Watch: 'Utterly owned' - Mick Lynch puts Tory MP in his place

Union boss Mick Lynch was swatting away attacks again today, this time in a a Transport Select Committee session.

Tory MP Greg Smith decided to have a pop at the union chief and it didn’t end well for him.

Driver-only

He also told the cross-party committee: “We will not accept driver-only operation in any company without a fight. We will never sign up to accepting DOO. It will never happen while I am general secretary. It will never happen as long as the RMT exists.”

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Peter Stefanovic tweeted the video and wrote: “Conservative MP Greg Smith tries his luck with @RMTunion’s Mick Lynch. It doesn’t end well.”

Conservative MP Greg Smith tries his luck with @RMTunion’s Mick Lynch. It doesn’t end well pic.twitter.com/mWzIo1mccy
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) January 11, 2023

Owned

Smith was trying to pin the blame on the train system crisis on the union boss.

Lynch’s reply was epic.

He said: “When we’re on strike or when we’re not on strike? What about the days when we’re not on strike, when it’s absolutely useless as well? It’s your government’s fault”.

Tory MP Greg Smith asks RMT's Mick Lynch whether strikes are driving people away from railway. 🚆

Lynch: "When we're on strike or when we're not on strike? What about the days when we're not on strike, when it's absolutely useless as well? It's your government's fault".
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) January 11, 2023

Reactions

People were loving Lynch’s work!

Mick Lynch wiping the floor with Greg Smith Tory MP. You just love to see it!
— Cymraesydwi 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇺🇦 💜🤍💚 (@cymraesydwi) January 11, 2023

I'd argue the strike days are more convenient – at least I know my train isn't running, makes a nice change from the majority of times I turn up and its heavily delayed or cancelled
— You Pies (@BettingScot) January 11, 2023

Mick Lynch: "What about the days when we're not on strike, when [rail is] absolutely useless as well?"
Greg Smith: "That's a whole other evidence session."
Mick Lynch: "No, it's not."

He really has a way of bursting gov't balloons. ~AA pic.twitter.com/8hagfb0pV4
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) January 11, 2023

They can’t land anything. They send all comers and he keeps swatting them away.
— Keith (@keith_UVD) January 11, 2023

Pure gold!😂The Tories don’t like it up em!
— BeachMoo (@JennoRon) January 11, 2023

Get this guy into politics, for God's sake. Right now, I can't think of a more competent Transport Minister.
— Venerable Scribe #ToriesAreJustNazisInDrag (@VenerableScribe) January 11, 2023

As a rail commuter I can 100% honestly say the rail service is abysmal day in day out. The strikes have done nothing to worsen it.
— Sally Gammon Hammer "Parody" (@SallyGammon) January 11, 2023