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*PREVIEW* Only Britain Fails to Soldier On

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TRASHFUTURE

Comedy

4.6 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

There's a rumour circulating that Liz Truss may be making a comeback. Well, she might think so--and she's written an article about it. We review this excellent piece of writing line-by-line, as well as addressing some coin-minting antipathy from a weird Canadian columnist that Riley found. We very much hope you enjoy. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/only-britain-to-78411021 *LONDON LIVE SHOW ALERT* See Trashfuture live in London on February 20 featuring special guest Nish Kumar! Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trashfuture-live-podcast-with-nish-kumar-tickets-528472574697 *BERLIN LIVE SHOW ALERT* We're also doing a show on March 11 in Berlin! Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trashfuture-live-in-berlin-tickets-525728156067 *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s upcoming live shows here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)

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0:00.0

If this is the coin skeptic, then the coin skeptics are not sending their best.

0:05.0

This is what he said.

0:07.1

I can't believe the U.S. fiscal structure is so...

0:11.2

But that's more or less what this is.

0:12.6

I can't believe the U.S. fiscal structure is so dysfunctional that serious people are urging the minting of a trillion dollar coin.

0:19.1

So he doesn't like the coin, so it's more of a...

0:21.2

Err... thing.

0:22.5

Yeah.

0:22.9

But once you're making thousand pounds super coins, why just one...

0:27.1

Number one, it doesn't have to be a thousand pounds.

0:29.1

It would just be cool if it was a thousand pounds.

0:31.2

Idiot.

0:31.7

Yeah, we just agreed it would be cool.

0:33.4

Well, he's got Canadian brain. He's thinking it has to be like the Sudbury giant nickel, but much bigger to reflect its greater value.

0:39.5

Yeah, that's true.

0:40.4

A very deep reach for the Sudbury giant nickel there.

0:44.4

Still only worth five cents.

0:47.0

But he says, why just one trillion?

0:49.7

Why not a trillion trillion?

0:51.9

Yeah, why not?

0:52.6

Because fuck you, John, you're just being unreasonable.

0:55.5

You don't just get to be unreasonable and try to make someone respond to it.

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