Talk:Mick Lynch (trade unionist)

Piers Morgan, etc.
Not Piers Morgan's finest hour. But Lynch has become recently notable for his calm and robust reaction to ridiculously biased interviewers. I think there is coverage in mainstream media, e.g. here: "The bizarre two and half minute exchange eventually came to a head with Lynch having to tell Morgan to ask him questions about the important issues he was on the programme to discuss.", here and here and here. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:42, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Photo.
Can we add a photo or a snapshot from an interview? JohnDVandevert (talk) 14:36, 26 June 2022 (UTC)


 * We could if someone found a copyright-compliant one and uploaded it. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:45, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

PLace of birth
I'm guessing that Lynch's birth registration record at FreeBMD is this one, which gives the district as Paddington. But most sources say just that he "grew up" in Paddington. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:47, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Brexit
Shouldn't the article mention that he campaigned for Brexit in 2016? 81.136.26.23 (talk) 18:21, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Have added a sentence, as it seems to be still being discussed, many years later. 86.189.224.108 (talk) 07:53, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 November 2022
This page incorrectly shows the nationality as British. This is wrong. I have edited it to show the nationality as Irish as this is accurate and I have provided the source (as below) to his UK tax return which clearly shows this. There are numerous other sources to verify his Irish nationality.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/tXSBMDPIxsft3tH1uCELCG7JJs0/appointments Bendlebury (talk) 01:22, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. This person appears to have lived in England for his entire life. It would be best to provide a reliable source in which he describes himself as British or Irish (or something else).  – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:13, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Those are not "tax returns", they are company appointments. Many British people have Irish passports. You are automatically an Irish Citizen if you were born abroad to a parent who was born in Ireland before 2005. Many MPs have applied for one as it confers all the benefits of being in the European Union. If he has used his Irish passport to validate his company appointments, he will appear as "Irish" on the gov.uk website. 205.239.40.3 (talk) 15:25, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Ok. If..he had lived in England for 1 day or all his life does not necessarily dictate his nationality. I have provided 2 sources as below that prove he holds an Irish passport therefore has Irish nationality. There is no evidence whatsoever that he has ever held British nationality and that is what is being said here. Bendlebury (talk) 16:41, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Pedantic comment about companies House register, but thank you for the distraction from the main issue. Your comment seems to imply British trumps Irish? Odd. He does not hold a British passport and does not identify as British, maybe the same way that your Ex PM Johnson is not American despite being born in the New York. Get it...? Bendlebury (talk) 16:46, 3 November 2022 (UTC)


 * How would one prove that Lynch doesn't hold a British passport exactly? But in any case one doesn't need to hold a British passport to be a British citizen. As for Boris Johnson, he was a United States citizen until 2016, but that's wholly irrelevant to Lynch. What 2 sources below? 205.239.40.3 (talk) 17:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Not relevant? I'm sure you wouldn't have called Johnson an American prior to 2016, would you? Bendlebury (talk) 12:13, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/tXSBMDPIxsft3tH1uCELCG7JJs0/appointments Bendlebury (talk) 12:14, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Source 1 is as per top of page. It is from a UK government page. Perhaps you think Mick Lynch is lying to the authorities about his nationality? Bendlebury (talk) 12:16, 4 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Your latest link is the same as the first, to gov.uk company appointments? That's all you've got? We're discussing Mick Lynch here, not Boris Johnson. Whatever I might or might not think about Lynch "lying" or also irrelevant. You didn't answer my question about his British passport. 205.239.40.3 (talk) 13:18, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

You are an odd man... You want me to prove something that isn't a fact and ignore the proof of what I'm saying.. Strange man. But anyway you have your own reasons to be like this that I'm not going to change so good luck and goodbye 👍 Bendlebury (talk) 22:01, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

P.s. if you really can't see the parallel between what you're asserting and Johnson then I'm sorry to have engaged with you. So sorry...🙏 Bendlebury (talk) 22:03, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

And.. (just one of) the other links that state this fact won't post here. It is from the Irish Examiner (national newspaper) from 25/06/22, named "UK rail union leader Mick Lynch to watch Cork City at Turners Cross". But I wouldn't bother yourself checking it out it as it probably doesn't show up under a myopic lense 👍 g'luck. Bendlebury (talk) 22:16, 4 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Why do you assume I'm a man? If you have any sources where Lynch identifies as Irish, I'm sure we'd all like to see them. Otherwise we're left with that single uk.gov source that proves nothing. Perhaps Lynch's son James can enlighten us? "UK rail union leader Mick Lynch to watch Cork City at Turners Cross"? How does that support your claim exactly? 205.239.40.3 (talk) 22:20, 4 November 2022 (UTC)