“What we're seeing is where you've got Tory direct rule, which does apply in England and over here, in Northern Ireland, you're getting the full, undiluted austerity that they believe in.”
Northern Ireland risks “full, undiluted Tory austerity” without a devolved government, trade union leader Mick Lynch has warned.
Read more: Northern Ireland secretary denies budget is 'punishment' for Stormont power-sharing impasse “So it'll be normal stuff that we want to build a just society and a bit of fairness and equality in our society, also to support of working people that have taken industrial action all around the country at the minute.”
Mr Lynch continued: “And even though we've had a different set of characters running the Tory government, the policies are exactly the same in the sense of what working class people experienced - under Truss and Kwarteng, but even going back to Cameron, and Osborne back when this austerity started back in 2008.
“So my message is that we need to support our trade union movement, we need to support each other, and we need to be independent of any professional politician.
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