Nafeez Ahmed
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people are just fed up and they're going to vote you out if you can't deliver transformation, they can't experience it in our lives. So my hunch is we're going to go through this quite dangerous inflection point where a lot of the stale, pale, whatever kind of ways of doing things, they're going to keep trying to do it in the same old way and it's not going to work.
people are just fed up and they're going to vote you out if you can't deliver transformation, they can't experience it in our lives. So my hunch is we're going to go through this quite dangerous inflection point where a lot of the stale, pale, whatever kind of ways of doing things, they're going to keep trying to do it in the same old way and it's not going to work.
But when these guys come in, they exploit that and You know, whether it's Farage, whether it's Trump, they come in, but are they going to offer change? No way. Look at what Musk's proposal, Musk and Trump proposal is insane. They're going to, what, tear $3 trillion of the federal budget they want to eliminate from the government. It's absolutely nuts.
But when these guys come in, they exploit that and You know, whether it's Farage, whether it's Trump, they come in, but are they going to offer change? No way. Look at what Musk's proposal, Musk and Trump proposal is insane. They're going to, what, tear $3 trillion of the federal budget they want to eliminate from the government. It's absolutely nuts.
When I calculated the GDP implications of that, it's something like a quarter of America's GDP would literally be eviscerated. I don't think Americans are going to sit there and be like, yeah, that's fine. People are going to get angry. They're going to get upset at the government. People are desperate for real change. And that's an opportunity.
When I calculated the GDP implications of that, it's something like a quarter of America's GDP would literally be eviscerated. I don't think Americans are going to sit there and be like, yeah, that's fine. People are going to get angry. They're going to get upset at the government. People are desperate for real change. And that's an opportunity.
Keir Starmer and his government need to be ready to think outside the box and start acting now. And if they don't do that within this next four years, then there is a real risk that they'll face that at the next election. Why do we want to go through this process of swinging between...
Keir Starmer and his government need to be ready to think outside the box and start acting now. And if they don't do that within this next four years, then there is a real risk that they'll face that at the next election. Why do we want to go through this process of swinging between...
between a tepid liberal approach and an insane extreme far-right approach until we get to the point where we wake up and say, guys, that was insane. Can we get off the rollercoaster now and do something actually sane? We should just do it now. And I think Starmer has that opportunity. He needs to act.
between a tepid liberal approach and an insane extreme far-right approach until we get to the point where we wake up and say, guys, that was insane. Can we get off the rollercoaster now and do something actually sane? We should just do it now. And I think Starmer has that opportunity. He needs to act.