‘Bad smell’: Mick Lynch criticises Liz Truss government as rail workers strike

At Euston picket line, RMT general secretary talks of incompetence' of new prime minister and chancellor

Union chief Mick Lynch has compared Liz Truss's government to a bad smell" as more than 40,000 RMT members joined a national rail strike on Saturday.

Speaking at a picket line outside Euston station in London, the RMT general secretary criticised the incompetence" of the new prime minister and chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, claiming it was only matched by their ego.