I was on Great British Think Tank's Pints and Policy podcast yesterday. You can watch it below.
Thanks to GBTT's thorough description of the chat, I can tell you exactly what we discussed:
0:00 Pints & Policy
0:08 Welcome: Chris Snowdon and the IEA
0:49 What is a capitalist command economy?
4:08 Fined for missing heat pump and EV targets
5:14 Back to the 1970s under Labour?
6:45 Riots, immigration and public anger
8:24 The mini-budget v now: gilts, debt and the deficit
9:53 Do we need a bond crisis?
11:15 Austerity "was barely done at all"
12:03 Wealth taxes, rent controls and the Laffer curve
14:00 Are young people less liberal?
17:01 "Is it time to ban...?" The BBC and the media
19:14 More vapers than smokers
20:04 Cheap Chinese EVs
20:42 An £11 broadband levy for the BBC?
23:17 Inside the Sausage Factory: does evidence matter?
25:24 Minimum unit pricing: 65p in Wales
26:09 20mph limits
27:34 Impact assessments: costs counted, benefits not
31:22 Devolution as a policy trial
34:38 Will the state ever get smaller?
36:31 The simple fixes: repeal and deregulate
37:44 Blair, Brown and the Tories
39:06 Tory hangovers: plastic taxes and the "Uni Party"
40:35 Busy with Brexit and Covid, so why ban straws?
42:40 The one policy to change first
44:20 Disability benefits and the TaxPayers' Alliance tool
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