Is Britain Doomed?

[@Dougzed]

I feel like every time you guys release a podcast SO MUCH shit happens right afterwards. Britain's going to an election lol. Gotta get Ali to cover it next week

[@TheP232]

Memes from across the pond: 1997 Labour Party Ad things can only get better

[@hincksman]

I could just imagine the visa application being something like: Please select a skill/trade that you will provide in Australia - 1. Electrical engineering 2. STEM focused trade 3. Arse wiping

[@melonwar3927]

Our economic system, NHS, and physical infrastructure is falling apart and in a few years as more climate problems happen our infrastructure will be made for the wrong climate. Disease being pushed up from Africa, water rising, temperature changes and extreme weather are the obvious ones and they have the possibility to be almost comically bad. We have so many geographical benefits for clean electrical generation which can be sold, it's painful how many easy things are missed. Genuine question if anyone sees this, where are people needed? What can we do?

[@jamiearan]

Best option: Emigrate the UK to Aus/NZ 2nd option: Devolve UK power further. Until Scotland and Wales devolved around 1997, the UK govt gutted all local infrastructure, and problems literally jumped from County/Borough level to Westminster. The government realised far too late that it's too hard to manage regions like they did in the 1850s, so devolving power might spread out some of the wealth from London to the regions and other cities. 3rd Option: No devolution, but divide administration like departments of France. Every little village gets its own mayor and state funding. All Department Headquarters are within an hour's drive or a day's horse ride (this is why France's Departments are roughly equal in size).

[@wolfisince1978]

I think Great Britains wealth and economy (as well as a lot of other european countries) relied very much on colonialism. Without the possibility to soak up wealth from "dependant" countries (like the United States are doing now for example) it is much harder to compete worldwide.

[@creepersonspeed5490]

France is already struggling!

[@milky8519]

the pods with just Ali and Jordan are always great. love Mislav but his adhd doesn't permit him to talk about the same topic for more than a minute

[@phillipscheid4505]

R.I.P Mislav

[@shammy__]

Waiiit, you have a podcast?!!?? Mad!!

[@wksnjes4100]

8:10 is Ali's finest moment haha

[@MrMmnngghh]

Yes, it is doomed. I lived there from 1983 - 2003, the Thatcher / major years were a dreadful, noticeable decline, the first few years of new "Labour" (in reality Tory - lite) were ok, but the seams were starting to split again by the time I left. During two visits in 2016 and 2023, the most noticeable changes were the increase in visible homelessness, and the decrease in civic pride.

[@hemikaislam3303]

And those kookaburra face canvas’ on the wall look amazing ❤ 😊

[@philm.5236]

Reddit segments are cool! Keep 'em coming

[@rofalmatt]

Martha LIES IN THE INTERVIEW! she says she has a "photographic memory" then next sentence she says " i dont remember " LIES!

[@gg_sam7847]

Who?

[@tnint5r9]

Ali is correct on the need for structural reforms in the UK. A lot stems from a lack of housing. Traps capital that should be going into tech startups into land. Forces people to move to London, increasing regional inequality. (Without London, the GDP of the UK is the same as Alabama). Political talent is needed, PR/Media folk and Lords run the country. Media folk only know how to write a good speech, not organisational skills. Lords stop any reforms that prevent their land from making money. (We still have elites from Normandy that still run this country.) Ali is correct about financial services, most talented grads go to McKinsey or banking. In the USA, there is a much bigger startup culture. The upcoming labour government will have to make hard decisions with the NHS, which will upset there public sector voters. So we will see.

[@fkyhbubz]

What happened to Mislav??

[@jamiearan]

He got Covid

[@radiaaahhh]

as a brit this was completely miserable to watch thanks for reminding me how doomed this country is

[@hemikaislam3303]

OMG 🫨 I didn’t even know this podcast even existed. Now I can tune into Ali and your trash talk others on your morning gossip show. I love gossip. I ❤ this so much hahaha

[@ForgedPlanetTV]

Thanks for covering UK politics. Our economy has gone to shit the last 14 years under the toriez, we used to have a higher GDP per capita than the US. 43:00, I couldn't agree more.

[@metcaelfe]

Yes

[@harpseal2]

first pod i listen to in ages and theres bulgarian slander unbelievable

[@harpseal2]

also nice shirt ali i have the same one from kmart

[@Germanicnoble]

Correct me if I’m wrong, next UK election is 4 July?

[@robertdarbymusic]

Kyle ain't no Howard Stern

[@jharv58]

Watch the whole thing. She didn’t watch any of it, but addresses everything.

[@gg_sam7847]

What are you talking about?

[@Suhgurim]

250ml is 1 cup about the size of a regular coffee mug

[@andrewiwm9980]

I’d love to hear Jordan’s take on this but I think we need to ask our labor leaders and unions as to why they’re increasing migration coz it doesn’t really make sense for a party that protects workers to be bringing in cheap labour

[@mrsnrub282]

They're decreasing migration

[@KELLYFLETCHER1]

They’re decreasing migration but they can’t stop the migration completely because we are so short on labour

[@surendrasathappan8479]

keir starmer is no albo.

[@rofalmatt]

Baby reindeer is amazing !!!

[@TheAbeKane]

She gets the effort she deserves

[@drunkflamingolive]

Grab the sweet sweet

[@terrafallow]

I am a breastfeeding mum.. I am shocked that it's an actual flavour.. might have to compare 🤔

[@MrPsychochickens]

Jordan telling workers to sacrifice... I don't think union workers would be likely to accept such dogma. Keep blaming and expecting workers to sacrifice while the million and billionaires are earning more than ever.

[@rofalmatt]

More today i fucked up reddit please

[@jaydenstorace3218]

Read comments/post of greens voters from r/friendlyjordies

[@Kimsta]

Yes it's common, I've dated lots of men, most of them Aussie and sorry fellas you do need to step it up compared to men from other nations. And yes hand washing is a problem too..

[@andrewiwm9980]

It depends, most Aussie men are at construction sites not sat in a nice clean office environment like most non-Aussie men

[@Kimsta]

@@andrewiwm9980 nah it's not about manual work, it's more like us girls are picky and we don't like being touched without hands being washed, same for food handling etc. More of a general hygiene thing than a career specific thing. I do want to add there are also some great Aussie fellas out there! I definitely didn't mean 'all' in my original comment, just more a majority 🤘

[@andrewiwm9980]

@@Kimsta I think it is not fair to expect a guy who works at a construction site to be clean like a nurse or a doctor or even a real estate agent so I think you guys just need to be a little more proud of Aussie men coz they’re not only quite handsome, non-Aussie men usually aren’t, but also do a lot of hard labour in both the cold winter and hot summer which most non-Aussie men don’t do and probably never will

[@Kimsta]

@@andrewiwm9980 I feel like you are mistaking what is meant by hand washing, it's not a comment on dirty hands from manual labour, it's a comment on hygiene. There is definitely no target on a man that works hard with his hands - we love that about Aussie blokes!

[@andrewiwm9980]

@@Kimsta yeah, basic hygiene practices should be easy tbh… the expectation for proper hygiene practices is very valid too but work conditions play a role in a person’s perception of self which it shouldn’t so maybe resilience should be taught too and enforcing hygiene should be done a little forcefully in that case

[@idiotschmidiot]

20:17 bold to assume women watch this pod