Mick Lynch takes down the Daily Mail
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Oooof. The RMT's Mick Lynch was in no mood for the Daily Mail's nonsense, responding to their description of him as the 'grinch' by referring to their history of backing the Blackshirts. So now is a good time to remind ourselves of the Daily Mail's record - back then and now, and what purpose they serve in society.
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| 0:21.9 | Does the Daily Mail want a nice pic for that burn? |
| 0:24.8 | Let's just have a little listen to what the RMT leader Mick Lynch said |
| 0:29.2 | after the right ring rag called him The Grinch. |
| 0:38.7 | Yeah so basically the Daily Mail have smeared Mick Lynch as of others as The Grinch. |
| 0:46.0 | Basically that's because rare workers who've been treated very badly for a long time. |
| 0:49.9 | Many of you have always been badly paid. |
| 0:51.6 | Have been forced to go out on strike because they've been repeatedly shafted on wages, |
| 0:58.0 | jobs, terms, conditions, you name it because the government have actually intervened to |
| 1:03.5 | crush any potential deal. |
| 1:04.8 | Now there was a series of strikes that were going to happen |
| 1:07.2 | at the other week. |
| 1:08.0 | I was affected by them like lots of people were and they were called off at the last minute |
| 1:12.9 | because the RMT sensed perhaps a breakthrough in the negotiations. |
| 1:16.9 | But clearly after trying in good faith those negotiations I haven't gone anywhere |
| 1:22.0 | and that's because the government clearly are trying to stop |
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