I can’t bear the idea of more people falling into poverty. It is disgusting that in a rich country we have loads of children on the breadline. This should never be happening.”
Anger is not an emotion I’ve come to associate with TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady. Passion? Sure. Fire? That, too. She’s capable of rousing the troops with a punchy speech. But the cold fury that emerges over the course of our conversation knocks me back a little. I’ve known the union leader for nearly a decade, and I can’t remember hearing quite the same tone.
