Steve Montgomery, who chairs the Rail Delivery Group, which represents operators, said: "We are very disappointed that the RMT union leadership has chosen to take action which will severely inconvenience the millions of people who had plans over the weekend.
"A fraction of trains will run compared to a usual Saturday service, with trains starting later in the morning and finishing much earlier in the evening. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said its members are "standing up for all working people trying to get a pay rise and some job security". "What we cannot accept is thousands of railway workers being thrown on the scrapheap after being praised as heroes during Covid.LBC Views: Striking rail-workers are alienating the people they need most
Well done to her power to the people not the crooked government
Excellent. Good for her. Now how about holding the government to account for sabotaging negotiations and refusing to engage in order to resolve the ToryRailStrikes
Not to mention a large proportion of her salary (every year) to food banks created by the Tories.
eric_max_123 And how many £millions have UK-based Russians linked to Putin’s Kremlin donated to the UKIP/Tories. Both are wholly legal. But just one is ethical.
Good for her...
Good for her. Now do Tory donors.
It just shows if Mps give £2000 of her own money to RMT they are getting paid too much money. No one talks about MPs getting a pay rise of 1q% and if we talk about productivity look at how many mps are in parliament ,we should look at reducing mps in london parliament .
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Well, it’s her money to do with as she wishes. nonstory
I’m glad Old Labour are helping out and supporting this. New Labour needs to get a grip.
Hey Conservatives this kind of undermines your false claim that the RMT funds Labour MPs- seems the truth is it’s the other way around 🤣
Looking at the comments here I don’t think this snide non-story is working out the way you wanted it to LBC
Good for them.
Good for her. I understand another MP has donated monies won from the Daily Mail to the RMT . Well done I say all working folk need to support each other in the face of this government's mismanagement of the economy.
That's her salary increase. What a great example to set!
God bless her
Critscising what an individual does with their money? We know that £ is helping to get ppl through a strike. What about £150,000 for a kids tree house? Start there and go on to wallpaper? What's that buying? £millions in govt contracts?
Meanwhile the 55 page Russia Report, published with 175 redactions requested by No10. It recommended many further investigations. Yet it sits quietly in a cupboard in No10.
Some people seem to have only read the awful headline. She donates her salary to charities, not for profit etc. She isn’t claiming money back on expenses like the tories do.
Well done. Enough transfer of money from working class to the rich.
Not sure why this is news unless the money came from taxpayers. It's still legal to donate personal money to worthy causes.
And probably put it on expenses!.!.
Excellent. Mick Lynch is fast becoming a national hero. Cutting through government lies, deception and ineptitude.
OldBobCyprus She is perfectly entitled to do so.
If she'd have given it to the Tory Party maybe that would be news, but a donation to a union? I don't think so.
Good for her!
But stay stunningly silent on donations to the Conservatives ConHome not to mention the russian money feeds
WastedInTheRedToryParty
Good
Good, long may it continue until this shower of sh1te are gone...
Legend If only more supported workers
Grumpy_Steff Excellent!
So
Good.
Good!
4 million Russian money to the Tories though but ignore that. What happened to you? Jesus
Well done.
this good MP went to work in old people homes in the pandemic ...the home stopped her after a few days because she would say what's going on there
I believe Nadia doesn't draw her entire MP's salary either
Why are you constantly bashing people trying to protect themselves? Stop and really think about these tweets. They send a message, whether you think you're being neutral or not.
If people of this country actually having any common sense they would have been looking at alternative ways to get to there destinations without the use of using trains. It's about time I'm the railways became obsolete a good
Good! ❤
Makes a change for an MP to actually donate money, you know... compared to Tories who just accept money from any old Oligarch or CEO.
Nice one!
Good on her
So what?
Cool
Good to hear 👍
What a wonderful, principled representative she is. We need more like her
Brilliant- tell Ferrari to dog deep.
It’s her prerogative - next
And yet tens of thousands in Russian money donated to the Conservatives doesn't rate a mention.
Brilliant, well done. WeRefusetobePoorAnymore
so?
Makes a change from the Tories begging, auctioning and stealing tbf
So nice to see an MP stand by her principles. Gob smacking really
Excellent!
So?
I’m not sure if you’re into politics and history but guess what? The Labour Party was sent up to be a political wing of the unions. It’s not Nadia’s fault that centrism thought it would be good to infiltrate the party, and undermine that history. Good on her 👏 👏
So. Fûcking. What?
You would prefer that she took money from Putin like the Tories do?
Well that's one MP doing something good.
Fair play. Clean money.
Better there than receiving millions from Russia. Well done her!
Solidarity Nadia
Good on her. Mick Lynch has explained so well about how the rich are getting richer whilst the workers are getting poorer, all because the big bosses are keeping wages low. That's not normal. And we shouldn't have ever let it get this bad.
RESPECT Madam
Yes it's great isn't it? Well done LBC on circulating the news of this generous donation. So much better hearing about Russian oligarchs giving donations to the Conservative Party. Don't you think?
Current government taking millions from the Russians while claim we are at war with them and yet the big story is an opposition MP donating some personal money to support low paid, striking workers 🤔
Should have donated it to the tories,better return
Sounds great.
Nadia Whittome is a good socialist and trade unionist and a great local MP. She's showing true solidarity. BackTheStrikes
Wow, that's just about 1/75th of the cost of a tree-house!
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Showing their true colours. Without Corbyn
She is the one who takes 35k instead of the offered 88 too.
Good on Nadia. Puts her money where her mouth is. In politics for what she can give not what she can get out
Surely she should have held a raffle to have dinner with KeirStarmer that would have raised more, wouldn’t it?
Agree or disagree it's her right to spend her money as she wishes, on the other hand the tories have squandered £billions of our money on their mates
Great stuff✊✊✊
bilbalbag well done that man
Top girl 👏👏👏
Good on her 👏👏👏
Well done NadiaWhittomeMP 👏
All jobs and services need profit to invest in more and better jobs and services.🤔
Labour MP demonstrates she has principles.
As is her democratic right. Nothing to see here, move on . . .
Good.
yep what a woman and she donates her pay rise to foodbanks JohnsonOut152
Good for her, a fabulous thing to do. 👍✨💖
Good
Good.
Well done NadiaWhittomeMP . We are very lucky to have you as an MP.
And?
Because she's a decent human being.
Incredible on an MPs salary! Where is the rest of her income coming from?
Good on them
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Yet you guys remain silent about the thousands donated by Tory 'donors'
We'll done..
GeziWoman 👏👏👏👏👏👏 ToryRailStrike ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern ToryIncompetence
I wonder if Starmer Keir_Starmer and the other treacherous Blairites UKLabour will follow her as a good example?
Her money not taxpayers' money so her choice.
LBC are proper Tory propagandists.
She was at the RMT rally today in Nottingham she spoke well like others of all political persuasions and other unions. I am not a Labour supporter but can respect an MP who stands up for workers rights, the house of “commons” needs more like NadiaWhittomeMP
So? If that is what she wishes to do with her earning that is her choice.
So what..?
So? What about Rusdians funding the Tory party? That's worthy of investigation.
I bet she claims it back on expenses
Don't hurt your hands clutching them pearls folks.
Sooo a tenth of a Tory cabinet ministers expense claim then...
And ..... Do you not think they deserve better pay and conditions ? Maybe Johnson could find his current spouse a job as a ticket collector .
Scandalous….all she got was a strike. If she’d donated to the Tories she’d have got a multi million pound contact at the very least 🤷♂️
Well done to her 👏
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So what? It's the personal choice of the MP involved. Are you also against Russians donating to the Conservative Party?
And. Good on her.
LisaMil36579884
Did she pay £150,000 to have dinner with the last 3 prime ministers?
LisaMil36579884 Good
Good
Good on her! Please do talk about donations to the Tory party and the MPs and the source of these.. So much more interesting to talk about (alleged) corruption than someone doing something supportive and in-line with ideology/values.
Good for her !
This small group of MPs joining pickets, given money is irrelevant! The RMT have a point on fair wages, conditions, but they added to their members problems by backing Brexit, which has risen inflation & lowered living standards! The are not in touch with reality as they imply!
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And?
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Good to see a Labour MP putting her money where her mouth is Labour supporting working people The clue's in the name
Remember that when you can't get a train.
good on her.
So they are encouraging the strikes
There’s a competition between her and Sultana who donated £1000 yesterday. Amazing what people do for a bit of attention.
Well done to her. It was not Russian money like the Tory party accepted
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