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Al Jazeera
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Lorraine Mallinder

UNCOVERED: Who is the man driving britain s ongoing rail strikes - The Untold Story

As Britain enters the 'summer of discontent', Lynch is in the eye of the storm [File: Henry Nicholls/Reuters]

He is the most talked about man in the United Kingdom, a social media phenomenon whose ability to tell simple truths about equality and social justice has captured the imagination of millions struggling in the country’s cost-of-living crisis, which could see many forced to choose between heating or eating this winter.

Yet Mick Lynch, the union leader behind Britain’s ongoing rail strikes, part of a wave of industrial action sweeping the nation, wears his social media clout lightly.

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