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E67: Chaos in the UK! with Yanis Varoufakis, Marshajane Thompson, Julia Moore, and more

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Rishi Sunak has taken over as British PM, the richest-ever person to hold the job. He’s already promising austerity for the poorest, with public services like the NHS in danger as never before. Sunak’s appointment comes after the disastrous Liz Truss (who was outlasted by a lettuce at 44 days), and the scandal-ridden premiership of Boris Johnson. What can British people – and those around Europe – expect from this latest (unelected) Tory government? And with a Labour Party incapable of representing common people, should progressives be adding to calls for early elections? Our panel includes our own Yanis Varoufakis and UK campaigner Julia Moore, with special guest Marshajane Thompson, previously Head of Campaigns for Jeremy Corbyn and now coordinator of Your NHS Needs You. They’ll be

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Rishi Sunak has taken over as British PM, the richest-ever person to hold the job. He’s already promising austerity for the poorest, with public services like the NHS in danger as never before.



Sunak’s appointment comes after the disastrous Liz Truss (who was outlasted by a lettuce at 44 days), and the scandal-ridden premiership of Boris Johnson.



What can British people – and those around Europe – expect from this latest (unelected) Tory government? And with a Labour Party incapable of representing common people, should progressives be adding to calls for early elections?



Our panel includes our own Yanis Varoufakis and UK campaigner Julia Moore, with special guest Marshajane Thompson, previously Head of Campaigns for Jeremy Corbyn and now coordinator of Your NHS Needs You. They’ll be debating these issues and taking your questions, live!



0:00 [Introduction] Mehran Khalili

2:18 Yanis Varoufakis

19:15 Marshajane Thompson

29:38 Julia Moore

36:45 [Question] Mehran Khalili

37:06 Julia Moore

39:55 [Question] Mehran Khalili

40:03 Marshajane Thompson

41:23 Questions and comments from the chat

42:05 Johannes Fehr

45:48 Amir Kiyaei

48:47 Questions and comments from the chat

49:56 Erik Edman

55:30 Defne Dalkara

57:40 Yanis Varoufakis

1:03:53 [Conclusion] Mehran Khalili



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Yanis Varoufakis
An accidental economist Let me begin with a confession: I am a Professor of Economics who has never really trained as an economist. But let’s take things one at a time.

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