Just Us: The rise of Reform and GLP-1s - our honest thoughts

Should I Delete That?

Alex Light & Em Clarkson

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Over the past couple of weeks - we’ve found ourselves in some very noisy places online. So, we’re using today to share some of out thoughts and reflecting on what they mean for society as a whole...

First up - we’re talking about Reform and why Em has decided to start speaking about politics online. Then - we'll be discussing the impact of Serena Williams choosing to advertise GLP-1s for weight loss.

It feels like a heavy time for humanity at the moment - if you have something you’d like to add to our conversation or if you can share some hope… email us on [email protected]

This episode was recorded on Tuesday 2nd September

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Should I Delete That is produced by Faye Lawrence

Studio Manager: Dex Roy

Video Editor: Celia Gomez

Social Media Manager: Sarah English

Music: Alex Andrew

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC.
0:03.9	Now, as you know on this podcast, we are partial to a side hustle. Need I mention Alex's
0:08.9	great foray into drumming back in 2021. I don't want to talk about it. But this podcast was a side hustle
0:15.1	when we started it. Both of our Instagram accounts were too, and we've been very lucky to have
0:19.7	been able to make these into our
0:20.8	careers, and we are absolutely not alone. Now, on that topic and the topic of income, it is important
0:26.4	to know that there are a few specific tax rules for side hustles. If you've made over £1,000 from a
0:32.7	side hustle outside your main job, whether that's by making content like we do or selling things online,
0:37.8	you need to tell HMRC. Yes. And if you don't declare it, you could receive an unexpected tax bill,
0:44.0	which no one wants. No, thank you. But it can be overwhelming. Lord knows we've both really had
0:50.6	to learn on the job about tax liabilities. So it is great that with this campaign,
0:55.2	HMRC are trying to simplify it as it is never too late to learn. It absolutely isn't.
1:00.2	All you need to do is search tax help for hustles to check if you need to pay tax.
1:15.1	Hello, welcome back to delete that. I'm Alex Light.
1:17.9	I'm M. Clarkson. M. Clarkson. M. Machos to discuss.
1:22.3	We have got a schedule, a tight schedule. We have three topics.
1:25.4	I think we've more than three. Oh, shit. Hang on. Let's hear them.
1:29.3	Exercise. Slay. Serena Williams. Hang on. Let's hear them. Exercise. Slay. Serena Williams.
1:30.6	Slay.
1:32.3	A reform.
1:36.1	Perfect. A trifecta. Yeah? Let's go. Anything to add?
1:38.4	Probably. Okay. 10 minutes each.
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