Right to Strike Debate | Andy Gilchrist | Opposition

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The Motion: This House Would Prioritise Public Safety Over The Right To Strike.

Andy Gilchrist closes the case for the Opposition, as the sixth speaker of six in the debate.

The motion was defeated.

ABOUT ANDY GILCHRIST: A former General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, in 2002 Gilchrist led the first nationwide firefighters' strike since the 1970s. He was instrumental in the disaffiliation of the FBU from the Labour Party in 2004.

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