Brexit Means Bankers' Bonuses!
Political Currency
Persephonica
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Wednesday marked the four-year anniversary of Brexit. Passed you by? Don’t worry, George admits he deleted the celebratory email from Tory HQ in protest. One old legacy of EU regulation is the bankers’ bonus cap, which Rachel Reeves revealed Labour would not reinstate if it won the election. Ed thinks she might be boxing herself in. He and George debate whether Britain has capitalised on its freedom from ‘red tape’ or if it’s all been a bit of a flop.
Rishi Sunak has announced a ban on disposable vapes. Sensible public health decision or the nanny state in action? Ed and George discuss whether the vaping ban ties in with Sunak’s clean living, fasting, tech bro image and whether it marks a break with the ultra-libertarian faction of the party. Should we just let Sunak be Sunak?
And zut alors! Ed crossed the Channel this week and made two important discoveries: a fantastic brasserie, and the oncoming depression in French political circles. As farmers blockade the streets of Paris, Ed and George ask what challenges President Macron faces and whether his successor could be a member of the far-right.
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| 0:00.0 | BP is working to roll out EV charging hubs in the UK and we're keeping oil and gas |
| 0:06.0 | flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all that's how BP is backing Britain. |
| 0:11.8 | While today we're mostly in oil and gas. We increased the proportion |
| 0:15.8 | of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses |
| 0:20.6 | from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in 2023. |
| 0:25.8 | BP.com slash and not all. |
| 0:28.8 | This episode is brought to you by G.S.K. |
| 0:35.0 | We're lucky to live in a time when many of us can access medicine when we become ill, |
| 0:38.5 | but even better than recovering from being unwell is not getting ill in the first place. |
| 0:43.2 | Yes, G.S.K believes that prevention is the best medicine and that's why they've built one of the |
| 0:48.2 | broadest vaccine portfolios in the world. |
| 0:50.6 | G.S.K. say that prevention to them means pioneering new medicines to reduce HIV transmission |
| 0:56.2 | or stopping chronic conditions from progressing to more serious complications. |
| 1:00.4 | That's because preventing disease is the best possible outcome for all of us and that's why G.S.K. |
| 1:05.6 | Unites science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. |
| 1:09.6 | Visit gsk.com to learn more. This is political currency with Ed Bulls and George Osbourne. possible. |
| 1:33.0 | Hello, hello, welcome back. |
| 1:39.0 | Ed, you are returned from Paris. |
| 1:39.0 | Hello, hello. |
| 1:41.0 | Welcome back. |
| 1:42.0 | Ed, you are returned from Paris. |
| 1:44.0 | That is right a week ago. |
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