboobio5920 I've never actually worried about an election before but a win for the Tories, whatever the level, will see them feel vindicated by their contemptuous actions and for things to escalate way beyond right wing.
Yea and give it to Tories so that could use it to ensure that the 2,570 plus food banks are kept topped up. These are used by over 700,000 mostly working people in this, one of the top 5 richest Countries in the world.
This guy mick lynch puts a lot of our politicians to shame .
A true champion of the working class people , reminds me of my hero Tony Ben .
Thats why they run from him. They'll lies or have no idea He tells truth and facts and knows what is what .
You can add the Real Left & the Working class to that list
Love to and for the people is needed in a movement worth having
Yep👍
Id rather vote for a Union party lead by Mick Lynch than any right wing oligarchical preservation party that Kid Starver leads.
You don't have the option. Vote Labour and get the Tories out.
Red and blue Tories.
@@user-zc4yd9ss7hwe always have the option. I’m not going to be voting for red Tories. I’ll be voting for actual socialists.
@@user-zc4yd9ss7h sorry, if people want to vote the tories back in, that’s up to them. I’ll be doing nothing to stop it by voting for a lesser of two evils. If labour want my vote they can earn it. Not a chance in hell I vote for a party lead by the Labour right. Not representing what I want but trying to emotionally bully me into still voting for them doesn’t cut it.
Fair enough. At least it would be more honest to say you want the Tories to win, though.@@jgmediting7770
Love the way he talks so straight 😊
Mick Lynch is one of the greatest speakers I've ever listened to.
Mick Lynch for PM
What an absolute, fuckin legend.
Kid starver better build a load of turntables for the railway so he can easily do his u turns …mick lynch for prime minister
What's kid starver mean?
@@mikecook1537name used for Keir Starmer after Labour said they wouldn't remove the two child benefit cap which would help raise 250,000 children out of poverty and help over 1 million more.
@@mikecook1537 that’s that establishment elite masquerading as leader of the Labour Party ,you know him the Tory shill
I would not trust Starver to enable Rail. NHS. Child benefits or any other issues concerning working class to benefit the MAJORITY OF CITIZENS in the UK.
@dotty1774 labour have pledged to fund Breakfast clubs for kids....And I 'm hoping that once IN power, some of that other stuff will come right. Starmer just playing Safe at the moment....The DESPICABLE Tories and the DISGUSTING Tory Media would rip him apart on any little opportunity. 😮 fingers crossed.....but NOTHING can be WORSE than the Tories! I and My Family ALL worked for Nationalised industries. ....And hateful Tories......they Ripped them....and Us apart....for GREED!
What a diplomat.
I wish Mick Lynch was PM.
We need more people like Mick Lynch in politics
He's a Brexiteer haha
@@imastaycooloh no that will really make him less popular in a country that majority voted for Brexit 🙄
Its the straight talking that so refreshing. He would get my vote every time if he was running.
What a good and clear thinking man Mick Lynch is! I like him
Could Mick just run the country please....thanks 😁
Brilliant interview!
Make him PM already!
I love Mick Lynch. Did a great interview on RTE the other day too. Nice to hear about his background, his family. Working class hero.
Your a tease, Mick; hope those invites come thick and fast. Your country needs to hear honesty and integrity at the wheel again and you have all of that.
Solidarity ✊️
Brilliant
I also think Mike would be good as a Labour leader-he’s definitely on the side of the people
A man with a brain , doesn't tell lies and would make a superb leader .He is no fascist either A man with education and values Just what Britain needs .Can the upper class put their snobbery to one side for the good of the country :)
Labour is taking the left-wing and the Remainers for granted too. He knows they hate the Tories and would never vote Conservative, so he puts zero effort to appeal to them.
Red and Blue Tories.
Mick for.president
Mick ain't wrong.
'Labour Is Taking The Unions For Granted' - yeah and they'll do fuck all about it.
Mick is right this is why I stopped my union part of the fee going into the political pot. I was even a Labour Party volunteer but saw things that I could not be part of. I will still not go back to them.
The political fund is separate to affiliation fees I understand. Without the political fund your union would literally not be legally allowed to print up leaflets for their campaigns. I pay into mine and do not support Labour. Do check it out.
Mick Lynch is a clear thinking, articulate guy. Pity he's a Brexiteer, but that's his view.
Renationalise ALL utilities, water, gas, electricity and all public services including the railways and buses. If the shareholders want compensation, inform them that if they push for it, they'll be prosecuted for insider trading and their assets will be seized as 'proceeds of crime'.
I know, I know, "We have to be realistic, that's just the dream of a pipe." Of course it is, we've allowed ourselves to become accepting of national scale legalised asset stripping as "Just the way it is", and we no longer have the ability to imagine any better than we've had fed to us for decades.
If we can't imagine better, perhaps we don't deserve it.
Of course. Unions are protectionist. They do not want people coming here from abroad and taking "their" jobs!
What a star. Has he been on QT yet? I'd like to see him up against Harper.
Yeah he has, have a look on politics joe, think there are some clips of him ripping a Tory minister. 👍
Yep,she tried to embarrass him,but she became unstuck.Think it might have been Newsnight,Mick was against Tory Minister Chris Phillps and was calling Phillps a liar straight to his face.Straight talking Mick Lynch
To back the unions is backing the British people.
Let’s hope
Thanks again!!
Starmer is purging harder than a 17th century quack Dr.
It's time The Labour Party stood side by side with our Unions and get this country back on its feet
he should defo be pm
Put Peter Mandelson on the register. That ought to curb his behavior
Insourcing is a big step forward 👏👏👏
He has my support.
Outstanding.
Lynch's clear, direct, eloquent, open and unambiguous language is needed in mainstream politics where EVERYTHING is cynical, dishonest obfuscation and misrepresentation
Give it to them mick...
It’s definitely going to be public ownership with private contractors to facilitate privatisation of the profits and socialise the losses.
Don't hold your breath, Mick!
We need at least 100 hundred labour MP'S with Mick Lynch's ideals to turn this country around but unfortunately there will be no more than 5 , god help us
A poor labour govt is better than a good Tory govt, i agree in theory, but how small can that gap get and still be worth it?
At last! This has been getting my goat since the beginning. The clue’s in the name Starmer, it’s the fekn LABOUR party 🤬🤬🤬
Mick Lynch for prime minister 👏
Don’t believe all that Labour says….watch this space!
Truthful Tories...meat tax and 7 bins?😮
I hope you’re right. But probably not for the same reason or motivation.
I wish he was the leader of the Labour Party - not just the RMT
Selling off off public utilities has been a complete failure, and voids the necessity of a Government.
Mick Lynch talks so much sense he is right about the need for more fairness in society. He is a good speaker but his first and only job at the moment is to look after the interests of his own union members. If he ever became an MP he would soon discover that politics is the art of the possible. English voters, in the main, are conservative and the more "socialist" policies become, even though they and the whole Country may benefit from them, they are conditioned by historical social levels.
In some country areas it is almost a remnant of serfdom (JRM voters come to mind) These conservatives are encouraged on a daily basis, by reading and viewing the Tory client media, to accept Tory government policies that are to their detriment
Brilliant 👏 👏 👏
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Novara this video is being shadow banned I think, it's very hard to find in the search results even with direct searches. Very odd!
mick for PM !
Agree mick
Simple Mick. Get behind Starmer, or get the Tories back.
I think I was sat behind the interviewer when Peter Mandelson said that bit about unions! Agree with mick that unions need to consider themselves somewhat separate from Labour, we need to be that friend that isn't afraid of of saying the things Labour perhaps doesn't want to hear. But I still think they need to be in the room (affiliated) and doing what we can to win the arguments, influence policies and hold the line when lobbyists come the other way
They’ll be better copying farage. New party applying electoral pressure. The Labour right would have nothing in return.
Fundamental issues will never be addressed by 2 parties controlled by the elite.
The most INEPT and EXPENSIVE railways in Europe, and he and his cronies are taking the people of Britain for granted and the PXXX.
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He should start a new party, we need change.
I want to live in a mick lynch Britain
Open your ears starmer and your fellow non socialists or get out of the way.
One thing... we can't keep screwing the environment just for the p's...
theres e a land grab potential with all the dirty dealings . commiting money into rishi party coffers for the former property , labour and snp should demand a public inquiry , now
Tory Lite is better than BNP NF Tories for sure
No Tories is better than any.
KS is a liar, a promise breaker and can't be trusted. Out for himself.
'Tory Lite' - plays into the hands of the far-right.
Mick Lynch for Labour Party Leader..
Just the same then as the unions taking the workers for granted then and making fools of them when will the workers ever catch on
please give this wonderful man a knighthood.
The unions should withdraw their support for Labour and set up their own party dedicated to a left wing agenda. I would join a party that is committed to socialism. The Socialist Labour Party anyone?
power too the precariart
“Back to the Blair days” you mean a Labour Party in power .
Wow. New concept
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i hope mick doesn't go for the big brown envelope because this guys intelligence is a major threat .and we know what happens when you go against the mainstream .
Maybe they don't need the unions anymore?
If that's the case the unions will withdraw their financial support. Most of Labour's income comes from trades unions.
Only time will tell. Might find some nice fat donors. Give the unions the brush off. I will vote for Labour. I'm old and cynical though. I just hope Starmer doesn't f us over...
That would likely cause a new left wing party to grow, further splitting the left vote.
If the Unions realised this by now, they'd cut the funding. It's not that difficult.
As far as I’m aware, most of them have cut funding to the bare minimum required to remain a member of the party. They need to take a further step and break away to form a new party. I think the cooperative party would be apt for a left wing party name.
Starver prefers money to legacy.
STARMER will stab them in the back
Make s sense
"Labour won't comit to the northern leg of HS2"?
Tories scrap all the HS2
😂😂😂
Why Can't Mick Lynch be PM?
The audacity after they blew up Nord stream II. 😂
HS2 first.
Don't trust Louise Haigh
Mean he isn’t even affiliated
Not just purging- smearing.
Mick Lynch is great but Brexit is haemorrhaging money from the UK which that is one of the reasons that we are in so much incredible dept. Mick was very supportive of Brexit so he partly has himself to blame. If we had that money that we have lost and continue to lose, we could have afforded to buy back some of our privatised companies. Labour won't touch Brexit because the majority of the press will eviscerate any party that supports the EU.
Brexit was never the problem. The interests in charge of brexit has always been the problem. And that money would never have been used to do what you say.
Not all Trade Unions are left wing and likewise not all Trade Unionists are Left wing which is why many Unions are not affiliated. Trade Unions cover a wide range of opinions. Their job is to represent their members not the Labour Party.
RMT disaffiliated from Labour during their last government due to Blair being too Thatcherite. They almost reaffiliated under the last leader, but of course, the Labour right stopped him.
Trade Unions by their very nature came from left ideology, and Labour itself was formed out of the unions. Where do you think the name comes from?
Trade Unions are THE definition of Left Wing politics. The Downtrodden, the 99%, poor and marginalized people coming together to fight for their interests against the rich elite masters IS the left wing.
How much is he being paid to keep these people out on strike
Remember Scargill with the miners
12 minutes of intelligent debate...get a tory or LABOUR politician on and it's just zzzzzzz'ds 😴😴😴 i think we're all gonna be sorely disappointed with starmers labour...his ambition seems to be don't upset the racists...let's hope once he has power he shows he is a real socialist...lol just kidding we know what he is but what comes after the disappointment...that's the worrying thing.