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

Жыл бұрын

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

@jonnyl1022

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@thumper1747

4 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

He was brilliant .Love to see him an PM.

@maxpowerii7368

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

@benbennett8551

Жыл бұрын

He’s a Shire boy 👍🏻

@danielokeefe2072

Жыл бұрын

@@jameslyons192 he is also a brilliant constituency MP

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

4 ай бұрын

Probably has a legal background. Solicitor or barrister

@pgwalling6478

4 ай бұрын

Wish he was my mp, instead of Truss.

@gdj6298

4 ай бұрын

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

@pgwalling6478

4 ай бұрын

Yes, that puts things into perspective. Commiserations.

@gjwestonable

4 ай бұрын

Yes very impressed I had to check he was a MP

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

@ericmorris7838

3 ай бұрын

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

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

@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347

Жыл бұрын

Looks good but will anything come of it?

@donroyjames6118

Жыл бұрын

He's actually a sound mp not all of them are bad actually 💪🏿

@knapster5433

Жыл бұрын

Because he’s a Labour MP and not a scumbag Tory

@allvalley

Жыл бұрын

That's always been the labour way

@harrybarrow6222

Жыл бұрын

A Tory MP would not do that.

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

@ikdrew

Жыл бұрын

Me too, great viewing.

@tonileighhall

Жыл бұрын

This needs to happen!!

@thecrimsondragon9744

Жыл бұрын

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

@Dina-md3ji

11 ай бұрын

You got that kind of feeling too

@howardrisby9621

11 ай бұрын

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.

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

@tonychorley4936

3 ай бұрын

Along with water and power.

@stevejohns8753

3 ай бұрын

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

@johnbeagley8162

3 ай бұрын

Post Office was never Privatised Royal Mail was on the cheap

@rossridings4282

2 ай бұрын

Thank labour. For the working man apparently

@boogiewoogie9770

Ай бұрын

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

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

4 ай бұрын

His put downs are deliciously polite and cutting.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@danielcrafter9349

Жыл бұрын

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

@karlmylnere5712

8 ай бұрын

@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

4 ай бұрын

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

@allsearpw3829

3 ай бұрын

JUST LIKE THE POST MASTERS SCANDLE ?🤔

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@andys8483

Жыл бұрын

That vile 🤬 💩 Vince Cable was responsible for that.

@ryank3321

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@andrewlancefield3730

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@stevenclarke5606

Ай бұрын

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.

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.

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@nickfletton3976

Жыл бұрын

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

@LWQ15881

Жыл бұрын

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

@Wally-jo8mf

4 ай бұрын

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

@anne-mariemarshall

Ай бұрын

​​​@@Wally-jo8mf as Nick said 😂😂😂

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.

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

4 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

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

@norfolkngood8960

4 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

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

@TheHandsomeman

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!

We need more people like Darren jones.

@brimkathstampex2306

Жыл бұрын

Too true.

@christopherjohnson8896

Жыл бұрын

I want to see Darren Jones chair the Partygate hearings.

@bobbythompson3544

10 ай бұрын

Labour for me having watched this!

@Anhorish

4 ай бұрын

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

A man that knows how to hold criminals accountable.

@justno808

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@justno808 blah blah blah

@justno808

Жыл бұрын

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

@CimonSowel1

Жыл бұрын

@@justno808 put a sock in it you muppet

@danielcrafter9349

Жыл бұрын

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

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

4 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

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

@geoffreycodnett6570

4 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

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

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

@glynisbuie4234

4 ай бұрын

Chair is excellent

We must protect this MP at all costs.

@NC2871926

4 ай бұрын

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

@deadadam666

4 ай бұрын

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

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

11 ай бұрын

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

10 ай бұрын

Indeed, he may become politician in my country as well

@daiu48

4 ай бұрын

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 .

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

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

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

4 ай бұрын

@carolynwestlake7670 he should be the leader of his party

@nicholasr39

4 ай бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

Agreed

@paulslann3755

3 ай бұрын

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

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

@Mightypi

Жыл бұрын

Based and accountability pilled

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

4 ай бұрын

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

@teresamcnorton7123

4 ай бұрын

Royal Mail and the post office are two separate companies

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

The world is in dire need of people with integrity.

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.

@rodericklawley2846

11 ай бұрын

Well observed point

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.

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

@garymoore2535

Ай бұрын

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 ?

If only PMQs was more like this.

@evelbsstudio

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Darren Jones should be leader of the Labour party

@SMGAPR8

Ай бұрын

Top of the Tree, agree😊

@pieropasset2246

16 күн бұрын

Been saying the same for 3 years….

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

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

@joevenables3393

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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

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

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

@anne-mariemarshall

Ай бұрын

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 😮😮😮

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

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100 %!

@lestrem11

Жыл бұрын

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

@allip4226

Жыл бұрын

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

@lestrem11

Жыл бұрын

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

@BigGol

Жыл бұрын

​@@lestrem11you sound a right mug

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

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@lauralishes1 These managers should be sacked and replaced.

@joecrabtree4142

Ай бұрын

21:07 21:07 21:07

Holy crap! This MP wiped the floor with them 😮

Excellent Darren I would vote Labour because of you Sir

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

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

@yobdrzl

Жыл бұрын

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

@philwill0123

Жыл бұрын

💯.

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

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

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

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

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

@tangomike15

Жыл бұрын

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

@mehere6865

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir!

@touringmoose

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Absolute disgrace what these Postal Workers have gone through

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@brianbell3836

Жыл бұрын

Typical management looking after each other. Bastards

@meatwagonx33

Жыл бұрын

He’s a complete tool.

@michaelcoward1902

Жыл бұрын

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

@robhayes6121

Жыл бұрын

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

Darren Jones is a national treasure

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

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

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

@localreviewking134

Жыл бұрын

and 85,000 posties 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@nigelhurley9312

Жыл бұрын

😂

@josephinedewar4469

4 ай бұрын

😂😂

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

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

@kayjonesy1983

Ай бұрын

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

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

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

4 ай бұрын

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

Respect to the politician, a man with integrity

As an older single person, I value the few words that I exchange with my postman, whom I know by name, when he delivers to me. Do I now have to worry that I might be unduly delaying him by doing so? Should I, and doubtless many thousands of other elderly people, forego this brief human contact to avoid potential difficulties for my postman? It's a sad world, increasingly made sadder.

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

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

Those three bosses are disgusting people. I’m 57 and through no fault of my own I just can’t walk as fast as I did when I was 27.

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

@partariothe5th

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

It’s a lot more then a pay issue.

@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347

Жыл бұрын

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

@partariothe5th

Жыл бұрын

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

@localreviewking134

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@thomasmoore1499

Жыл бұрын

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

@user-nx6ji9tk8i

Жыл бұрын

@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

4 ай бұрын

​@@user-nx6ji9tk8iWhere is his constituency please?

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.

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 !

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

This guy is a legend, extremely prepared and eloquent

It would be useful to track the performance of P O management. Also it would be nice to know why the top management need "incentive" bonuses when they are already on fat salaries.

@josephinedewar4469

4 ай бұрын

Would like to know what their bonuses were!

What a wonderful fire ball Darren Jones is. Bravo. Truly Impressive interrogation.

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

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

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

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

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

4 ай бұрын

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

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

The Labour MP was excellent in his questioning it’s a pity there aren’t any has good as him in the leadership.

THE LATE NON REALLY APOLOGY REGARDING THE POST OFFICE SCANDAL!!! LISTENING TO IT'S EVERYONE'S FAULT,APART FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO RUN IT!!! IS SHAMEFUL!!!

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.

This MP appears to be very competent. A very good performance holding people to account. Very encouraging 👍

@antifugazi

Жыл бұрын

He's always like this

@cw205mi16

4 ай бұрын

Competent but clearly enjoying his position here. He wouldn't act like this - or get away with this style of questioning - in a private professional sector.

@daveygee434

4 ай бұрын

@@cw205mi16I work in the sector you describe and didn’t sense anything that was out of place with any organisation who works on honesty, openness and integrity. Maybe you just have a bad employer too?

@cw205mi16

4 ай бұрын

@@daveygee434I don't have an employer. I didn't specify any sector other than private professional environment. I'm just suggesting this style of talking - practically ridiculing - would not work out well in a private meeting.

If Darren Jones was labour leader he would get my vote

Fantastic questioning. He should be a prosocutor

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

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

Slippery as an eel and more twisted than a corkscrew.

This guy has a good future ahead of him.

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@farhadchaudhry And Cameron!

@brianbell3836

Жыл бұрын

@@farhadchaudhry (Sold cheap)

@dawnslingsby2324

Жыл бұрын

Does anybody even notice when they are on strike!!

Jail time.

Simon Thompson "Ricky help me please" 😆😂

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

4 ай бұрын

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.

4 ай бұрын

@@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

4 ай бұрын

​@@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.