Strike!

[AmateurAgitator]

Nobody is the authentic 'voice of the working class' though, not even Lynch. The struggle for 'authenticity' is just some media/shit politics created fantasy load of bollocks.

Yeah this is true

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Nobody is the authentic 'voice of the working class' though, not even Lynch. The struggle for 'authenticity' is just some media/shit politics created fantasy load of bollocks.

Another thing I love about Lynch is he's not doing performative working class either, something plenty of people do and probably without realising it, he's not expecting working class people to conform to some sort of checklist as to what's genuine working class and what isn't and he's not even designating himself as some sort of spokesman for the working class either.

He's just an ordinary bloke armed with the facts standing up for his union members and he's encouraging others to do the same.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

He's apparently getting a lot of love on tik tok too. We're all far too old for that shit but if he can cut through on there that's really encouraging.

 

[skyscraper101]

I've only just realised how much Lynch looks like Mark Rylance. No bad thing.

 

[Petcha]

I've only just realised how much Lynch looks like Mark Rylance. No bad thing.

Apparently he also looks like someone else. Something which has got right up Piers Morgan's nose. Probably the most pointless 'interview' hes ever conducted.

 

[skyscraper101]

Apparently he also looks like someone else. Something which has got right up Piers Morgan's nose. Probably the most pointless 'interview' hes ever conducted.

Even by Piers Morgan standards this is really desperate.

 

[LDC]

Apparently he also looks like someone else. Something which has got right up Piers Morgan's nose. Probably the most pointless 'interview' hes ever conducted.

That is fucking totally inane.

 

[Petcha]

He must be having a bit of a giggle privately. Began the day with Alan Partridge on GMB drilling about whether he was a Marxist who wanted to bring down the government and finished it with Piers Morgan comparing him to the most evil puppet in the world

 

[moochedit]

He must be having a bit of a giggle privately. Began the day with Alan Partridge on GMB drilling about whether he was a Marxist who wanted to bring down the government and finished it with Piers Morgan comparing him to the most evil puppet in the world

Has he done Farage's show yet?

 

[MickiQ]

Piers Morgan Unhinged might be a better title than Piers Morgan Uncensored. That interview was utterly disconnected from reality. Morgan and Burley (who he also made a fool of) don't seem to be interested so much interviewing him as getting a (preferably) negative soundbite out of him and he just isn't biting if you will pardon the pun.
The way he manages to keep his calm (he either has or has had teenage children I'm sure of it) and come over as rational and normal is very impressive helped somewhat by the fact that Shapps is clearly a gibbering loon who has his job through loyalty to BoZo rather than any actual ability.
Lynch does look like the Hood though no doubt about that.

 

[ohmyliver]

Even by Piers Morgan standards this is really desperate.

it's a working strategy. Media outlet/person posts something really facepalmy..... lots of people share the original clip, they get lots of engagement, and stay in the limelight, might get more youtube ad venue, might get an uptick in people watching his show.

His show has had a steady decline in number of viewers and everyone should not hinder this slide into obscurity

 

[Bingoman]

The rail strikes to continue after the RMT have accused the government and especially transport secretary Grant Shapps has wrecked the negotiations?

 

[philosophical]

Mick Lynch is behaving in an almost perfect fashion for a Trade Union leader standing up for his members.
Speaking personally though I thought this was fucking appalling from the RMT in 2016. Standing alongside Farage and Johnson and all those cunts.

RMT reiterates "Vote Leave" message

Transport union reiterates "Vote Leave" message on eve of EU referendum.

www.rmt.org.uk

The message of 'hope' does not explain how they hoped to square the circle of the UK/EU land border they were urging on.

 

[marty21]

I’m a member of RMT offshore and would happily pay double subs just to see Mick Lynch do the rounds again tomorrow

It’s like watching early Mike Tyson fights.

He's an absolute star !

 

[hitmouse]

Mick Lynch is behaving in an almost perfect fashion for a Trade Union leader standing up for his members.
Speaking personally though I thought this was fucking appalling from the RMT in 2016. Standing alongside Farage and Johnson and all those cunts.

RMT reiterates "Vote Leave" message

Transport union reiterates "Vote Leave" message on eve of EU referendum.

www.rmt.org.uk

The message of 'hope' does not explain how they hoped to square the circle of the UK/EU land border they were urging on.

Might be best to keep this thread for discussing what the RMT are doing in 2022, and save arguments about what the RMT were doing six years ago for a different thread?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[hitmouse]

The lawyers are hitting the picket lines now. I'd love to send this on to my boss who described the rail strikers as 'disgusting' in our team meeting the other day (and is a former top barrister)

 

[The39thStep]

 

[David Clapson]

Mick Lynch is behaving in an almost perfect fashion for a Trade Union leader standing up for his members.
Speaking personally though I thought this was fucking appalling from the RMT in 2016. Standing alongside Farage and Johnson and all those cunts.

RMT reiterates "Vote Leave" message

Transport union reiterates "Vote Leave" message on eve of EU referendum.

www.rmt.org.uk

The message of 'hope' does not explain how they hoped to square the circle of the UK/EU land border they were urging on.

Yes, it was tragic that Bob Crow was a rabid Brexiter

 

[editor]

"media picador"

 

[ska invita]

i did not know that

 

[editor]

Even The Spectator likes him!

The RMT union boss Mick Lynch is currently dominating TV screens and social media, making mincemeat out of politicians and broadcast interviewers alike. Hapless Tory MPs that attempted to recite pre-rehearsed cliches and dodgy statistics have been gunned down by the mature, considered and, yes, gruffly charming manner of Lynch.

When Sky News' Kay Burley tried to conjure up images of Grunwick or NUM-style flying pickets violently preventing workers and commuters from entering stations, he simply stood to one side to show her a handful of RMT workers allowing passengers to go by. Though she continued to goad him and later accused him of being 'flustered', by the time the interview ended you felt that if this was a boxing match her trainer would have thrown the towel into the ring after the first few seconds, it was that one-sided.

In praise of RMT boss Mick Lynch

The head of the rail workers union Mick Lynch has been out defending his union's strike. There's something charming in his gruffness, says Mark Solomons.

www.spectator.co.uk

 

[The39thStep]

Yes, it was tragic that Bob Crow was a rabid Brexiter

The RMT reached a position of supporting leaving the EU at a delegate conference of rank and file members , it wasn't about Bob Crowe and it wasn't about Mick Lynch . Whatever your views on this or mine why don't we just abide by hitmouse sensible suggestion that we have this as a thread about the strike and take the six year old argument about Brexit somewhere else?

 

[MrSki]

A compilation of Mick Lynch's media interviews yesterday.

 

[The39thStep]

 

[David Clapson]

The RMT reached a position of supporting leaving the EU at a delegate conference of rank and file members , it wasn't about Bob Crowe and it wasn't about Mick Lynch . Whatever your views on this or mine why don't we just abide by hitmouse sensible suggestion that we have this as a thread about the strike and take the six year old argument about Brexit somewhere else?

If you want to keep this thread Brexit-free, why write a long post containing points which demand debate?

 

[The39thStep]

If you want to keep this thread Brexit-free, why write a long post containing points which demand debate?

I'm just stating facts. Look this is a thread about the strike. Its about unity behind the strike , its not about Brexit , its about a working class fightback . You don't have to listen to me pal, listen to this

 

[David Clapson]

I support the strike. And i don't see anything wrong with reminding people of the RMT pursuing Brexit. (Perhaps they and other unions tipped the balance?) Anyone concerned about the plight of those on a low wage needs to confront the fact that many people cut their own throats when they voted for Brexit. Presumably many RMT members did this two or three or more times, in the referendum, union ballots and general elections. It begs the question that representative democracies and referenda are subverted when politicians and/or union leaders choose to distort the debate and mislead voters on an issue so broad and complex that maybe only one person in a thousand knew all the pros and cons. I think that historians will write that the Brexit movement gave Putin and other dictators an excellent argument for scoffing at democracy. I hope Mike Lynch can reflect on that without defaulting to the hollow defense about the will of the rank and file being sacrosanct. If you don't consider whether the rank and file are wrong, perhaps because they've been manipulated, you're not acting in their best interests. You can say the same about votes for Trump. The Capitol riot was America's Brexit in some ways.

 

[Pickman's model]

I support the strike. And i don't see anything wrong with reminding people of the RMT pursuing Brexit. (Perhaps they and other unions tipped the balance?) Anyone concerned about the plight of those on a low wage needs to confront the fact that many people cut their own throats when they voted for Brexit. Presumably many RMT members did this two or three or more times, in the referendum, union ballots and general elections. It begs the question that representative democracies and referenda are subverted when politicians and/or union leaders choose to distort the debate and mislead voters on an issue so broad and complex that maybe only one person in a thousand knew all the pros and cons. I think that historians will write that the Brexit movement gave Putin and other dictators an excellent argument for scoffing at democracy. I hope Mike Lynch can reflect on that without defaulting to the hollow defense about the will of the rank and file being sacrosanct. If you don't consider whether the rank and file are wrong, perhaps because they've been manipulated, you're not acting in their best interests. You can say the same about votes for Trump. The Capitol riot was America's Brexit in some ways.

I think you should stfu about what historians will say when you've clearly no memory of the eight years prior to brexit. If you've heard of the financial crisis, that gave dictators a rather greater argument for scoffing at democracy - did it scupper china's economy as it did all the western countries?

And who is this Mike lynch you witter on about?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

And i don't see anything wrong with reminding people of the RMT pursuing Brexit. (Perhaps they and other unions tipped the balance?)

Fine. Go and post about it on the Brexit thread and someone will debate it with you. But, pack it in on this thread which is to discuss the strike