Labour MP absolutely terrorises Royal Mail bosses over worker conditions at Select Committee

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  • Do whatever you want in life, but never ever get on the wrong side of Darren Jones.
    The Labour MP grilled Royal Mail execs at the BEIS Select Committee on 22 February.
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  • @therandomoguy3809
    @therandomoguy3809 Рік тому +1583

    Holy crap a politician standing up to business interests for workers interests, unheard of nowadays.

  • @CJThePilot
    @CJThePilot Рік тому +836

    I am a postie, serving since November 2016... we have ABSOLUTELY been told to prioritise everything EXCEPT letters. Simon Thompson damn well knows this is the case and the pathetic snake tries to wrangle his way out of answering the question. Since March 2020 we were told to NOT DELIVER letters and instead only focus on TRACKED or SPECIAL DELIVERY ITEMS - this was often due to low staff numbers and sickness, but even when we did have a full quota of staff Royal Mail bosses refused to pay us the necessary overtime in order to fulfil our service obligations. It is NOT our fault we are overwhelmed and cannot cope with the workloads. Royal Mail bosses track us with the PDAs (handheld computers that measure our delivery speeds etc) and they brought the PDA in to try and prove what they believed - that we sit around twiddling our thumbs drinking tea. The PDAs have proven the exact opposite, that our deliveries are too big and that we are running around like blue ass flies to try and complete our deliveries. It is a daily battle for us to convince managers that the ONLY way we would clear our deliveries is often with overtime being paid. The reason we were unable to deliver letters is because Royal Mail bosses and the executive board have not given us sufficient staff numbers to cope with the oversized delivery routes, they have repeatedly treated us like crap whilst lining their own pockets and paying out millions to shareholders. Our van fleet is an absolute disgrace with the majority of our vehicles barely road worthy. Darren, thank you for exposing this rat for exactly what he is. For me it's not good enough though, Simon Thompson should be in jail. Literally a con-artist

    • @Dougal-Mcguire
      @Dougal-Mcguire Рік тому +54

      Nice one mate. Please encourage to your colleagues to take to social media and UA-cam etc to share their instances as we need to hear from people like you who are on the ground

    • @jonnyl1022
      @jonnyl1022 Рік тому +39

      My best friend is a postie. I have a screenshot of him telling me the exact same thing. Prioritise special delivery's on strike days. He didn't deliver letters for up2 5 days. He was warning me in regards to anything I order for Xmas to pay the extra. Even he had ordered his gf stuff via DPD. Absolute disgrace.

    • @ohnoitisnt
      @ohnoitisnt Рік тому +11

      I have seen your guys using 04 vauxhall combo's. I sympathise

    • @thumper1747
      @thumper1747 4 місяці тому +31

      I like our Postie and he’s part of the immediate community, indeed I beep my horn when I drive by and we chat briefly when we meet. But he’s never still, conversations happen as we move. I’m sure we all appreciate our Posties and value what they do. It’s obvious to me that, as in so many other cases with British management, those in charge are incompetent, cutting back at the expense of adequate performance and then blaming the work force.

    • @terencemeredith3066
      @terencemeredith3066 4 місяці тому +37

      My son is a postie as well and he has told me the exact same story. Absolutely disgusting. These bosses are only interested in delivering extra monies to their greedy little bank accounts. Bxxxards

  • @roryhart5420
    @roryhart5420 3 місяці тому +400

    Well here's something I never thought I would say, a politician who is sharp, polite and concise. I wish so much there there were more like Darren Jones, much respect to the man

    • @annlaw7684
      @annlaw7684 3 місяці тому +4

      Probably has a legal background. Solicitor or barrister

    • @pgwalling6478
      @pgwalling6478 3 місяці тому +10

      Wish he was my mp, instead of Truss.

    • @gdj6298
      @gdj6298 3 місяці тому +7

      @@pgwalling6478 You think you got it bad ? Mine's Ron di Santis !! 😒

    • @pgwalling6478
      @pgwalling6478 3 місяці тому +6

      Yes, that puts things into perspective. Commiserations.

    • @gjwestonable
      @gjwestonable 3 місяці тому +5

      Yes very impressed I had to check he was a MP

  • @moonshine9902
    @moonshine9902 3 місяці тому +170

    The world is in dire need of people with integrity.

  • @richardmaynard4942
    @richardmaynard4942 Рік тому +1647

    So much admiration for Darren Jones MP. If our political class was of this level of professionalism, intelligence and integrity, our country would not be in the financial and social doom loop we are now suffering.

    • @HelenaMikas
      @HelenaMikas Рік тому +73

      He was brilliant .Love to see him an PM.

    • @maxpowerii7368
      @maxpowerii7368 Рік тому +22

      @@HelenaMikas i wouldn’t go that far. He should be appreciated for his assistance to TU movement of course but remember he’s a Starmerite who lists Tony Blair as his political hero. He’s a neoliberal red Tory. He has done very well on this committee in holding corporate leaders to account but he is no socialist by any stretch.

    • @therealrobertbirchall
      @therealrobertbirchall Рік тому +60

      @Jupiter he knows a liar and a crook when he sees one.

    • @benbennett8551
      @benbennett8551 Рік тому +9

      He’s a Shire boy 👍🏻

    • @danielokeefe2072
      @danielokeefe2072 Рік тому +31

      @@jameslyons192 he is also a brilliant constituency MP

  • @Ulysses042
    @Ulysses042 Рік тому +848

    If there was a TV series of Darren Jones holding people to account, I'd watch every episode.

    • @ikdrew
      @ikdrew Рік тому +21

      Me too, great viewing.

    • @tonileighhall
      @tonileighhall Рік тому +13

      This needs to happen!!

    • @thecrimsondragon9744
      @thecrimsondragon9744 Рік тому +16

      Holding corporates, bankers and other powerful people to account, yes please.

    • @Dina-md3ji
      @Dina-md3ji 10 місяців тому +6

      You got that kind of feeling too

    • @howardrisby9621
      @howardrisby9621 10 місяців тому +4

      Err ..... consistency please peeps. There's a slight issue with the member incumbent representing NE Somerset doing just that, highlighted on this very worthy channel on 4th July 2023.
      We have Parliamentary broadcasts and (fortunately) people, such as our very own PoliticsJOE, willing to trawl untold hours of the less gripping footage for our benefit.

  • @jillleigh7378
    @jillleigh7378 3 місяці тому +50

    It breaks my heart to hear how our loyal posties are being treated by these thugs.

    • @stevenclarke5606
      @stevenclarke5606 29 днів тому +1

      What happens when you try to deliver a parcel and you are waiting for the resident to come to the door?
      The Postal worker needs to not bother trying to deliver anything that won’t fit through a letter box, and Just return it to the sorting office.

  • @timothyjones4696
    @timothyjones4696 4 місяці тому +82

    Darren Jones what a guy! If only all MP's took their position as professionally as he does!

    • @anne-mariemarshall
      @anne-mariemarshall 28 днів тому

      Expect the Tories to try to smear him sometimes soon. They can't handle an honest, forthright MP because he's (in this case) everything that they are not. To be candid the Tories are in the same boat as this contemptible, dishonest, slimy Royal Mail creature 😮😮😮

  • @RidvanHarlicaj
    @RidvanHarlicaj Рік тому +185

    I work for Royal Mail and seeing Simon Thompson being humiliated was very enjoyable.

  • @jamesmccarthy3029
    @jamesmccarthy3029 Рік тому +473

    We need more people like Darren jones.

    • @brimkathstampex2306
      @brimkathstampex2306 Рік тому +10

      Too true.

    • @christopherjohnson8896
      @christopherjohnson8896 Рік тому +8

      I want to see Darren Jones chair the Partygate hearings.

    • @bobbythompson3544
      @bobbythompson3544 10 місяців тому +4

      Labour for me having watched this!

    • @Anhorish
      @Anhorish 4 місяці тому +1

      Except on war crimes. If he showed any decency on Gaza i would want him as. prime Minister.

  • @johned2769
    @johned2769 3 місяці тому +66

    Worst thing that happened. Privatisation of post office and rail.

    • @tonychorley4936
      @tonychorley4936 2 місяці тому +9

      Along with water and power.

    • @stevejohns8753
      @stevejohns8753 2 місяці тому +11

      Same as gas electricity and water... And many more profits before people

    • @johnbeagley8162
      @johnbeagley8162 2 місяці тому +2

      Post Office was never Privatised
      Royal Mail was on the cheap

    • @rossridings4282
      @rossridings4282 Місяць тому +1

      Thank labour. For the working man apparently

    • @boogiewoogie9770
      @boogiewoogie9770 Місяць тому

      This is Royal Mail. Post Office is a completely separate business.

  • @stephenmurphy1111
    @stephenmurphy1111 3 місяці тому +137

    one of the best and most direct enquiries i have ever seen. No bull or bluster tolerated here. Darren Jones performed a masterclass and deftly scorched most of the management with his abundantly clear and concise language

    • @tanstoptips1376
      @tanstoptips1376 3 місяці тому +8

      His put downs are deliciously polite and cutting.

  • @mindyourownbusiness5589
    @mindyourownbusiness5589 8 місяців тому +120

    What a brilliant MP, I worked for Royal Mail as a postman for 26 years and all the BS coming out of those senior bosses sounds so familiar. The pressures on postal workers is horrendous and there has been a bullying culture from office managers for a very long time.

  • @TrevLFC
    @TrevLFC Рік тому +490

    He’s superb. Cuts through waffling answers. He’s exactly what we members of the public want from MP’s holding other MP’s or people in power to account.

    • @justno808
      @justno808 Рік тому

      But still a feckless Neo-Conservative. He's a Starmerite and a Blair sympathiser. Stop voting for these Lobbyist Ran Clowns.

    • @nickfletton3976
      @nickfletton3976 Рік тому +19

      After this mans performance I will vote labour from now on.

    • @LWQ15881
      @LWQ15881 Рік тому

      But people voted for someone who was directly lying to everyone¿

    • @Wally-jo8mf
      @Wally-jo8mf 3 місяці тому +1

      Don’t be so blinkered and lazy. Do you your due diligence and vote for the candidates that represent you.

    • @anne-mariemarshall
      @anne-mariemarshall 28 днів тому

      ​​​@@Wally-jo8mf as Nick said
      😂😂😂

  • @tanialake6994
    @tanialake6994 3 місяці тому +45

    God they’re squirming. I’ve had many letters come through the post for our residents, three days after their appointments we’re actually due. They then get penalised for not turning up for the appointment. It absolutely happens. Postmasters committed suicide over this. These people are disgusting.

  • @veritasaequitas9875
    @veritasaequitas9875 3 місяці тому +45

    I find this quite alarming actually. I stopped my postie on Christmas Eve to give him his £10 Christmas money
    as is customary and as many RM customers do I'm sure. We spoke for about 3 minutes. Wished him and his family well for the Christmas season.
    I hate the idea that he would get into trouble for simply being courteous to a customer.

  • @agaricrider
    @agaricrider Рік тому +173

    Simon Thomson £450,000 salary £140,000 bonus, sits there smirking and refusing to answer questions because he know there will be no consequences. No wonder the country is sliding down the shitter.

    • @partariothe5th
      @partariothe5th Рік тому +21

      Is that bonus based on the number of lies they get away with?

    • @danielcrafter9349
      @danielcrafter9349 Рік тому +8

      ​@@partariothe5th- yeah, £1 per lie per annum 😅😅

    • @karlmylnere5712
      @karlmylnere5712 8 місяців тому +7

      @agaricrider quite right , I thought these people were required to answer clearly and without deviating from the truth , this smirking individual should be a snake oil salesman , slippery and totally unapologetic, they should be as in a court of law , obliged to answer questions truthfully or face the consequences. This noxious individual trotted off laughing at the committee, hopefully he has now departed Royal Mail but if that is the case I should imagine he has been replaced with a creature of the same stamp.

    • @gbear1005
      @gbear1005 3 місяці тому +1

      Yellow dot.. dwell time. In other words, they are actually delivering the mail at those times.

    • @allsearpw3829
      @allsearpw3829 2 місяці тому +2

      JUST LIKE THE POST MASTERS SCANDLE ?🤔

  • @CimonSowel1
    @CimonSowel1 Рік тому +432

    A man that knows how to hold criminals accountable.

    • @justno808
      @justno808 Рік тому

      Except he's a Blair fan... You know, the War Criminal. 🤦‍♂️
      Stop assisting with two party Neo-Conservative politics and open your eyes. They're serving their lobbyists, just like the conservatives.

    • @CimonSowel1
      @CimonSowel1 Рік тому

      @@justno808 blah blah blah

    • @justno808
      @justno808 Рік тому +3

      @@CimonSowel1 Ah, the response of the highly educated. 🤦‍♂️

    • @CimonSowel1
      @CimonSowel1 Рік тому

      @@justno808 put a sock in it you muppet

    • @danielcrafter9349
      @danielcrafter9349 Рік тому +1

      ​@@justno808- certainly in when you have nothing but nonsense to add, champ

  • @mauricelittlewood7369
    @mauricelittlewood7369 3 місяці тому +27

    Absolutely brilliant questioning by Darren Jones: great candidate for PM!

    • @ericmorris7838
      @ericmorris7838 2 місяці тому +1

      I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.
      I haven't seen better in a very long time. If ever....

  • @user-jr7cx9zm1e
    @user-jr7cx9zm1e 3 місяці тому +13

    I love the way this young guy treats all these high-flying businessmen like naughty schoolkids.

  • @Nick-xc4fy
    @Nick-xc4fy Рік тому +204

    We must protect this MP at all costs.

    • @NC2871926
      @NC2871926 3 місяці тому +2

      Don't talk wet. If he did something you disagreed with you'd be baying for blood 😂

    • @deadadam666
      @deadadam666 3 місяці тому

      @@NC2871926 yes , thats how opinions work ...... while he is doing so well we need to encourage that and there is nothing wet about it

  • @RifeSpeculation
    @RifeSpeculation Рік тому +421

    I've got nothing but respect and admiration for Darren Jones and how he takes absolutely no prisoners and holds everyone to account. He has a bright future!

    • @laverdajota8089
      @laverdajota8089 10 місяців тому +6

      Hopefully one day he will be at the top, negotiating for the uk , can you imagine this guy dealing with Brexit , no fluffing, just blunt and to the point .

    • @lukmaes6290
      @lukmaes6290 9 місяців тому +1

      Indeed, he may become politician in my country as well

    • @daiu48
      @daiu48 3 місяці тому

      Agreed!
      The transformative power of the spoken word . In the right hands this MP showed what can be done to unmask the truth.
      Many unanswered questions remain - before and after the privatisation in 2013 . Not least the unofficial relationship between the CWU and management regarding discrimination and victimisation of posties and the failure of any representation of the sub post masters/ mistresses to prevent this destruction .

  • @SANDVlCH
    @SANDVlCH 3 місяці тому +186

    This wasn’t a committee, this was a public trial. Taking testimony, entering evidence into the record, cross examining statements against them and tearing their credibility to shreds. Fantastic work!

    • @dugandav1
      @dugandav1 3 місяці тому

      If the Government doesn’t take action against these Narcissistic Barstard’s then I sincerely hope Karma comes after them. It’s not about performance management, it’s about there holier then thou attitude towards their workers. It’s shameful.

    • @AndyTubeLube
      @AndyTubeLube 3 місяці тому +1

      Oh please, the MP is a moron who wants slower working postmen alongside faster deliveries!

    • @geoffreycodnett6570
      @geoffreycodnett6570 3 місяці тому

      This is exactly how all committees work. Unfortunately there's a general public impression MPs simply talk shop and are a waste of time.

    • @Simon-hb9rf
      @Simon-hb9rf 3 місяці тому +3

      @@geoffreycodnett6570 well thats how all committees are supposed to work lol many fail

  • @susansnow9191
    @susansnow9191 3 місяці тому +77

    It's great to see an MP making these people answer his questions 👏

  • @howlingwolf7280
    @howlingwolf7280 Рік тому +225

    The gurning faces coming from the Royal Mail bosses here is pricesless. They are so used to being able to bully and brow beat their subordinates, that when someone doesn't bow and scrape infront of them, it's a tremendous shock to their very being.

  • @carolynwestlake7670
    @carolynwestlake7670 4 місяці тому +240

    I’ve never heard of this MP but I’m going to follow him from now on. How refreshing to hear someone straightforward and no BS

    • @stevenoneill7166
      @stevenoneill7166 3 місяці тому +11

      @carolynwestlake7670 he should be the leader of his party

    • @nicholasr39
      @nicholasr39 3 місяці тому +5

      That's the issue with Labour and Conservatives you have really good MP's like this but they aren't put at the top and it seems all the rotten ones only lead. But seriously compare him with Diane Abbott

    • @nimeshdhokia6139
      @nimeshdhokia6139 3 місяці тому +3

      Agreed

    • @paulslann3755
      @paulslann3755 2 місяці тому +4

      clever articulate and to the point no nonsense .pleasure to listen .to !!!

  • @dereklyons1533
    @dereklyons1533 3 місяці тому +25

    Darren Jones should be leader of the Labour party

    • @SMGAPR8
      @SMGAPR8 8 днів тому

      Top of the Tree, agree😊

  • @user-cl7ub8ft6x
    @user-cl7ub8ft6x 3 місяці тому +53

    Absolute bullies tracking posties movements! How disgusting to tell a fifty six year old he is too slow compared to a twenty year old!
    These bosses get bonuses for treating their workers with contempt!
    Neither wonder that the Post Office bosses like Vennells and co drove their employees to suicide!
    Most of these wicked bosses should be in prison!
    Saying sorry when they have been caught out will not wash at all!

    • @johnlowe-tq6ey
      @johnlowe-tq6ey 3 місяці тому

      Modern business has gone back to the days of slavery....it's destroying the lives of staff and also treating customers with disrespect.

  • @KL12199
    @KL12199 Рік тому +224

    Darren Jones is formidable. I can see him joining the government after the next election. He is very valuable in the committee.

    • @joevenables3393
      @joevenables3393 Рік тому +14

      So can I, but I think it would be a shame to lose him from this committee work, even under a labour government. Perhaps it would be better for him to continue with this.

    • @justno808
      @justno808 Рік тому

      I would rather see a none Conservative and none Labour government since both are lazy, lobbyist focused, career Politicians who are in this career for self serving purposes.
      Want to be famous without any skill or being good looking? Go into politics.

    • @Bikerbuoy
      @Bikerbuoy Рік тому +4

      If only. But I'm afraid you're wrong. DJ will never be appointed to any government because he would show up the shameful lack of knowledge and experience of all his colleagues. Simply put, he's just TOO GOOD TO PROMOTE.

  • @waqas6452
    @waqas6452 10 місяців тому +66

    Holy crap! This MP wiped the floor with them 😮

  • @user-gz2jc1ez6y
    @user-gz2jc1ez6y 3 місяці тому +30

    How horrid to have so little faith in their workers. I feel they may be judging others by their standards.

  • @LG-1888
    @LG-1888 3 місяці тому +22

    This is what happens when you take publicly owned services and put them into private hands. Before privatisation royal mail had an excellent record for customer service and it was always a job for life should a worker choose. This is heartbreaking to see a long established , thriving public company being operated in this manner in private hands. Until these CEOs got their grubby hands on it and ruined the lives of so many due to a software system that had got these folks convicted of fraud and jailed. These were long standing employees with nothing else like this on their records. Fkn tragic that a proper investigation of the software could have sorted this out before people lives were destroyed. This should be the poster child of the dangers of privatisation.

    • @phreatomagmatic8016
      @phreatomagmatic8016 3 місяці тому +1

      Royal Mail started privatisation back in 2013. This scandal was going on for over a decade before privatisation.

    • @teresamcnorton7123
      @teresamcnorton7123 3 місяці тому

      Royal Mail and the post office are two separate companies

  • @obi-wan-cod-obi6692
    @obi-wan-cod-obi6692 Рік тому +51

    Darren Jones is a national treasure

  • @partariothe5th
    @partariothe5th Рік тому +92

    "We don't track our employees... But we do track them."

    • @yobdrzl
      @yobdrzl Рік тому +4

      Yeah it was very weird hearing them say that when they clearly do track them

    • @philwill0123
      @philwill0123 Рік тому +1

      💯.

  • @johnfradgley7368
    @johnfradgley7368 3 місяці тому +118

    I’ve never voted Labour as I don’t trust them at all, but Darren Jones is absolutely brilliant and is capable of restoring trust in the public sector.

    • @Ichioku
      @Ichioku 3 місяці тому +4

      I think some MPs do have smarts and integrity, but as they climb the greasy pole, they become functionaries of the system. In this case, Darren Jones says his political hero is Tony Blair, oh dear! I shall be watching this capable young man's career with interest.

    • @deadadam666
      @deadadam666 3 місяці тому +22

      you dont trust them ? how could they be less trustworthy that what we have

    • @norfolkngood8960
      @norfolkngood8960 3 місяці тому +8

      It's a political party made of individuals saying you don't trust Labour is like saying you don't trust a house brick it's pointless

    • @SteveLaw-UK
      @SteveLaw-UK 3 місяці тому +6

      What were you basing your opinion on when reality challenges it?

    • @TheHandsomeman
      @TheHandsomeman 3 місяці тому

      Agreed!

  • @stevechan9146
    @stevechan9146 3 місяці тому +18

    This guy is a legend, extremely prepared and eloquent

  • @brianwalmsley4145
    @brianwalmsley4145 Рік тому +44

    We don't track our workers but we know when they're standing still?! 🙄

    • @garymoore2535
      @garymoore2535 21 день тому +1

      The "PDA's REPORTS" are not like Sat Nav in your car, Managers cannot see a Dot on their computer screens moving down the street. The reports are "historic" meaning they only detail activity up to the moment the report was requested. However, the point is mute given Managers can request as many reports as they wish, effectively giving them close to "Real Time Reporting". In reality it is easier for the Manager to run a single report when the Postman completes his route and have the conversation in the Office the next morning if there are problems......The Royal Mail system can also highlight any "dwell times" above say 5 minutes across the Delivery Office (I.e. for Every Postman working that day). Big Brother is well and truly here folks .......surprisingly Royal Mail have not linked their PDA Reporting system to automatically pay overtime if the Postman works past his finishing time to complete the delivery. Postmen will still need to beg their line Manager who, if he remembers to, may authorise the excess time....... maybe ?

  • @swanchamp5136
    @swanchamp5136 Рік тому +156

    If only PMQs was more like this.

    • @evelbsstudio
      @evelbsstudio Рік тому

      Lol, the government is above the law so they would be no point, haven't seen any prosecutions over lives lost by not going to the table with the NHS.
      Life's lost due to government policies and noone gets jailed, how corrupt is that

    • @brianbell3836
      @brianbell3836 Рік тому

      PMQs is an entertainment to show the population how well they're served. Boris Johnson lied quite openly and couldn't be challenged because of the rules.

    • @paigonjohnstone3596
      @paigonjohnstone3596 Рік тому

      You’d need speaker of the house to make the government answer a question first!

  • @sir4350
    @sir4350 3 місяці тому +7

    Royal Mail bosses all three of these want sacking , if I answered like this in my job I would be sacked

  • @widows.son51
    @widows.son51 3 місяці тому +8

    Simon Thompson bonus £140k and a salary of £540k and still can’t answer the questions , give him a mail bag and let him deliver the post see how humble he’d become , doing a real job.

  • @Crashawsome
    @Crashawsome Рік тому +159

    16:40 He started answering the question, but when Jones called him on his pathetic answer, he then suddenly needed clarity on the question. These people are cowards. Shameful

    • @lauralishes1
      @lauralishes1 Рік тому +7

      I live in Scotland and I dont receive letters for around 2 weeks after they've been sent out. It absolutely is happening, they are lying. I used to get letter everyday or 3 times a week at the very least, now it's once a fortnight or even more. NHS appointment letters being received on the day of the appointment or when it's passed. My husband's cancer appointments and his chest x-ray appointment last week are all being missed because of this.

    • @brianbell3836
      @brianbell3836 Рік тому +1

      @@lauralishes1 These managers should be sacked and replaced.

    • @joecrabtree4142
      @joecrabtree4142 27 днів тому

      21:07 21:07 21:07

  • @Zakalwe76
    @Zakalwe76 Рік тому +134

    The CEO leaves the hall light on at night in case Darren Jones is waiting for him in the dark.

  • @malcolmjohnson9808
    @malcolmjohnson9808 3 місяці тому +14

    The post office needs to be disbanded after this.The whole country is appalled!!

  • @user-bu9nb8wr6e
    @user-bu9nb8wr6e Рік тому +310

    They need to be investigated and charged with perjury immediately. I'm sick to death of lying in politics, business and life. You only have to look at America to see where we are heading and its bloody dangerous. It should be a crime to lie if an MP or a media outlet.

    • @frothe42
      @frothe42 Рік тому +21

      I agree 100 %!

    • @lestrem11
      @lestrem11 Рік тому +1

      There wouldn’t be a politician left child, grow up.

    • @allip4226
      @allip4226 Рік тому +19

      @@lestrem11 No, what’s childish is name-calling and trying to excuse the inexcusable.

    • @lestrem11
      @lestrem11 Рік тому +2

      @@allip4226 They are just words child, calm down, take a tablet and have a lie down. There, there……

    • @BigGol
      @BigGol Рік тому +19

      ​@@lestrem11you sound a right mug

  • @barriereid9244
    @barriereid9244 Рік тому +207

    Royal Mail was sold for £1bn less than it was worth eight years ago. Money has been shared out to investors who took the shares at a cut price and have made fortunes hand over fist...whilst the postal workers have been treated like cattle.

    • @LimeyRedneck
      @LimeyRedneck Рік тому +46

      Sounds like every other industry that's been privatised! 🤬

    • @andys8483
      @andys8483 Рік тому

      That vile 🤬 💩 Vince Cable was responsible for that.

    • @ryank3321
      @ryank3321 Рік тому

      Anybody could have purchased those shares though, they were floated. They were sold in secrecy to specific elites, any man and his dog could have bought those cheap shares.

    • @richardstone5813
      @richardstone5813 Рік тому +16

      And us taxpayers will have to bail out their pension fund….another government success!

    • @andrewlancefield3730
      @andrewlancefield3730 Рік тому +2

      Actually not true it was sold for too much, the shares absolutely tanked

  • @mfirving
    @mfirving 4 місяці тому +138

    The arrogance and belligerent attitudes of RM executive staff from their presentation at is oversight committee is staggering.
    I can only imagine how awful it must be to be subservient to these awful bullying managers. Especially the hard working delivery and sorting room workers who genuinely seem frightened for their jobs, reputations and not least their mental health.

    • @denzel270
      @denzel270 3 місяці тому +6

      Sir Kier Stammer was head of Public Prosecutions at the time this occurred ....

    • @nigellee9824
      @nigellee9824 3 місяці тому +3

      I worked for Royal Mail, for four years, nobody in any industry likes bosses, but Royal Mail were the worst I’ve ever seen….nasty

    • @user-pv4pu7ku8i
      @user-pv4pu7ku8i 3 місяці тому +3

      I worked for Royal Mail for 11 years diligently and without trouble in a sorting office. My marriage broke down (my husband was a walking postman of fewer years in the job. Colleagues and managers made my life a living hell from that time onwards - pornography left on my desk, driving postie's tailgating me, identify theft.
      Eventually, they called me in after my written complaint, paid me off and asked me to resign - robbed me of my career, a full pension and still the bullying and harassment continued years after. That's the kind of people he was talking to.

    • @rogerbarrett9920
      @rogerbarrett9920 3 місяці тому +3

      This so smacks of American type management of workers. Tracking their every movement - whatever happened to Postman Pat and his black and white cat? - Your friendly postman who knew everyone - this type of management has crept into every part of our society. It's like Big Brother gone mad. Creeps like these that run our public services that have been privatised since Thatcher have ruined Britain.

    • @rogerbarrett9920
      @rogerbarrett9920 3 місяці тому

      ​@@denzel270 - Thatcher started this crap by outsourcing and privatising all our public services and utilities - the whole of Parliament is a disgrace - 650 MP's who are supposed to serve the people who elected them but most serve themselves - especially this bunch that are running the country now.

  • @user-gx2fw4hm8r
    @user-gx2fw4hm8r 3 місяці тому +5

    Never voted Labour before but this man has my full support and admiration

  • @goat8123
    @goat8123 Рік тому +220

    Unequivocally based Darren Jones. The man is a national treasure.

    • @Mightypi
      @Mightypi Рік тому

      Based and accountability pilled

  • @philexley1853
    @philexley1853 Рік тому +117

    I left RM 6 years ago. This was prevalent then. No industrial action, no pandemic to blame. RM simply doesn't have the resources to deliver the USO nor does it have the management to handle the situation. These guys sat in this committee and lied through their teeth.

  • @Do.not.judge.
    @Do.not.judge. 3 місяці тому +11

    Wow we like him 😊.
    I have never seen anyone like him devour a company. He is keeping to his schedule .

  • @russjohnston3307
    @russjohnston3307 3 місяці тому +10

    Love this chairman Darren Jones he has single handedly made these managers look like clowns, Royal mail who would want to work for them.

  • @Simon-xc6iy
    @Simon-xc6iy Рік тому +30

    This man is brutal!
    This man is true!
    This man is needed.

  • @danbogard
    @danbogard Рік тому +23

    So much respect for Darren. The Royal Mail CEO is a complete snake

  • @user-uu1xh9oh5u
    @user-uu1xh9oh5u 3 місяці тому +5

    The look of arrogance on this man in the middle shows what these people are

  • @Joseph-wo3tr
    @Joseph-wo3tr 3 місяці тому +4

    This dude is brilliant.... he should lead every inquiry

  • @sophiesim8608
    @sophiesim8608 Рік тому +121

    Absolutely brilliant. Darren jones holding rich CEOs accountable. He’s got the peoples support big time!

  • @deanrichards1219
    @deanrichards1219 Рік тому +289

    When Simon mentions being "out and about" talking with his "team/workers" he actually goes to individual offices after all the posties have left to go out on deliveries to avoid any confrontation, or hard questions.. and he's being escorted by a security team. What exactly does that say about his relationship with the workers?? 😂

    • @brimkathstampex2306
      @brimkathstampex2306 Рік тому

      Quite a lot - to put it mildly. What an utterly odious creepy individual he is. I wouldn't let him clean my toilet.

    • @brianbell3836
      @brianbell3836 Рік тому

      Typical management looking after each other. Bastards

    • @meatwagonx33
      @meatwagonx33 Рік тому

      He’s a complete tool.

    • @michaelcoward1902
      @michaelcoward1902 Рік тому +11

      It tells me that he knows full well he deserves a good hiding.

    • @robhayes6121
      @robhayes6121 Рік тому +1

      Then he will make money, out of the innocent workers.

  • @christinecripps2221
    @christinecripps2221 3 місяці тому +6

    Absolute disgrace what these Postal Workers have gone through

  • @mikesalmon434
    @mikesalmon434 Рік тому +36

    The look of utter contempt and indifference on Thompson’s face, directed at the chair, says it all.

  • @jackcole3146
    @jackcole3146 8 місяців тому +41

    Every time I totally lose my faith in human nature watching Darren Jones brings back some hope.

  • @louiseanderson1505
    @louiseanderson1505 3 місяці тому +4

    Snakes, absolute snakes. The lies just roll off their tongues.

  • @lowesonia8551
    @lowesonia8551 3 місяці тому +2

    This is Like a Comedy series! The Guilty look so Damned Guilty. The MP posing the question is brilliant. An Honest Politician. How refreshing.

  • @xxPenjoxx
    @xxPenjoxx Рік тому +45

    That 56 year old has probably been a postie for 20 odd years. Have they forgotten all the years this person was going fast, all forgotten now that they are older?! Absolute joke of a company. This lot should go to jail for perjury.

    • @brianbell3836
      @brianbell3836 Рік тому +8

      I work in the NHS and after 45 years of service, I now get chased because I'm too slow. That's the thanks you get.

  • @robinmcara8456
    @robinmcara8456 Рік тому +162

    If Industrail Action is the problem then pay people fairly. Hate these liars.

    • @partariothe5th
      @partariothe5th Рік тому +17

      It's not just the pay though, it's employees being scared of losing their jobs for bringing up these issues as mentioned at the end. As is what always happens when a state run utility is privatised, it becomes profit first, everything else, they just bs around.

    • @Dansince91
      @Dansince91 Рік тому +8

      It’s a lot more then a pay issue.

    • @helphelpimbeingrepressed9347
      @helphelpimbeingrepressed9347 Рік тому +18

      @@partariothe5th We need to renationalise essential services: water, power, rail, education, NHS

    • @partariothe5th
      @partariothe5th Рік тому +8

      @@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347 Yes we do! They should NEVER have been privatised in the first place!

    • @localreviewking134
      @localreviewking134 Рік тому +2

      there was no real reason to start this or then to make more money. that`s the long and the short of it, money to the shareholders

  • @angieflynn5354
    @angieflynn5354 3 місяці тому +3

    Darren Jones MP well done you new exactly what to say to these liars you caught them out bang to rights

  • @rickyman2307
    @rickyman2307 3 місяці тому +3

    Excellent Darren I would vote Labour because of you Sir

  • @tullinadaly
    @tullinadaly Рік тому +99

    Darren Jones is a breath of fresh air. Concise questioning and a sense of decency. This is not his first time filleting useful idots

  • @seandonaghy2473
    @seandonaghy2473 Рік тому +61

    If Darren Jones had been PM since 2019, Boris Johnson would NEVER have attended PMQs. Had he done so, he would not have escaped from the chamber in one piece with his skin still intact. This man Jones is a breath of air and an example of what an MP should be doing to earn his salary.

    • @redf7209
      @redf7209 3 місяці тому +1

      As an MP he has time to prep for this and ask the right questions. As PM he just wouldn't be able to do this. It would just be great if we had PM's and cabinet ministers that were not in awe of private sector scumbags who wine and dine them

  • @annied9864
    @annied9864 27 днів тому +2

    Balance work load.
    They still believe the public are illiterate

  • @bluestarfishmurphy6372
    @bluestarfishmurphy6372 3 місяці тому +3

    Thomson is a liar, prosecute HIM

  • @BarryAllenMagic
    @BarryAllenMagic Рік тому +63

    Starmer and the Labour Party need to get this guy in the public spotlight - NOW! Darren Jones is the hardest-hitting yet most articulate politician that I have seen for many, many years.

    • @alexritchie4586
      @alexritchie4586 Рік тому +2

      I'm not sure Herr Starmer would appreciate an actual left wing MP messing up his 'business friendly' image.

    • @thomasmoore1499
      @thomasmoore1499 Рік тому +3

      @@alexritchie4586 You are barking up the wrong tree, he's not a left wing MP.

    • @user-nx6ji9tk8i
      @user-nx6ji9tk8i Рік тому +3

      @Barry Allen - Darren Jones is frequently heard on Radio as a spokesperson. His comments always worth paying attention to. And very active in his constituency. Absolutely excellent. His legal training shows every time with that laser analysis.

    • @josephinedewar4469
      @josephinedewar4469 3 місяці тому

      ​@@user-nx6ji9tk8iWhere is his constituency please?

  • @justinquinn5780
    @justinquinn5780 Рік тому +85

    Put the post office back in public hands ,before this lot ruin it all together

    • @tangomike15
      @tangomike15 Рік тому +11

      Royal Mail and the Post Office are separate entities, but I agree...they should both be in public hands.

    • @mehere6865
      @mehere6865 Рік тому +4

      only the royal mail could make a loss out of a monopoly, this is why so many new delivery firms emerged, to cash in on the breathtaking incompetence

    • @msms7434
      @msms7434 Рік тому +6

      Shhh Kier will hear you. Privatisation is good, workers are bad. Do not argue and do not strike. You're lucky to eat better than gruel every evening. Be thankful

    • @ryiin
      @ryiin Рік тому +1

      Yes sir!

    • @touringmoose
      @touringmoose Рік тому +3

      @@mehere6865 Royal Mail lost the letters monopoly 18 years ago. Strangely, not one company has decided to take on the actual delivery of letters.

  • @MrNpenfold
    @MrNpenfold 3 місяці тому +3

    Respect to the politician, a man with integrity

  • @harrietkinloch7451
    @harrietkinloch7451 3 місяці тому +4

    These post office people are just simply bullies! How can they dignify what they're up to?

  • @miked5814
    @miked5814 8 місяців тому +37

    Coming back to watch this one again. I'm still amazed by the magnitude of lies. Even knowing that everyone there and everyone watching knows they're lying and still lie. I'm actually not surprised but I am amazed by how easy it is for them.

  • @mefford67
    @mefford67 Рік тому +59

    *Accountability and transparency?*
    *THIS is the kind of representation everyone should receive.* 👏👏

  • @elainechippendale3487
    @elainechippendale3487 3 місяці тому +2

    Wow!!! A man who doesn’t bullish…! Knows what he’s talking about and states facts… amazing Mr.Jones

  • @suzannewilliams3673
    @suzannewilliams3673 3 місяці тому +2

    Omg how dare these people being aloud to behave like this ! Its just unbelievable, if this man doesn't understand the question being asked he obviously isnt competent to be in the job !

  • @steaks652
    @steaks652 Рік тому +20

    He will destroy the postal service and sail off into the night with millions in his pocket, trust me.

  • @Chris-pv2ht
    @Chris-pv2ht Рік тому +59

    This guy is brilliant, he really gets through all the bull

  • @MarkAHowell
    @MarkAHowell 2 місяці тому +2

    "fair and balanced workload" is NOT WHAT WE SEE on streets!!!! My postman IS OVERLOADED and UNDERPAID ! All under this Government!!

    • @kayjonesy1983
      @kayjonesy1983 22 дні тому

      It is fair and balanced…. They’re all overloaded and underpaid!!

  • @johnwoodruff3487
    @johnwoodruff3487 2 місяці тому +2

    Jail time.

  • @gerryspencer3274
    @gerryspencer3274 Рік тому +21

    Royal Mail treats its workforce with complete contempt, the highest number of bullying complaints in the Corporate world, time to clean out these maggots who are supposed to be in charge

  • @cliffhughes6010
    @cliffhughes6010 Рік тому +144

    I was a postman in the late 1960s and 1970s. The service to the public was excellent. You could pretty well guarantee a first class letter would be delivered anywhere in the country by breakfast time next morning. There were two collections and deliveries a day and there was even a delivery on Christmas morning.

    • @janetmalcolm6191
      @janetmalcolm6191 Рік тому +19

      When everything worked like clockwork and that was NORMAL....just a dream now...

    • @cliffhughes6010
      @cliffhughes6010 Рік тому +21

      @@janetmalcolm6191 And there was a lot more mail in those days - no emails.

    • @oxkosshqip3362
      @oxkosshqip3362 Рік тому +5

      @@cliffhughes6010 but there was a lot more workers then now, that's why the job was done.
      in a frame we had 6 people in processing offices, now u have only 2 postman/woman looking after letters,flats and packets, 1 on letters 1 on packets and that's it, while before we had 1 on letters 1 on flats and 4 on packets a total of 6 people in 1 road!!!

    • @cliffhughes6010
      @cliffhughes6010 Рік тому +8

      @@oxkosshqip3362 Yes, I know. I'm not criticising the workers. It's the fault of the management.

    • @bronagh1579
      @bronagh1579 4 місяці тому +4

      ​@oxkosshqip3362 Yes, but we just don't have the money to pay for 6 worker's and so 2 can do the job of 6 if they stop being so lazy. We need the money for bonuses and to buy trackers to track the lazy posties...what more can we do?

  • @bikeboats6616
    @bikeboats6616 3 місяці тому +6

    Its a shame they didn't deal with this when it all started under their Government 1997-2010, no party is without blame.

  • @stevejohns8753
    @stevejohns8753 3 місяці тому +3

    They will still pat each other on the backs when it comes to their end of year bonuses.

  • @glynnscawthorn5744
    @glynnscawthorn5744 Рік тому +78

    Gotta love Darren Jones. Ruthless with his delivery of the facts and doesn't give an inch for deviation from hearing the answer to his questions

  • @timetravellingtoad
    @timetravellingtoad Рік тому +167

    Darren is truly amazing. Such a shame that there are so few others like him. I would even go as far to say that most of our current MPs should also be squirming under his scrutiny for their callousness, corruption and incompetence.

    • @justno808
      @justno808 Рік тому

      Why? They know full well his pockets are full of Lobbyist money, or self serving politics money. All these career Politicians are corrupt individuals who want their 15 minutes and are willing to kill their own Grandmother for it.

    • @timetravellingtoad
      @timetravellingtoad Рік тому +9

      @@justno808 In order to survive the snake pit, you sometimes need to act like a snake. That is unfortunately the consequence of surviving in modern British politics. However, Darren's level of professionalism and diligence was clearly evident in this hearing, and that signals to me that he's not a snake.

    • @DAN420.
      @DAN420. 4 місяці тому +1

      There are lots and lots of people like him. If you actually worked in the same sector, you would not post such gibberish. Darren used to be a lawyer but you would not know that, because you had no idea who he was till this vid, now you are some form of expert on him every Labour MP in the UK because you watched a Select Committee hearing.

    • @DAN420.
      @DAN420. 4 місяці тому

      @@timetravellingtoadYou have no concept of modern British politics outside of You Tube vids and what you see in the news. So deluded.
      You had no idea who Darren was till you watched this vid.

    • @timetravellingtoad
      @timetravellingtoad 4 місяці тому

      ​@@DAN420. Calm down and touch grass or something. If you work in the same sector, then whatever you say will be taken with a pinch of salt. UK politics is in the gutter and is literally brimming with elitists, cronies, empty suits and lawyers. Since I made that comment, I've noticed how Jones has been gradually micromanaged into being a propagandist minion of Starmer.

  • @tonyp011
    @tonyp011 3 місяці тому +2

    Mr Darren jones MP at long last someone asked the question about parcels over letters brought up, our postman has actually admitted to us that Parcels are being prioritised over letters as the road I live on hardly sees a letter delivery, and when letters are being delivered our postman doesn’t have many letters and only goes to around 3-4 houses, we’ve been getting letters posted weeks ago only just arriving

  • @TheAegisClaw
    @TheAegisClaw Рік тому +48

    Calling it now, 2 or 3 parliaments on, Darren Jones is going to be PM.

    • @elmerruddock6546
      @elmerruddock6546 Рік тому +6

      He's far too principled and intelligent to get anywhere near running the country

    • @mani-rc2tv
      @mani-rc2tv Рік тому

      Definitely Labour’s next PM but not leader. They probably go for a woman

  • @marimota5083
    @marimota5083 Рік тому +25

    We need more people like this MP, for a change putting accountability where it lays

  • @carolynandcocohaywood2638
    @carolynandcocohaywood2638 3 місяці тому +3

    Considering all the lies that the bosses, executives etc of the Post Office in the past and present there is only one way to stop this. That all these people should be sacked immediately and replaced.

  • @youngsandy47
    @youngsandy47 3 місяці тому +2

    Slippery as an eel and more twisted than a corkscrew.

  • @r8chlletters
    @r8chlletters Рік тому +119

    The answer is very simple and twofold. Firstly, return royal mail to a public utility. Second all postal workers get a fair and reasonable share of materials and are paid to deliver it regardless of time. This means mail is delivered quickly if they want a shorter day! Mail is an essential service and must be owned by the public as obviously demonstrated by these greedy jokers you’ve allowed to be in charge of something as paramount as the postal service.

    • @johnlocke6506
      @johnlocke6506 Рік тому

      What percentage of your post is junk? There will come a time when virtually nothing is posted and the Royal Mail will cease to exist.

    • @farhadchaudhry
      @farhadchaudhry Рік тому +13

      Threefold: haul Vince Cable and George Osborne and Danny Alexander before parliament and demand how the hell they allowed it to be sold in the first place.

    • @enforcer9381
      @enforcer9381 Рік тому +3

      @@farhadchaudhry And Cameron!

    • @brianbell3836
      @brianbell3836 Рік тому +1

      @@farhadchaudhry (Sold cheap)

    • @dawnslingsby2324
      @dawnslingsby2324 Рік тому

      Does anybody even notice when they are on strike!!

  • @bikerblinglimited8882
    @bikerblinglimited8882 Рік тому +21

    This is the sort of leader I would like to see in government. Holding people to their actions & seems to actually care. Taking no BS. I really like this guy. He would get my vote

  • @gennarocapasso2354
    @gennarocapasso2354 3 місяці тому +5

    i m not a labour voter but Christ this guy is GREAT !!! What a man - takes no crap from nobody .... i wish our ruling class was made of a lot of people like him

  • @deirdregahansuttle5698
    @deirdregahansuttle5698 18 днів тому +1

    Fantastic questioning. He should be a prosocutor

  • @-silkman-3573
    @-silkman-3573 3 місяці тому +1

    looking forward to seeing these clowns in court!

  • @Mightypi
    @Mightypi Рік тому +27

    cant wait for him to get called back again.

  • @clarepeart636
    @clarepeart636 Рік тому +28

    Darren Jones - awesome! We need more like him