#023 - Ben Habib - Reform's Opportunity, UK Economy, National Identity & Brexit
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2024
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
Ben Habib is a businessman, former MEP for the Brexit Party, and outspoken advocate for Brexit, national sovereignty, and immigration reform.
In this episode we unpack the political and economic challenges facing the UK. From Brexit's broken promises to the Reform Party's potential to disrupt the status quo. Habib shares his insights on sovereignty, democracy, and the looming sovereign debt crisis. We also discuss government inefficiencies, the burden on small businesses, and how the UK can reclaim its future.
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| 0:00.0 | To call the voter apathetic is to underestimate the British voter. They voted for Brexit. They |
| 0:06.0 | voted for Theresa May in 2017, hoping she delivered Brexit. She didn't do it. They voted for Boris |
| 0:10.8 | Johnson to deliver Brexit. Actually, he didn't do it. And people are pissed off. Yeah. And that's why |
| 0:16.2 | they're sitting at home. They are really upset because they don't see any hope. Now, reform carries those hopes. |
| 0:23.1 | Reform, I think, has changed political engagement because it's got five seats. The challenge now |
| 0:29.3 | is for Nigel and Richard to create a really first-class party with fantastic candidates in |
| 0:36.1 | the shadow cabinet. If they can do that, they could form the next |
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| 1:30.5 | All right. Morning, Ben. How are you? Very well indeed. Thank you. |
| 1:33.6 | Can you just bring it just a bit closer to you? Yeah. Yeah. Is that good? |
| 1:36.9 | That's good. Uh, very excited to talk to you. Well, I'm very excited to talk to you and I'm |
| 1:41.5 | flattered to be invited. Thank you. Well, so we so I feel like we're at a weird time in the UK. |
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