Nadia Whittome

So if that was a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million, that would only impact about 20,000 of the richest people in the UK. But it would raise an estimated £22 billion a year. Think of what that money could be spent on. It could fund public services, fund building a mass programme of council house building, fund the just transition to net zero, anti-poverty measures.

So if that was a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million, that would only impact about 20,000 of the richest people in the UK. But it would raise an estimated £22 billion a year. Think of what that money could be spent on. It could fund public services, fund building a mass programme of council house building, fund the just transition to net zero, anti-poverty measures.

Also, if you equalise capital gains tax and income tax, which I know is something that you've spoken about before on the podcast. It's not a radical demand. Nigel Lawson, when he was Tory Chancellor, supported this measure. that could raise up to £15 million a year. It's a no-brainer.

Also, if you equalise capital gains tax and income tax, which I know is something that you've spoken about before on the podcast. It's not a radical demand. Nigel Lawson, when he was Tory Chancellor, supported this measure. that could raise up to £15 million a year. It's a no-brainer.

I've got to say that the mood is pretty subdued. I think we were all riding on a high after the election, but that honeymoon period hasn't lasted very long. The polling's looking bad. What I'm concerned about is that we were elected on this promise of change, and I'm very worried about what will happen if we don't deliver on that.

I've got to say that the mood is pretty subdued. I think we were all riding on a high after the election, but that honeymoon period hasn't lasted very long. The polling's looking bad. What I'm concerned about is that we were elected on this promise of change, and I'm very worried about what will happen if we don't deliver on that.

We've got the far right, and we saw them mobilising and organising across the country.

We've got the far right, and we saw them mobilising and organising across the country.

over the summer they're waiting in the winds so we have to get this right there is too much at stake if if we fail to deliver we've got to show people how a Labour government can improve people's lives and we've got to say very clearly that the problem for your fallen living standards is not migrants it's not people of colour it's not Muslims it's not refugees It's not trans people.

over the summer they're waiting in the winds so we have to get this right there is too much at stake if if we fail to deliver we've got to show people how a Labour government can improve people's lives and we've got to say very clearly that the problem for your fallen living standards is not migrants it's not people of colour it's not Muslims it's not refugees It's not trans people.

It's a Tory government, exploitative bosses and landlords. And we are going to take measures to tackle those things and improve people's lives.

It's a Tory government, exploitative bosses and landlords. And we are going to take measures to tackle those things and improve people's lives.

Yeah, I think that's a really big question and there are lots of things at play here. I think we need more democracy in the media so that people aren't just hearing from a media that is controlled and owned by a couple of billionaires. That's the diversity that you get in a lot of the right-wing media is that they're owned by different billionaires. Not even that many different billionaires.

Yeah, I think that's a really big question and there are lots of things at play here. I think we need more democracy in the media so that people aren't just hearing from a media that is controlled and owned by a couple of billionaires. That's the diversity that you get in a lot of the right-wing media is that they're owned by different billionaires. Not even that many different billionaires.

Some of them are called Rupert.

Some of them are called Rupert.

Roger, Robert and Rupert. And they say all our names sound the same.

Roger, Robert and Rupert. And they say all our names sound the same.

I absolutely agree with what you said about Farage's interventions. And I think that the popularity of the far right on TikTok, including among young people and especially young men and boys, is extremely worrying, especially when you've got a kind of fertile ground for radicalisation, with people being more isolated, with people's living standards being inadequate.

I absolutely agree with what you said about Farage's interventions. And I think that the popularity of the far right on TikTok, including among young people and especially young men and boys, is extremely worrying, especially when you've got a kind of fertile ground for radicalisation, with people being more isolated, with people's living standards being inadequate.