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The Owen Jones Podcast

Behind The Scenes At Tory Conference: Brace Yourselves

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Tory Party conference takes place in a parallel universe: while ministers and delegates live the high life, low paid and poor households are being hammered by Universal Credit cuts in a country devastated by the disastrously mishandled pandemic. How will they respond when this brutality reality is put to them? My advice is, brace yourself...


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0:18.0

It is my favourite time of the year.

0:28.8

Tory party conference.

0:30.1

I have missed this so much.

0:32.0

Now, the country, as you probably noticed, is a bit of a mess.

0:35.8

Universal credit cuts are looming.

0:37.3

They're going to drive hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.

0:40.4

The pandemic, very badly handled.

0:43.0

I think many would argue by the government with catastrophic human consequences.

0:47.2

Now, I thought I'd bring a bit of a real world here into this parallel universe,

0:51.1

which is Conservative party conference,

0:53.2

and actually hold them to account on the impact of those policies.

0:57.5

Now, do they know what the impacts of those policies are?

1:00.4

And how are they going to respond when I put it to them?

1:02.9

I think we're going to find out.

1:10.5

So, what do you want to ask?

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