Mick Lynch Takes Keir Starmer Apart
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
This country is a burning skip, and not since the aftermath of World War II has there been a more desperate need for transformative policies. But after Labour leader Keir Starmer abandoned his leadership promises, there is a massive vacuum. RMT leader Mick Lynch has shown courage and determination in fighting the Tories - and without more of that, the danger is of a Labour government which causes mass disappointment and opens the door for very dark political forces.
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| 0:20.2 | Thank goodness we've got a leader of the opposition who's courageous, |
| 0:24.0 | charismatic, dynamic, energetic, full of verve. |
| 0:27.6 | Who just wants to take the fight to the Tories, |
| 0:30.5 | stand up for people who are being screwed over by them. |
| 0:33.0 | I am of course talking about Mick Lynch. |
| 0:35.4 | Mick Lynch spoke at a rally this week. |
| 0:39.0 | And obviously Mick Lynch has been leading rail workers who are suffering, |
| 0:44.7 | like so many other workers from both Tory Government and I would say a broken economic system |
| 0:50.5 | in the fight against those things. |
| 0:53.2 | And against the attempts by the Conservatives to introduce even more restrictive |
| 0:59.1 | anti-strike laws that will make strikes almost legally impossible in this country. |
| 1:04.0 | One of those basic democratic rights we have that our ancestors fought for at great cost. |
| 1:08.0 | But he also called out Keir Starmer. |
| 1:10.0 | He was technically of course the leader of the opposition and the Prime Minister in waiting |
| 1:14.4 | because Labour are almost certain to win the next election. |
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