Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Yeah I would agree with this.Your inability to take off your red tinted spectacles does your argument absolutely no favours. Yes I'm sure the tabloids have gone overboard on him because God knows he has been fantastic in the face of Tory-sympathetic bleating. But to suggest yesterday that "he just called it out" is absolute bollocks. You're completely wrong - it was a dreadful interview, although it is the only time I've ever seen him on TV where I can honestly say that.
Madeley is embarrassing, but on this he was right. When the whole point of the line of questioning was that the strikes are designed to disrupt during the holiday season, what was the point of Lynch glibly responding that Christmas starts on Christmas Eve? That's not a good enough response, and it isn't calling anything out.
The correct answer was that the deal being offered is a joke, amounts to a 14% pay cut in two years, and in any case has a string of conditions attached that neither his members nor the general public would be happy with. And furthermore, train companies are still allowed to raise fairs by the RPI which is being passed on to greedy executives and shareholders all the while the people doing the work are being told to take a pay cut.
Lynch missed an opportunity against Madeley.
I don't think he "lost it" as the right-wing rags are saying.
But he definitely had the opportunity to answer this question and land some heavy blows on the government's handling of this situation.
Instead he got lost in a pointless discussion on when Christmas starts.
I think he got a bit cocky and missed a golden opportunity to inform many viewers, who might not be fully aware of the true facts behind this strike.