How Britain is Destroying Its Economy - Daniel Priestley

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Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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0:00.0	It's the greatest time in history to be an entrepreneur.
0:03.0	There's never been better time.
0:05.0	Minus the crime, London's just an awesome city.
0:08.0	I think Britain's lost more millionaires than any other country in the world.
0:11.0	Why do you think that is?
0:12.0	If you create a game where entrepreneurs can't really operate or win,
0:16.0	you lose those entrepreneurs.
0:18.0	1% of people earn 14% of the income but pay 30% of the taxes.
0:22.6	So let's just get that because I think most people don't get this.
0:25.6	The top 1% that we always are told are the evil blah blah blah.
0:29.6	Yeah.
0:30.6	They pay 30% of the income tax.
0:32.6	You know, anyone who has come from Eastern European countries, Soviet Union, you know that
0:39.1	state-run big government just doesn't work.
0:42.7	Our ancestors, your grandparents, great-grandparents, they would trade places with you in a heartbeat.
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1:29.7	Daniel, welcome to Trigonometry. Thank you very much for having me. It's been a long time coming, really looking forward to our conversation. Before we get into economics and finance and entrepreneurship and business, which we want to talk to you about, and of course, the various tax policies that are being proposed and talked about here in Britain and elsewhere. Just tell us a little bit about your background. Who are you? How do you happen to be here?
1:33.8	Yeah, so I started my first company when I was 21 years old. I've been an entrepreneur ever since. I've had multiple startups. I've had businesses. As you can tell, I'm Australian,
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