'Marxist or the Hood?': RMT's Mick Lynch asked bizarre questions amid rail strikes – video

Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT union, found himself facing a bizarre line of questioning amid nationwide rail strikes. The union boss has become a hit on social media with his combative media exchanges – most notably with Sky News’s Kay Burley, Good Morning Britain’s Richard Madeley, and Piers Morgan, who used Lynch's Facebook profile picture of Thunderbirds villain the Hood to suggest it meant he aligned himself with an 'evil, criminal, terrorist mastermind'

• This rail strike is also a battle for public opinion – and No 10 is fighting dirty