Elon Musk’s journey into politics – and all of this has been sold as Elon Musk being the defender of free speech, the saviour of Western civilisation, and the killer of the woke-mind virus. JimmytheGiant: Elon Musk’s Evil Plan for Britain
‘The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes.’ ibid. Musk tweet 5th January 2025
We’re going to go deep – Elon Musk’s dark plan for Britain. ibid.
Beyond all of this shape-shifting there is a side of Nigel that he doesn’t really sing about a lot. And that is about who he is. ibid.
What is Elon’s move into politics for? Like, what is he planning to do? What is his end game? ibid.
Look at Elon Musk’s history of union bashing. ibid.
‘We believe in family, country and strong borders.’ ibid. Farage
Foreign influence and wealthy donors with questionable motives have wormed their way into influence in British politics. ibid.
These private donors dwarf the trade unions. ibid.
Just an oligarch who owns a social media platform. ibid.
From the 90s onwards there was this endless barrage of TV shows, films, newspaper articles, obsessed with that was being dubbed ‘the benefit scrounger’. JimmytheGiant podcast: Britain’s War on ‘Benefit Scroungers’
Poor people didn’t just randomly appear when Jeremy Kyle decided to slag them off on prime-time TV. ibid.
The Poor Law 1834: it actually made a legal distinction between the deserving and the undeserving poor. ibid.
They glossed over the fact that in 2008 the largest financial crash since the Great Depression happened. ibid.
We just kind of created a new normal of an underfunded welfare state. ibid.
Many economists these days believe Austerity is a completely flawed concept. ibid.
Is there any truth to the ‘benefit scrounger’ stereotype? ibid.
Less opportunities and less prospects in life. ibid.
The evidence that welfare states have been a success in the western world is just undeniable. ibid.
‘A very large number are not getting benefits to which they are entitled to.’ ibid. Tom White, local director of social services
In the UK right now our prison system is literally bursting at the seams … Britain’s prison industrial complex. JimmytheGiant podcast: Why Britain’s Prisons Are On the Verge of Collapse
British attitudes towards crime are fundametally based in the ideology of Victorian Christianity. ibid.
Women and the children were being put in the same prisons as violent men. ibid.
What is the actual purpose of prison? ibid.
‘And when this place does go off, the roof will go.’ ibid. Strangeways prisoner
Private prisons are 42% more dangerous than public prisons … Private prisons create a conflict of interests. ibid.
But we were pretty soft on the causes of crime. ibid.
Norway has one of the lowest rates of incarceration in the entire world. ibid.
The worst man in British politics. Darren Grimes. Oh, Jesus … Works for GB News, and is just so fake and so vapid as a human. JimmytheGiant podcast: This is Britain’s Cringiest Far Right Grifter, Youtube 2025
A state of decline: since 2008 real wages, that is those adjusted for inflation, have fallen. Meaning after nearly 15 years the average wage in April 2023 was actually lower than that of February 2008. The Invisible Hand podcast: What Has Happened to the UK’s Economy, Youtube 2024
A cycle of political chaos as more dissatisfied citizens have elected increasingly populous leaders who have offered large policies but failed to deliver. ibid.
This is Jaywick, one of the poorest towns in the UK, full of derelect houses and littered streets. The Invisible Hand, Why No-One Wants to Live in the UK [sic], Youtube 2024
Those living in London and southeast earn siginificantly more than the rest of the country. ibid.
The gap between richest and the poorest parts is wider than any EU country. ibid.
Living standards in the UK becoming worse and worse each year. ibid.
In 2016 the UK fundamentally changed its future. In a narrow 52/48 vote, it decided to leave the European Union. For supporters this was a dream come true. The years ahead would deliver prosperity, growth and control over borders. But 9 years later these promises which people rested their hopes on have been broken. The Invisible Hand podcast: The Real Reason the UK Wants to Rejoin the EU, Youtube 2025
In 1969 the United Kingdom made an enormous discovery. Just 200 miles off their coast they found the Echo Fisk oil field. At the time it was one of the largest in the world and had the potential to completely transform the country. Another nation also made this discovery: Norway. Both began drilling in the field at the same time and extracted roughly the same amount. But while Norway transformed its discovery into a $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the UK took a different path: instead of investing the money, the UK wasted its opportunity, funding tax cuts for the rich. The Invisible Hand podcast: How the UK Wasted Its Greatest Opportunity Ever
All of the UK’s assets were being sold. ibid.