Living With A Crooked Johnson

<p>What if the Prime Minister was corrupt, and nobody cared? As Labour steels itself for a tough election day, we look at where sleaze is and isn’t cutting through. Plus, as the COVID horror in India worsens, <strong>Ahir Shah</strong> tells us what his friends and family in India are experiencing – and the extend of Modi’s culpability.</p><p><br></p><p>And a Wild Idea for the future: <strong>Universal Basic Capital</strong>. Rather than tinkering with inequality through a complex benefits system, why don’t we just give everyone £10,000 on their 18th birthday?</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“The country is so fucking broken that Johnson will put himself on sale for a pair of curtains.” </em><strong><em>– Alex Andreou</em></strong></li><li><em>“If you’re asking ‘If Labour can’t win now, when can it?’, you’re asking the wrong question.”</em><strong><em> – Ros Taylor</em></strong></li><li><em>“If someone gives you a shit-ton of money, surely you’re beholden to them?”</em><strong><em> – Ahir Shah</em></strong></li><li><em>“We’ve somehow decided that old people deserve state handouts during this pandemic, and young people don’t. That’s a really poisonous point of view.”</em><strong><em> – Ros Taylor</em></strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison with Ahir Shah, Ros Taylor and Alex Andreou. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic . Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>The Bunker is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>