236: Simon London on fatherhood, being funny and why Boris can f*** off

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It's SIMON LONDON! One of our favourite guests of all time returns for some hilarious chat about everything from parenting to politics.

Simon discusses the practical things he's been doing to deal with empty nest syndrome, and the best piece of advice he's ever given his teenage son. We also talk about the tweet he wrote in response to partygate that went viral.

Do check out Simon's brilliant website kidrated.com, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram @slondonuk.

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0:22.2	Hey Ellie, do you like money and women?
0:24.2	Hell yeah, I love money and women.
0:27.2	Me too, but what sucks is that in the UK,
0:30.0	there is a gender investment gap of 1.65 trillion pounds.
0:34.4	Many women on average are poor of the men,
0:37.0	with less in their pensions, savings and investments.
0:40.6	That is crazy, man. We all need to talk about this.
0:44.0	I know right. Can you believe that on average,
0:46.0	women have less than half the levels of savings and investments than men?
0:50.6	Outrageous! Somebody needs to do something about this.
0:54.6	Well, my friend, we are in luck.
0:56.8	Because there is a fabulous podcast called Money Matters
0:59.8	by those brilliant people at AJ Bell.
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1:06.2	to take control of your financial future.
1:09.2	Ah, brilliant. Thank you, AJ Bell.
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