RobotToaster@mander.xyz to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 9 months agoRMT leader Mick Lynch gives Jeremy Corbyn general election backingwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkRMT leader Mick Lynch gives Jeremy Corbyn general election backingwww.bbc.co.ukRobotToaster@mander.xyz to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 9 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareSbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·9 months agoLeader of trade union vows to support candidate who’s proven to be in favour of trade unions. More at ten.
minus-squareJaccident@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-29 months agoYes; but this is newsworthy as Mick Lynch also just told people to buck up, eat their veg, and vote Labour. So this is slightly in breaking with the “Starmer or nowt” mentality of those statements.
minus-squareSbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoCorbyn in Labour without the red rosette. I wonder if they’ll even run a candidate in his constituency.
minus-squareRoss_audio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoThere’s no way Labour don’t run a candidate if Corbyn officially runs as an independent. The only seats they don’t contest are Northern Irish seats. The question is whether they run a weak campaign or a strong one and they’ll probably not run a strong one. They’ll put resources elsewhere.
minus-squareJaccident@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agohttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/24/mick-lynch-says-voters-must-grow-up-and-see-starmer-is-only-alternative Comments by him made the previous day.
minus-squareJoBo@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoComment made by me about the exact same article.
Leader of trade union vows to support candidate who’s proven to be in favour of trade unions. More at ten.
Yes; but this is newsworthy as Mick Lynch also just told people to buck up, eat their veg, and vote Labour. So this is slightly in breaking with the “Starmer or nowt” mentality of those statements.
Corbyn in Labour without the red rosette. I wonder if they’ll even run a candidate in his constituency.
There’s no way Labour don’t run a candidate if Corbyn officially runs as an independent.
The only seats they don’t contest are Northern Irish seats.
The question is whether they run a weak campaign or a strong one and they’ll probably not run a strong one. They’ll put resources elsewhere.
No he didn’t.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/24/mick-lynch-says-voters-must-grow-up-and-see-starmer-is-only-alternative
Comments by him made the previous day.
Comment made by me about the exact same article.