Mick Lynch says voters must ‘grow up’ and see Starmer is only alternative

RMT boss says getting rid of Tories is his ‘number one priority’ but he will not give a Labour government a ‘free pass’

Mick Lynch has said voters have to “grow up a bit” and recognise Keir Starmer as the only realistic alternative to the current government, the removal of which he described as “my number one priority”.

Last week, Labour’s shadow Scottish secretary, Ian Murray, challenged prime minister Rishi Sunak to put the country “out of this Tory misery” and call a general election now.