Sorry no .The more I look at the interview the more I think it's a car crash interview by Flynn.
"Picketing is about encouraging people who want to go to work not to go to work."
If that was a answer in a exam he would get 5/10.
Picketing is about explaining what the dispute is about and asking for their support by persuading them to support the strike by not crossing the picket line.
Your not just encouraging them not to cross the picket line your convincing them to back the strike, you've convinced them strike action is justified.
I think he got frustrated as he could visualise why Burley was wrong but he couldn't put it into words which is poor. he looked around and pointed at the pickets as if it proved he was right but he couldn't put it into words, I looked at it and thought the few people standing on todays picket line shows the Union have no intention of physically trying to stop anyone crossing the picket line, if that was the intention then you would have seen hundreds of Strikers standing here today..
Fair enough mate, we’ll just have to agree to disagree. Burley’s normally good but I think she got annoyed thinking he was taking the piss and maybe realising she’d asked a daft question. Perhaps he could’ve explained it better, i do take your point on that; but it reminded me of the scene in The Meaning of Life when Michael Palin, as hospital Administrator, walks into the delivery room and says, “and what are you doing this morning?” Graham Chapman (Lynch) replies, “it’s a birth” and Palin (Burley) goes, “and what sort of a thing is that?”
At that point Lynch looks bemused/amused (maybe because he’s already had multiple Richard Madeleys to deal with) and points at the picket line.
Your point is you wanted Lynch to do a John Cleese and say, “that’s when we take a baby out of a lady’s tummy”. Perhaps you’re right and he should’ve explained for the benefit of anyone at home who didn’t know what a picket line is. Maybe he’d already done that, no idea…I didn’t see the whole interview, just that short clip on Burley’s Twitter.