#1522 An extremist cult conspired to destroy the United Kingdom from within
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 29 October 2022
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Air Date 10/29/2022
Today, we take a look at the destruction accomplished over decades by adherents to a libertarian, neoliberal ideology in the UK which culminated recently in the tanking value of the British pound sterling and the resignation of the shortest-serving Prime Minister ever
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Why The United Kingdom Is In A Big Mess - AJ+ - Air Date 1-5-22
Why is post-Brexit Britain such a mess? Rising food and energy prices, empty shelves in stores and worker shortages. But could Brexit lead to something even bigger: the breakup of the United Kingdom?
Ch. 2: What's wrong with Great Britain? - Financial Times - Air Date 4-19-22
The FT's chief economics commentator Martin Wolf says the UK is facing six interlocking crises, from stagnant living standards to a lack of political leadership
Ch. 3: Thatcherism: What We Get Wrong About Neoliberalism - Kay and Skittles - Air Date 10-1-22
Differentiating between neoliberal ideology and how it plays out in practice
Ch. 4: Liz Truss: The Oligarch's Prime Minister | George Monbiot - Double Down News - Air Date 10-4-22
What happens when libertarian ultras get everything they ever wanted all at once? Welcome to Oligarch Island
British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday after just 45 days in office, the shortest term in the nation’s history. Her low-tax, low-regulation financial policies were widely criticized after they sent the pound plummeting
Explaining trickle-down economics for what it is and condemning the big lie that makes it palatable to the masses
Ch. 7: Does Economics Drive All Politics? - WhoWhatWhy - Air Date 10-20-22
Financial Times economic analyst Martin Wolf gives an overview of global economic forces, and looks at Britain’s economic and political chaos.
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Ch. 9: The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK | FT Film - Financial Times - Air Date 10-18-22
The UK's recent disastrous "mini" Budget can trace its origins back to Britain's decision to leave the European Union. The economic costs of Brexit were masked by the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine.
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Ch. 12: Final comments on the destabilization of neoliberalism
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning Best of the Lufthead cast, in which we shall |
| 0:06.8 | take a look at the destruction accomplished over decades by adherence to a libertarian |
| 0:12.4 | neoliberal ideology in the UK, which culminated recently in the tanking value of the British |
| 0:18.2 | pound sterling and the resignation of the shortest serving Prime Minister ever. |
| 0:23.9 | Clips today are from AJ Plus, The Financial Times, K&S Kittles, Double Down News, Democracy |
| 0:31.6 | Now, LBC, and Who What Why with an Additional Members Only Clip from The Financial Times. |
| 0:38.6 | And by the way, the midterms are a week and a half away now, so be sure to check out the |
| 0:42.9 | show notes for our midterms minute section, highlighting key races across the country and |
| 0:48.0 | how to get involved. |
| 0:49.6 | Today's focus is on the remaining toss up races in the house. |
| 0:53.8 | Remember, voting is not enough, so get involved and help get out the vote. |
| 0:58.5 | And stay tuned to the end of the show for my tie-in of the recent break-in and violent |
| 1:04.0 | attack at Nancy Pelosi's residence with the broad strokes of today's topic. |
| 1:15.0 | In October 2021, Britain's fuel crisis was so bad that the government sent the army |
| 1:20.7 | out to make deliveries to gas stations. |
| 1:23.2 | A shortage of truck drivers had led to long lines for fuel. |
| 1:27.6 | At the same time, and for the same reason, some supermarket shelves started looking very |
| 1:32.8 | empty. |
| 1:33.8 | Meanwhile, farms were slaughtering their pigs because slaughterhouses had run out of workers. |
| 1:39.1 | For months, employers had been warning about a labour shortage. |
| 1:43.4 | But why was the UK suddenly short-staffed? |
| 1:46.5 | To answer that, we've got to go back to 2016 and a vote that shocked the world. |
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