#124 - Zia Yusuf - We Have One Shot to Fix Britain
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Zia Yusuf returns to the show for a follow-up on where Britain is going and how Reform UK plans to fix it.
We cover: – Why Britain is no longer investable – The flight of wealth & what it means for services – Immigration, sectarian politics & cultural decline – Why reform needs real power – Energy policy & net zero – A first principles approach to taxation, debt & GDP – What Reform's economic plan focuses on – Whether Zia will run for Parliament
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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:02:54 – Green Party & Cultural Decline 00:04:53 – The Collapse of Labour Strongholds 00:10:07 – Preparing for Government 00:11:30 – One Shot to Fix Britain 00:16:18 – Mass Immigration, No Integration 00:19:32 – Why the Rich Are Leaving 00:21:54 – Law, Safety & Taxpayer Rage 00:24:46 – AI, Inequality & Asset Owners 00:27:20 – The Energy Cost Disaster 00:29:17 – Why Wealth Creation Matters 00:31:46 – The Global Market for Wealth 00:34:08 – Normalising Decline in Britain 00:36:15 – The Prison Space Crisis 00:41:57 – Deficit Spending & Money Printing 00:47:00 – Net Zero, Fuel Bills & Growth 00:51:00 – GDP vs GDP Per Capita 00:53:12 – Building an Investable Country 00:59:42 – SEND Costs & No Local Control 01:06:00 – The Democratic Deficit in Councils 01:08:03 – State Reform & Voter Power 01:14:26 – Will Zia Run for Parliament? 01:16:26 – Closing Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | There's going to be so much, frankly, hostility. There'll be a lot of countermeasures from apparatus of state against our agenda. Now, people might say, oh, well, you're being too pan-sumistic. No, I don't think I am. I'd love to be pleasantly surprised. But look, we're going to get one shot at this, right? We have a once, I think, in a, once in a lifetime of a country opportunity, I would argue, to reboot this country. |
| 0:22.9 | You almost have a rebirth of the United Kingdom, but in a way that restores it and takes it back to the greatness, |
| 0:29.4 | brings back those great principles that has made this country one of the best country. |
| 0:33.4 | I think it's the best country in the world. I will say this. I wake up in the morning really early. |
| 0:38.3 | I don't need an alarm clock. I wake up really early. And at least most days, I'm hugely excited |
| 0:44.3 | about getting on with the task of hand. And that's despite the online abuse you get and, you know, |
| 0:50.3 | Guardian journalist sending through, you know, grenades in your in your WhatsApp |
| 0:55.6 | via the press team every other day. Because I know why I'm doing it, you know, and having |
| 1:00.6 | sold my company a couple of years ago, I said I'm in the blessed position of not needing |
| 1:04.9 | to work for money anymore. And I really believe this will be the most important, impactful |
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