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Enough is Enough: London rallies against cost-of-living crisis

It's summer 2022 and working people in Britain are fed up of stagnant wages and soaring bills. Enter Mick Lynch, leader of the RMT transport union, a social media phenomenon whose ability to tell simple truths about equality and social justice blindsides complacent mainstream media hosts trying to portray him as a militant Marxist dinosaur, and captures the imagination of millions. In the midst of this 'summer of discontent', as workers join a wave of industrial action not seen since the 80s, Lynch and others set up 'Enough is enough', a campaign aiming to fight the cost-of-living crisis. 'It’s time to turn anger into action,’ they say, holding rallies up and down the country. The first event at the Clapham Grand in London was packed to the rafters with people eager for change,

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Mick Lynch, RMT chief

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Around 1500 showed up

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ACORN union banner

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Labour MP Zarah Sultana

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Image of Zarah Sultana

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Campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa

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Dave Ward, CWU chief

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Cheering supporters

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Michael Rosen, author

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Watching Rosen

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