Zoë Grünewald
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first heard Sep 2024
last heard 9 Jul
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Somebody made a comment. It was a Labour advisor. I can't remember who. Somebody was saying these were very particular glasses with a special blue light filter that helps him read the autocue. And I thought, oh, come on. Like, come on. My glasses provider add the blue light thing for like 80 quid. And obviously I say no because I don't want to spend that money.
Yeah, I love blue light.
Today on Pod Save the UK, we're back and so is Parliament. The Grenfell Inquiry reaches its conclusion and the Tory leadership hopefuls struggle for recognition. Plus, we're joined by Zoe Grunewald. Was that good? A little bit of European embellishment.
But first, a tweet that really captures the nation's mood this week. Are you ready for it, Zoe? It's just two words. Nationalised Ticketmaster.
Okay, that's fine, that's fine. I also didn't get tickets, not because I wouldn't enjoy it. Who doesn't love singing their heart out? And, you know, I'm of the age where I do appreciate the Britpop. But I just had this moment where I was like, I'm going to leave this for the real fans. And there are plenty of them.
Where's this come from?
Tickets sold through Ticketmaster were subject to what's known as dynamic pricing, where as demand for tickets goes up, the price rises. Ticketmasters say dynamic prices keeps the price in line with what scalpers might be selling them for, with an aim to keep the money with the artist and also with Ticketmaster, and is allowed under consumer protection law.
Nonetheless, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has ordered a probe into ticket surge pricing, saying we will include issues around the transparency and use of dynamic pricing, including the technology around queuing systems, which incentivize it in our forthcoming consultation on consumer protections for ticket resales, which I guess is her way of saying I will look back in anger and I will not roll with it.
Yeah. Did you get that?
Okay, well, let's talk about Keir Starmer's theme song of the summer. He's not an Oasis fan. He's not living his brat girl summer. I can't imagine Keir Starmer listening to music. No. I think he just sits in silence. Our producers have written a joke here that I don't understand, but I'm going to read it. He's much more of a paramour, misery business kind of guy. Yeah, do you get that?
I get that one, yeah.
Yeah, he's got... Sad, sombre expression. He genuinely looks like he's at a funeral. Part of me was thinking, who died? Was it Larry the cat? Who died? But he's actually just telling us that everything's going to be a lot worse. So what's the logic of making that announcement?
But speaking of very unpopular policies, one of the groups most likely to feel the pinch that Starmer is trailing here are pensioners. Before parliamentary recess, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the government's decision to restrict winter fuel payments of up to £300 to only those receiving pension credit. So the government has been on the defensive over their decision.
They're chalking it up to the 22 billion black hole that Labour claims the previous government left them as a post-election gift. Here's leader of the Commons, Lucy Powell, defending the policy on BBC Breakfast.
Well, the comment certainly attracted a lot of attention. Some economists, including Ben Zaranco from the IFS, told the FT that the comment was silly and that there may be political reason to try and keep Liz Truss in the imagination of the British public, but this is not a helpful contribution. So is it just politics? More politicking.
That's one of the earliest policies is you're going to go for pensioners, already one of the most vulnerable groups. Like I get that there's obviously generational wealth inequality, but there are working class pensioners, there are pensioners in poverty.
And it's not like, you know, at the moment, the threshold is if they get £11,300 a year incoming from their pensions, they will not be eligible for winter fuel. That's not that much money. You know, like with the cost of everything being as it is. So I don't think they can say they're not putting some pensioners into poverty. And that all feels very Tory, doesn't it?
I know you're saying it's a group of people and perhaps it might be a minority. It's unclear to me how many people are going to be affected. I know they're talking about reforming the way pension credit is administered and perhaps people that might fall in the net might not in the end.
But I do think there's also something about like, you know, we've been talking a lot about the feeling of hope and the feeling of security and those things that you want from a government, particularly from a Labour government. I was having a chat with a neighbour of mine He's in his 90s now, and he's obviously been retired and been on a pension for ages, over 20 years, right?
And so he was saying that when you first go onto your pension, you get told how much you're going to get. But what you can never anticipate is how much prices will increase for everything. At the time, you might think, well, hey, that's fantastic. And then 15 years later, you've got no means of earning more. And that feeling of... Being scared, being afraid, worrying about stuff.
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