Dan O'Brien

They're attacking people.

We just need to have a proportionate number.

And I don't think it's disproportionate in any way to cull animals that are creating so many problems and attacking people at worst.

Oh, absolutely, Claire.

And thanks for having me on.

Look, just to put this in context, Claire, 2021 to 2023, we had the first serious bout of inflation in 40 years.

The cost of living went up by 25% in less than two years.

Now, because we have 170 billion sitting in bank accounts, earning little or no interest, what happened?

We had a quarter of all of that money effectively being incinerated.

That is tens of billions of people's savings went up in smoke.

That is the biggest episode of wealth destruction we've seen in this country since the property crash.

And it's probably the second biggest episode of wealth destruction we've ever seen in the history of this country.

So it's really important that people have options other than sticking their money in savings deposits so that they can protect their money and see it grow.

Well, that's true, but an awful lot of people do.

And more people would probably save if they thought their money wasn't at risk of being eroded by inflation.

So if you had a simple, straightforward product

that every man and woman on the street can understand, people will be more likely to say for the future,

And that is good for people because not only does it allow them to build up their wealth, but it also gives people more of a cushion for those periods in life when, you know, you have difficulties and you need to fall back into rainy days.

Well, we're certainly not advocating that there will be no tax at all.

But, you know, I think there's a strong case to say that for those smaller savings.