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Topic: Mick Lynch
Posted By: Baldrick
Subject: Mick Lynch
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 8:53am
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What a legend this lad is in his recent media performances in bbc sky and itv etc. Running rings around the so called journalists interviewing him.
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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 9:27am
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Top man Mick. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/mick-lynch-compilation-video-going-viral-as-hugh-laurie-lends-support-to-union-boss-327220/" rel="nofollow - 3 hours ago https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/mick-lynch-compilation-video-going-viral-as-hugh-laurie-lends-support-to-union-boss-327220/" rel="nofollow -
The general secretary of the RMT union has accused Transport Secretary Grant Shapps of “spouting nonsense” with plans to allow agency staff to step in for striking workers. Mick Lynch criticised the proposed change in ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: counterlock
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 9:29am
The best of all was when he was asked who his hero was and he answered James Connolly  |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 9:31am
| He's really putting it up to the Tories in a way Starmer has not been able to do. |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 9:33am
Irish Socialist Republican as he said to the woman interviewer.  ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
counterlock wrote:Posted By: Dalymount79
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 10:35am
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Some funny memes and lines going around. My favourite is….ML… Each of his balls is bigger than the other.
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 10:38am
  Mick Lynch? Ohh da fack's that? ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 10:45am
| His style of debate was always likely to be stumbled upon, at some point as an effective strategy. In simple terms when debating somebody you rarely encounter a stonewalling of ridicule. In fact, it is likely to become a strategy going forward. |
Posted By: ConorMac77
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 11:40am
Seen a few tweets this morning comparing him to Chuck Norris.  ------------- The nation holds it's breath...YES, WE'RE THERE!!! |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 11:52am
It only works if most people observing the debate think The interviewer deserves to be ridiculed and the Nona Fides of the person doing the ridiculing stand up. In the wrong hands this strategy could backfire. As. result it’s not really that much of a strategy it’s just him being authentic and being interviewed by right wing puppets who make themselves look ridiculous due to lack of journalistic talent. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 11:57am
| I’m not sure id buy the idea that it’s not guided by debating strategy. I think we have seen this sort of thing over the past decade and it is useful, especially if people want to see the likes of Morgan and Burley taken down a peg or two. |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 12:11pm
rory stewart tweeted the other day that political operatives will be studying micks performance this week and implementing lessons learnt. it'll be interesting to see who the first copy cats will be. ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: oldbilly
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 12:14pm
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wish we had a few union leaders of the same stuff, can you imagine the onslaught from the lackeys masquerading as news media here though. ------------- No Pasaran! |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 12:15pm
I actually agree with that. It will become a form of ejector seat in tough debate.
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Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 12:41pm
You don’t need to imagine just look at Burley and Morgan and how they reacted. Worse thing any politician could do is try copy the strategy of it’s not authentic to them and try to learn it off as a tactic. They will end up looking like David Brent dealing with his boss Neil. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 12:49pm
| I think if politicians in general started trying it it might stick. To the discerning centrist it will look ridiculous, but the rest will just applaud to the extent it suits their tribalism. |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 12:50pm
indeed which is why we'll possibly see new faces coming to the fore who have managed to master the debating tactic. any well known politician who implements lynch's methods will likely be met with cynicism. ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:07pm
You seem to have a problem with him/his style
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:11pm
I’m not sure how I feel about a “love in” for this sort of approach to discourse. I acknowledge that it has been effective.
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:13pm
So remaining calm, avoiding hyperbole & sticking to facts during debates should be frowned upon?
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:14pm
| Or is it what he is saying and what he represents that “centrists” have a problem with |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:17pm
I never said that at all.
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:21pm
“To the discerning centrist it will look ridiculous” So explain to me, why relying on facts, remaining calm in the face of ridiculousness would look ridiculous
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:24pm
| My point was clearly about politicians employing the same techniques going forward by passing on questions by suggesting they are ridiculous. Like I said, it’s an effective strategy. I know the term centrist upsets people in these parts, but not specifically in this case, if politicians try a similar approach (and I’m not talking about Lynch’s sensible habit of keeping a very firm line on basic facts. |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:36pm
But if a question is ridiculous, should it not be pointed out as such?
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:39pm
| Maybe. But it opens a Pandora’s box about what is a ‘ridiculous question.’ I’m certainly not suggesting that Mick Lynch should indulge the usual “line of enquiry” that has been thrown at him, at all. And he has every right to bite back. But my point is more how that approach will be used by politicians. Not a reason not to use it, but still something to consider. |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:44pm
I’m struggling to follow you here, maybe it’s just me but “biting back” with facts is a problem in politics when faced with a ridiculous line of questioning, even if those watching agree with you, it should be avoided. Because of centrists.
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:46pm
| Fundamentally my point is not about Mick Lynch. |
Posted By: More Anne
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:51pm
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Lynch's style is not feigned in any way. It comes from his confidence in being completely on top of his brief. He knows what he's talking about and is able to bat away any nonsense he is faced with by rebuttal with facts and context. Politicians cannot do this because they are generalists, and when you see a politician being interviewed, they are usually spouting a bunch of pre-rehearsed soundbytes. Multiply that x 100 when it's a Tory, because Tory government is inherently based in bullsh*t. They have no other strategy. They just aren't quite as shameless at it as the Republicans in the US, who have constructed an entire world of make believe where they just shout flat earth theories.
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Posted By: drog addict
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 1:52pm
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I'm with 9 fingers here, I really can't grasp what you are trying to say Hetfield, makes no sense at all. ------------- Chips don't bounce |
Posted By: More Anne
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 2:02pm
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Another reason Lynch has become a sensation is because for years everybody who wants to see some form of even mild social democratic progress has been ground down into despair because our representatives and the very idea of even mild social democratic progress in society are constantly on the back foot because of horrible bad faith attacks by horrible right-wing media and politicians who represent awful policy and awful values - greed, corruption, shamelessness, lies. Lynch has gone on the attack against them. And he has done it with facts, while remaining polite. He has exposed how utterly ridiculous they are. And yes, it is exhilarating in a tribal sense to see this in action. You can't help but want Lynch to nail these bastards, to humiliate them in public, to make them squirm like rats in a trap.
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Posted By: seanyshuffler
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 2:03pm
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Judging from some of Het-field's previous posts he has an issue with him due to his politics. Anything left or left of centre seem to be a no, no for him. Shame really.
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 2:04pm
That’s not true.
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Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 2:23pm
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the truth is that people like Mick Lynch make you afraid and you don’t like the style he uses for that very reason. What’s great about him is that he not a rebel rouser and is seen as a centrist within the union itself. He believes in old school labour values and is able to articulate the points politely and effectively. The reason he has become so Popular is more the cause of the interviewers who have asked some crazy questions as they have been brainwashed to think unions are dangerous and should be attacked and ridiculed at every opportunity. He has responded brilliantly to it but it can’t just be learned off by a politician who thinks it’s a good strategy. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: MayoMark
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 2:24pm
That's like something Mick Lynch would say ------------- They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car... |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 2:25pm
Thanks!
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 2:30pm
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Posted By: notpropaganda73
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 2:32pm
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The best clip I've seen of him is the one that doesn't seem to be getting quite as much love, when some Tory was whining about army folks not being able to travel to celebrate veterans day or whatever nonsense they're at this weekend. The Tory lad honestly ended up sounding like a schoolboy "oh tell that to our servicemen and women Mick" and Lynch just kept saying he's not going to be able to settle this dispute with a Tory backbencher reading off a script @Het-field, when you're talking about how this "style" would be used and politicians just deciding not to answer questions because they choose to call them ridiculous... do you think they answer questions now like
All they do is have a stock answer that doesn't address a question, and if the journalist or interviewer tries to cut across or bring them back to the point, they just keep saying "if you would let me finish, please, if I could finish my point" and then never address the question at hand. They've all been at it for years at this point |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 4:17pm
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the rmt is the most militant union i know in britain. i've worked with members for several years and the slightest change to working conditions riles them right up. tbf you can't blame them given the bunch of bastards who run the country - whatever about boris, schapps is a special kind of ****. when mick said yesterday that negotiators were going back on offers made following consultation with the government it reminded myself of my own employers difficulties dealing with the dft. this particular government is living up to the term Perfidious Albion. i sincerely hope he and his union win this fight.
------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 5:30pm
------------- It would damage this forums' reputation |
Posted By: Drumcondra 69er
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 6:14pm
It's certainly how it comes across, was thinking the exact same before seeing seany's post tbh. ------------- Blog: http://afalsefirstxi.blogspot.ie/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI Twitter: @afalsefirstxi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afalsefirstxi/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 6:29pm
Fine. In fairness it was from historical discussions on here where I discussed Corbyn. And after the GE in 2020 I gave the political discussion a rest here because you couldn’t say boo about SF without a dogpile. My point was not well articulated on my part. But that was taken up wrong.
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Posted By: Drumcondra 69er
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 7:28pm
Fair enough. I don't think Lynch can be faulted on how he's conducted himself this week. The likes of Richard Madeley and Kay Burley have completely embarrassed themselves and seem too un-self-aware to realise it. The standard of discourse in the UK is so poor these days it's unreal. ------------- Blog: http://afalsefirstxi.blogspot.ie/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI Twitter: @afalsefirstxi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afalsefirstxi/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 9:39pm
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Id add, from keeping an eye on the Brit press, the right wing media, the Mail and Express have been embarrassing in their hatchet job efforts all week. One article took three named journalists to write ffs
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 10:46pm
| Micks on question time at the minute |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2022 at 11:29pm
the plants in the audience made it hard for him at times but he
absolutely buried the tory when she pulled out the network rail letter  ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 5:50am
This has been the most impressive part of his interviews. Not that having all the facts to hand and putting forward your point based on said points and without any hyperbole should be impressive, but given the way politics/societal issues are debated, it's refreshing to see. The "back bench MP reading off a transcript" line was excellent. The looks on the MPs' faces when he's put them in their place and they realise their arguments are made of nonsense are priceless. The most unlikeable one was the fella Lynch called a liar 17 times and he just sat there sneering at Lynch trying to belittle him. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 6:43am
What a pair of racist rags the Express and Mail are. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 8:44am
| Didn't have a clue who this chap was earlier in the week but I've seen a few clips of him online and he comes across very well |
Posted By: Drumcondra 69er
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 10:48am
The presenter Emily Bruce was a disgrace. pleading for a Tory voice to speak up for Boris. Old dear in the audience says we'll he's had the pandemic and the Ukraine to deal with and he's had Covid himself. Lynch: 'I don't think being able to catch Covid is a particular qualification. We'd all be able to do it.' ------------- Blog: http://afalsefirstxi.blogspot.ie/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI Twitter: @afalsefirstxi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afalsefirstxi/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 11:02am
Enjoyed that
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 11:13am
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1539738143276007425%20" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/i/status/1539738143276007425
------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 11:19am
It's Fiona Bruce - Emily would have been Matliss who is a far better presenter and a journalist! That's the whole gig with Question Time though - They pick a split audience, try and debate both sides of a topic and then nobody wins. I'm surprised people still watch it to be honest. I've given up - Just find it frustrating these days. To be fair, I just end up looking at Tory supporters and think to myself "Dopes". Their entitled to their opinions etc etc. |
Posted By: Drumcondra 69er
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 12:33pm
Sorry, brain fart on my part, I know it's Fiona. ------------- Blog: http://afalsefirstxi.blogspot.ie/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI Twitter: @afalsefirstxi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afalsefirstxi/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI |
Posted By: Green Cockade
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2022 at 12:53pm
| The BBC has been rapidly shedding its best journalists including Emily Maitlis. They’ve been getting out because of the government’s hostility and destructive approach towards the organisation. It has always been a propaganda unit to some extent but the loss of its best people, the promotion of Tory loyalists at governance level and the appointment of a braindead gibbering loon like Nadine Dorries to Culture Secretary have resulted in ever more restrictive editorial guidelines and practices. Question Time is completely unwatchable these days. Trying to cast Mick Lynch as a Scargill / Bob Crow type bogeyman has backfired spectacularly. He has no fear and is adept at recognising where questioning is going. He has totally owned most of the hacks trying to depict him as some sort of extremist and is winning the PR war. The Tories are tone deaf and don’t seem to realise that there is widespread public sympathy for the strike, often from people who got used to working from home during the pandemic and don’t mind doing it again. |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2022 at 6:59pm
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Is a Cork City fan apparently. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2022 at 7:52pm
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His Ma is from Crossmaglen. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2022 at 9:07pm
| Goes to a few Ireland away games too |
Posted By: Jack City
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2022 at 11:19pm
| Member of the RISSC, couldn't travel to Lodz because of the train strike.His wife and son were at the match, he's one of the boys in Green 💚. |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2022 at 7:19am
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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2022 at 8:05am
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2022 at 9:33am
I thought you were taking the piss but it's actually true ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: Green Cockade
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2022 at 9:42am
| No doubt a Rangers supporter as well ( ie Crossmaglen ). |
Posted By: Dalymount79
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2022 at 9:49am
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2022 at 12:26pm
Anyone who knows anything about the RMT wouldn't have been surprised to see the stance they took in 2016. As radical as they come.
------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2022 at 9:53am
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https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/06/27/why-mick-lynch-stands-out/" rel="nofollow - https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/06/27/why-mick-lynch-stands-out/" rel="nofollow -
Mick Lynch, the leader of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) which led last week’s strike action, has bec ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2022 at 9:42pm
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https://nation.cymru/opinion/the-red-scare-its-been-a-bad-week-for-the-union-bashers/" rel="nofollow - https://nation.cymru/opinion/the-red-scare-its-been-a-bad-week-for-the-union-bashers/ ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2022 at 5:34pm
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Mick Lynch is to speak at the Durham Miners Gala this year for the first team. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: DublinScouse1916
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2022 at 6:49pm
| Great to see so many Irish people supporting Brexiteer, Mick Lynch. |
Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2022 at 8:43pm
| I imagine he supported Brexit from a wage point of view. Why pay a fella £500 when a fella from Poland will take £400. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2022 at 9:27pm
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Also we need to move away from the idea that if we find one thing we don’t agree with someone that we then dismiss their views. Most people of any intelligence don’t agree with their 10 year old self never mind someone or a party that they agree with on everything. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: BabbsBalls
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2022 at 9:55pm
Spot on.. ------------- l hear you are a racist now, father ? |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2022 at 4:40pm
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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2022 at 5:43pm
Sure the Irish undercut the English a generation ago I can’t see it being that and as for defending the nhs ? Not buying they either Has he ever given reasons ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2022 at 5:44pm
Depends on the 10 year old  I thought depeche mode were sh*t then and still do ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2022 at 11:31pm
How do the strikes impact you, DM?
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Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2022 at 12:01am
Google RMT 6 reasons for Brexit.
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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2022 at 11:00am
Just did and they are bland generalisations Stop the attack in the nhs ? Seriously who would you trust more the EU or right wing brexiteers Support democracy - give me strength Attack on rail workers and seafarers- Eu far more public transport friendly than uk where car is king It’s maybe time they looked around to see who they are in bed with - if you are shoulder to shoulder with Rees mogg Gove etc it’s a fair shout you are on the wrong side No shame in being wrong ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2022 at 11:42am
Not so far as I don't use the trains much usually. It may be an issue when Sunderland play some friendlies and early season games. I totally support the strike the employers are taking the piss e.g. getting rid of all the ticket office staff. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2022 at 7:02am
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Posted By: TRV
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2022 at 12:30pm
| You should b careful on this forum putting a post up like that, infested with tory, fg, nato and all sorts of bootlickers |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 7:46pm
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Posted By: BabbsBalls
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 8:17pm
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Given the fact that some staff in Dublin airport are on the same hourly rate that they were 20 years ago, SIPTU could learn a thing or two from him. ------------- l hear you are a racist now, father ? |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 2:43pm
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James O'Brien podcast with Mick. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuaG9zdGluZy50aGlzaXNkYXguY29tLzk1MTU4Y2ZiLWY3NGYtNGY5Yy04ZjQ3LTAwYmQ5NzZhYjAxZA/episode/MTYzZmRiNGEtZjU3OS00OGVmLThiN2EtM2ZhNTUzNjZkNTQx" rel="nofollow - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuaG9zdGluZy50aGlzaXNkYXguY29tLzk1MTU4Y2ZiLWY3NGYtNGY5Yy04ZjQ3LTAwYmQ5NzZhYjAxZA/episode/MTYzZmRiNGEtZjU3OS00OGVmLThiN2EtM2ZhNTUzNjZkNTQx
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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 7:53pm
Did he ask him about brexit ? ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 10:13pm
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Haven't listened to it yet but knowing O'Brien there's probably a lengthy discussion on the matter. Cheers for posting DM, always looking for interesting podcasts to listen to in the gym. ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: KING-CON
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2022 at 10:37am
| Good interview with him on the RTE Second Captains Saturday podcast. He covers his reasons for Brexit and his Irish upbringing in detail. Mick was at all the games in Euro 88 and behind the goal for Houghtons header. Ray Houghton is his sporting hero. |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2022 at 10:59am
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https://www.corkbeo.ie/sport/soccer/rail-union-boss-mick-lynch-24747271" rel="nofollow - https://www.corkbeo.ie/sport/soccer/rail-union-boss-mick-lynch-24747271" rel="nofollow -
Mick was born in the UK to two Irish parents, with his father, Jackie Lynch, hailing from Cork city. While staying Leeside, Mick met with SIPTU general secretary, Joe Cunningham, who today gave a donation on behalf of his members to the trade union leader, presenting him with a cheque for for €20,000. The general secretary congratulated Mick ... ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: gspain
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2022 at 11:18am
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He was meant to be attending Turners Cross last Friday but I didn't see any sign of him. Anyone know if he was there?
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Posted By: MC Hammered
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2022 at 11:49am
He was there. Saw a few pics on Twitter ------------- El Puto Amo |
Posted By: Trigboy 10
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2022 at 12:13pm
| A lot of these one day strikes are pointless you generally have to go all out to really get what you want. Maybe they should get some help from the union who negotiated the Luas strike deal €57,000 for 38 hour week. |
Posted By: notpropaganda73
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2022 at 8:34am
thought his answer on Brexit was very good in fairness, how it goes back to principles and they weren't voting for the Brexit they've gotten, they were just asked "in or out". He's 100% right about the political class in the UK as well whether you agree with how he wants society to look or not. A pity that his quotes about the war in Ukraine weren't out before the interview
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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2022 at 1:01pm
cop out - Brexit was always going to be a sh*t storm and as i said earlier when look around you and you see the likes of JRM and Gove on the same side you have to ask yourself - is this really the right side to be on ? ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: notpropaganda73
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2022 at 1:13pm
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I agree with you on that NR but I don't necessarily think he's copping out, it's more than he's very consistent in his principles. I think he was completely wrong to think that you could vote out and somehow steer Brexit in a way that wouldn't be a sh*tshow (although he is right when he says that this Brexit is the most extreme right-wing version of it). When I said his answer was good, I meant more than he was consistent even within the interview, that you need to have principles and beliefs and policy and different political stances come from that. Which is where Labour are really weak at the moment, they don't seem to have any actual beliefs at the minute.
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Posted By: zizu Kilbane
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2022 at 6:33pm
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I just listened to it there. The man talks a ridiculous amount of sense ------------- "Sometimes, sh*t happens, someone's gotta deal with it, and who ya gonna call?" |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2022 at 3:45pm
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Lexit will always have a certain amount of traction. As it was never implemented it means that it’s inevitable failure will not have been seen in real time, which allows people to invoke the ‘benefit of the doubt.’ The Tory led Brexit is what we got, and has failed. As I understand the concept of Lexit, was also underpinned by a “hard Brexit”, which no matter who was in charge, would be unable to control it.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2022 at 4:09pm
you can't tar all brexiteers with the same brush. they come in all different shades of dopeyness. as for the rmt, one of the main reasons they backed brexit was to end freedom of movement. the decision was made in the questionable belief immigration results in depressed wage growth. they listened to their members and set out the unions position as a result. their views had nothing to do with jrm or gove who have their own disaster capitalism plans post brexit. lets not forget how vague the question asked at the time was. brexit could have been delivered in many different ways from efta membership to the hard brexit we got. the rmt got it wrong. the result of the referendum will leave their members poorer and inevitably they'll see their employment rights chipped away at by the far right tories.
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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2022 at 4:54pm
CY2k I tend to agree with Harold McMillan who when asked should he consult with the people via a referendum said ‘I would sooner ask my valet Leaders should lead not just parrot what their members want to hear which is exactly the same as unionism on this island The republican leadership has lead their constituents to where they are now no unionist has done that Trimble tried it but reverted ti type pretty quickly Poor judgment call by the union - I can understand the ‘we have to make the best of it ‘ but no regrets ? ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2022 at 7:42pm
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Good article. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/23/mick-lynch-rmt-work-dignity-union-power?amp" rel="nofollow - Green domain https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/23/mick-lynch-rmt-work-dignity-union-power?amp" rel="nofollow -
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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 6:44am
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Daily Mail t**ser put in his place. https://mobile.twitter.com/POLITlCSUK/status/1595134818848997378" rel="nofollow - https://mobile.twitter.com/POLITlCSUK/status/1595134818848997378 ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |