but the general secretary of the rmt union, mick lynch, told the transport select committee the processigned to ensure the plans are implemented despite strong opposition. we think the whole thing has been a sham designed to be rammed through while people were looking the other way. and it all goes back to the secretary of state. the secretary of state initiated these changes through the contracts he has with the talks. he directs everything they do these days, every letter that's sent, he gets access to. and, of course, if the watchdogs object on the limited basis, they're allowed to, the decision will end up with him as well. so it's a controlled show. the whole thing is designed so that they can force this through in a way that they want. meanwhile, the rail minister, huw merriman, has defended the proposals during a debate at westminster hall. together with the rail industry, we do want to improve and modernise the experience for passengers by moving staff out from behind the ticket office screens to provide more help and advice in customer—focused roles. there has, as honourable me

okay mick lynch, good to see you, as always. >> thanks very much indeed .d be very this morning. do very welcome this morning. do you have with the you still have sympathy with the strikers or do you just want things to get back to normal? >> well, do you shrug your shoulders as you were shoulders just as you were saying work saying and say, well, i'll work from something ? from home today or something? >> know. >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> look, got to look. >> but look, you've got to look. it it well . it does, it puts it very well. it does, you and you've got to have you know, and you've got to have sympathy with those people who say, going say, well, you know, we're going to jobs or we haven't to lose our jobs or we haven't had a pay rise. and it looks like, you know, if everyone else gets rise, going to be gets a pay rise, i'm going to be fired. know , it's this whole fired. you know, it's this whole total deadlock situation. >> there's got to be what i think is unforgivable is, i don't know who's to blame for it. >> but the idea i mean, you ha

mick the grinch. lynch the it's like home lynch the return.re watching and listening to gb news saturday with martin lots with me. martin daubney. lots more today's show. more coming up on today's show. but first, let's take a look at the weather jonathan. the weather with jonathan. >> are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautour here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office . despite some cloud met office. despite some cloud around this morning, many of us have seen some sunny intervals into afternoon it will into this afternoon and it will be a fairly fine end to the day as well the tending to as well. the cloud tending to melt into this evening, melt away into this evening, providing those clear intervals , though the mist and fog will be overnight, be returning overnight, particularly for particularly extensive for central areas of central eastern areas of england. we can't rule out england.

overall, sean fain overall a mick lynch of america, is keeping the automakers on their toes. kriti: just when we thought the teamsters union negotiations [indiscernible] sean fain throwing that out with the bathwater. you talk about biden's role in the picket line. let's talk about his role in shutdown negotiations. how bad could it get come october 1, 12:01 a.m. new york time? >> is possible you see a red headline. it's convenient timing for me in singapore, it's right at noon. but yeah, it will be an absolute midnight moment in the united states if that happens. these shutdowns get worse the longer that they go on. you have a whole bunch of people who are required to show up to work to keep the essential functions of government going. and they don't get paid. that creates a big trigger point for political pressure that builds and builds and builds. no one wants to see military members having to go to work, keeping the country safe, and then have them not get paychecks and he worried about their mortgage and things of that nature. at the same juncture, kevin mccarthy right n

the general secretary of the rmt, mick lynch, told gb news a fresh proposal is key to resolving the dispute. resolving the dispute. >> we go into those talks with an attitude and a disposition to try and get an agreement, but there are some serious issues as most people know now, we don't want to be on strike. we'd rather much, much rather be earning a living and running the service for the people who need to use it. so hopefully if we can get a different mindset next week, we can get some progress . week, we can get some progress. >> now, the home secretary has been told not to use policing as a political football. the police federation of england and wales says the government's constantly moving the goalposts , asking moving the goalposts, asking officers to be more involved , officers to be more involved, then wanting them to act like robots . it's after suella robots. it's after suella braverman commissioned a review into activism and impartial reality in the force. she says it can damage public confidence and officers should focus on tackling crime and the bricks from a famous wonky pu

the general secretary of the rmt, mick lynch, told gb news a fresh proposal is key to resolving the dispute. resolving the dispute. >> we go into those talks with an attitude and a disposition to try and get an agreement, but there are some serious issues as most people know now, we don't want to be on strike. we'd rather much, much rather be earning a living and running the service for the people who need to use it. so hopefully if we can get a different mindset next week, we can get some progress . week, we can get some progress. >> now, the home secretary has been told not to use policing as a political football. the police federation of england and wales says the government's constantly moving the goalposts , asking moving the goalposts, asking officers to be more involved , officers to be more involved, then wanting them to act like robots . it's after suella robots. it's after suella braverman commissioned a review into activism and impartial reality in the force. she says it can damage public confidence and officers should focus on tackling crime and the bricks from a famous wonky pu

rmt general secretary mick lynch told gb news a fresh proposal is the key to resolving the dispute. we go into those talks with an attitude and a disposition to try and get an agreement, but there are some serious issues. >> as most people know now. we don't want to be on strike. we'd rather much, much rather be earning a living and running the service for the people who need to use it. so hopefully, if we can get a different mindset next week, we can get some progress . week, we can get some progress. >> the home secretary is being told not to use policing as a political football. the police federation of england and wales says the government's constantly moving the goalposts , asking moving the goalposts, asking officers to be more involved , officers to be more involved, then wanting them to act like robots . it comes after suella robots. it comes after suella braverman commissioned a review into activism and impartial parity in the force. she says it can damage public confidence and officers should focus on tackling crime in the united states. bodycam footage has been released o

rmt general secretary mick lynch told gb news he's hopeful for next week's negotiations.d a disposition to try and get an agreement, but there are some serious issues. >> as most people know now, we don't want to be on strike. we rather much. i'd much rather be earning a living running the earning a living and running the service people need service for the people who need to it . so hopefully if we to use it. so hopefully if we can get a different mindset next week, we can get some progress. >> the home secretary is being told not to use policing as a political football. the police federation of england and wales says the government is constantly goalposts constantly moving the goalposts and asking officers to be more involved and wanting them to act like robots . it's after suella like robots. it's after suella braverman commissioned a review into activism and impartiality into activism and impartiality in the force . she says it can in the force. she says it can damage public confidence and officers should focus on tackling crime. former sergeant harry tonge told gb ne

rmt general secretary mick lynch told gb news a fresh proposal is the key to resolving the dispute.we go into those talks with an attitude and a disposition to try and get an agreement, but there are some serious issues. >> as most people know now. we don't want to be on strike. we'd rather much, much rather be earning a living and running the service for the people who need to use it. so hopefully, if we can get a different mindset next week, we can get some progress . week, we can get some progress. >> the home secretary is being told not to use policing as a political football. the police federation of england and wales says the government's constantly moving the goalposts , asking moving the goalposts, asking officers to be more involved , officers to be more involved, then wanting them to act like robots . it comes after suella robots. it comes after suella braverman commissioned a review into activism and impartial parity in the force. she says it can damage public confidence and officers should focus on tackling crime in the united states. bodycam footage has been released of

rmt general secretary mick lynch told gb news a fresh proposal is key to resolving the dispute . keyo resolving the dispute. >> we go into those talks with an attitude and a disposition to try and get an agreement, but there are some serious issues as most people know now, we don't want to be on strike. we'd rather much, much rather be earning a living and run running the service for the people who need to so hopefully if need to use it. so hopefully if we can get a different mind mindset next week, we can get some progress. policing should not be used as a political football. >> a warning for the home secretary after she accused officers of partisan ship on controversial issues . the police controversial issues. the police federation of england and wales says the government want officers to be more involved while simultaneously acting like robots . suella braverman has robots. suella braverman has commissioned a review into activism and impartiality in the force, which labour says demonstrates her political obsession with the issue. the lib dems have accused her of using the police

rmt general secretary mick lynch told us he's hopeful for next week's negotiations . negotiations. >>o into those talks with an attitude and a disposition to try and get an agreement, but there are some serious issues as most people know now. we don't want to be on strike. we rather much, much rather be earning a living and running the service for the people who need to use it. so hopefully, if we can get a different mindset next week, we can get some progress . we can get some progress. >> tributes are being paid to former harrods owner mohamed al—fayed, who has died at the age of 94. the family of the egyptian born businessman who also owned fulham fc for 16 years, says he passed away peacefully of old age. fulham, tweeted , saying, we owe mohamed tweeted, saying, we owe mohamed a debt of gratitude and former pr for mr al—fayed, michael cole told us why he was so special, mean, highly controversial , mean, highly controversial, awful, of course. >> but those people who actually knew him, who worked for him, who were his customers, who were the fans his football club the fans of his

a general secretary of the rmt, mick lynch, says he's hopeful for next week's negotiations . next week's negotiations. >> as we go into those talks with an attitude and a disposition to try and get an agreement. but there are some serious issues, as most people know now. we don't want to be on strike. we'd rather much, much rather be earning living and rather be earning a living and running the service for the people who need to use it. so hopefully if we can get a different mindset mindset next week, we can get some progress . week, we can get some progress. >> and policing shouldn't be used as a political football. that's a warning for the home secretary after she accused officers partisanship on officers of partisanship on controversial issues. the police federation of england and wales says the government keeps changing the goalposts. they want officers to be more involved simultaneously involved while simultaneously acting like robots. suella braverman's commissioned a review into activism and impartiality in the force , which impartiality in the force, which labour says demonstrate

rmt general secretary mick lynch told gb news he's hopeful for next week's negotiations. we go into those talks with an attitude and a disposition to try and get an agreement, but there are some serious issues as most people know now. >> we don't want to be on strike. we'd rather much, much rather be earning a living and running the service for the people who need to use it. so hopefully, if we can get a different mindset next week, we can get some progress . can get some progress. >> policing shouldn't be used as a political football. a warning for the home secretary after she accused officers of partisanship on controversial issues. the police federation of england and wales says the government keeps changing the goalposts , wanting changing the goalposts, wanting officers to be more involved while simultaneously acting like robots . suella braverman has robots. suella braverman has commissioned a review into activism and impartiality in the force. labour says that demonstrate it's her political obsession with the issue , and obsession with the issue, and the lib dems h

says joe mick lynch for prime minister? well, i don't know.thoughts coming in on that one, but i want to talk to you about the high streets. we've been familiar with this story for a bit now. we're talking about wilko. will it survive? it survive and all survive? were it survive and all the rest of it? well, some of the rest of it? well, some of the stores have the first wilko stores have closed for good closed their doors for good forever. of tonight's 400, forever. as of tonight's 400, stores will be shut down by the end of october. and sadly, it looks like around 12,000 people could potentially lose their jobs. could potentially lose their jobs . lots of people have been jobs. lots of people have been getting involved on this. the chair of john lewis as well. in fact, actually , i'll come to fact, actually, i'll come to you. i'll start with you on this one, jacqueline. the chair of john lewis has calling not john lewis has been calling not for a royal charter. that was i don't know why i'm calling it a royal charter. i think it needs to go

. >> mick lynch, he will not put it to the to the railway workers to whether they will accept the offer is more strikes and it's just purely political. now, i will be very blunt. >> neil parish announces to rees—mogg and simon danczuk loved your company tonight on friday, we will commemorate a year since the sad death of the queen plus top chef antony worrall thompson is with us, true crime writer wensley clarkson headliners is next. and let me tell you, dan wootton is back tomorrow at nine. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. good evening. i'm jonathan vautrey. who is your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. hope you enjoyed your weekend. it is ending on a fairly fine note for many of us. a lot of clear intervals through the evening and overnight away from the far north scotland is going north of scotland that is going to breezier and to remain a bit breezier and cloudier . some mist and fog cloudier. some mist and fog patches underneath patches will form underneath those clear skies, p

. >> mick lynch, he will not put it to the to the railway workers to whether they will accept the offer. and all we get is more strikes and it's just purely political. now, i will be very blunt. >> neil parish announces to rees—mogg and simon danczuk loved your company tonight on friday, we will commemorate a year since the sad death of the queen plus top chef antony worrall thompson is with us, true crime writer wensley clarkson headliners is next. and let me tell you, dan wootton is back tomorrow at nine. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. good evening. i'm jonathan vautrey. who is your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. hope you enjoyed your weekend. it is ending on a fairly fine note for many of us. a lot of clear intervals through the evening and overnight away from the far north scotland is going north of scotland that is going to breezier and to remain a bit breezier and cloudier . some mist and fog cloudier. some mist and fog patches underneath patches will form underneath thos

well, mick, the grinch lynch stole last christmas.the best thing will be having the same conversation this christmas as you're watching or listening to gb news saturday me. martin daubney saturday with me. martin daubney loads on the show loads more coming up on the show yet today, first, let's take yet today, but first, let's take let's a look at the weather let's take a look at the weather with marco. >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll mixed bag of weather we'll see a mixed bag of weather across the uk over the next few days. >> and weather at >> some wet and windy weather at times, equally some warm times, but equally some warm spells sunshine, too. we've spells of sunshine, too. we've got pressure moving in from got low pressure moving in from the southwest at the moment. that's the current band that's bringing the current band of weather into of wet and windy weather into the north and of uk and the north and west of the uk and certainly head through certainly as we head thro