Gary Stevenson

People who watched my video before Keir Starmer came in will see, it's easy to forget, you know, Keir Starmer won an electoral landslide only two years ago and was, at least for a brief period in time, pretty popular.

He came in, he presided over a massive collapse in living standards, and now he's basically the most unpopular man in the history of the country.

So the new prime minister, when they come in,

is really going to have to have a story on the economy and on living standards and how they're going to stop living standards from falling.

And it's not going to be easy to do that.

And I think the UK is in quite a specific situation here.

Because

borrowing costs are so high for the UK government, it's very difficult for the UK to borrow money.

So it's going to be very difficult for any new Prime Minister to come in and start spending money quickly.

It's going to be very difficult for them to stop living standards from falling in the short term.

And if I'm totally honest, I think becoming UK Prime Minister right now is a bit of a poison chalice.

And

If I'm being straight up, I think they are going to be kind of desperate for a new economic story that establishes them as different from Keir Starmer and serious on the economy and living standards.

And for that reason, I think we are in an incredibly strong situation.

So because of the work that we've done here over the years and all the other great people who work on this, Tax Justice UK, Patriot Millionaires, and of course, all of you who watch this channel, we have pushed wealth taxes really into the spotlight in the economic conversation.

And they're incredibly popular with the public, including

right wing voters, voters of conservative and voters for reform.

They're really, really wanted.

They have the capacity to

bring money, desperately needed money, into the UK government coffers.