Mick Lynch’s comeback after Piers Morgan said there was ‘no money in the country’ had everyone cheering

John Plunkett. Updated June 6th, 2024

There was an enlightening and entertaining election debate on TV last night, it just wasn’t between Rishi Sunak and Kier Starmer, obviously.

No, we’re talking about the Newsnight sofa where presenter Victoria Derbyshire brought together YouTuber Piers Morgan and everyone’s favourite trade union leader, Mick Lynch.

And we mention it because Lynch had a particularly effective comeback after Morgan suggested there was no money in the country for Keir Starmer to make any changes – should he win the election – unlike Tony Blair back in 1997.

And people enjoyed it so much they sent it viral.

Piers Morgan: "There is no money"

Mick Lynch: "… there is plenty of money in the country, its just a matter of whether you want to get some of it and distribute it more equitably" pic.twitter.com/ttv4O58dvU

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 4, 2024

Enjoyed that, almost as much as we enjoyed it when Morgan was obsessing over Lynch and the Thunderbirds baddie, The Hood, back when Morgan was still on the telly.

Watching a number of interviewers with daft questions trying get a rise out of RMT boss Mike Lynch, only to have their arse handed to them, has been a rare joy. And doubly so when Piers steps up with the Thunderbirds…pic.twitter.com/QeA88S5oPY

— James Withers (@JamesRWithers) June 21, 2022

And here are just a few of the things people said about their latest encounter.

Piers Morgan makes it sound like he thinks a bad thing ''oh you want to take money off the rich and give it to the poor''. Mick advocates fair taxation, that's it, damn right.

— DQ ✌❤ (@blueskies_dq) June 4, 2024

Mick Lynch is right on the button…. https://t.co/E9lnauxLDg

— Bruce Findlay /power to the people ✌ (@brucerisk) June 5, 2024

Mick Lynch is every journalists dream/nightmare

He’s so eloquent, he knows exactly what he’s talking about and he never ever loses his rag.

Top man – the world needs more like him

— Becky Tallentire (@Bluestocking63) June 4, 2024

Fucking lol. The way Peirs says “raise taxes on the rich” man we have such a fucked country mate. https://t.co/JawHHUQSbu

— Chłoddy (@OfSymbols) June 4, 2024

By saying there is no money, even though the wealth gap has dramatically increased, is just a way of telling workers not to ask for a pay rise,that they should be happy with their lot, and get their pleasure from punching down on those worse off.

— Mike (@77MikeGenX) June 4, 2024

The weirdest thing about this is how Morgan acknowledges there is money, but acts like taxing the rich is something akin to cannibalism https://t.co/wvJvy1v13q

— Adrian Fletcher (@AdeFletcher) June 4, 2024

Mick Lynch impressive as ever.

— Damian Nelson (@DamianNelsonPNE) June 4, 2024

To conclude …

In this very short clip, Piers acknowledges that there is a lot of money in the country actually, he's just not in favour of taxing the rich.

— earthlybump (@earthlybump) June 5, 2024

And separate but very much related, this.

Mick Lynch: "If we want to rebuild our infrastructure, our care service, our NHS, everyone knows it costs money.. [Labour] should have gone with that message. Unfortunately they havn't, so they're going to take govt without a particularly strong message about anything" pic.twitter.com/PFYO3cMRhB

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 4, 2024

Source @SaulStaniforth