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Could we be about to get wealth taxes in the UK?

2026-06-07 Education
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Are we about to get a new Prime Minister in the UK? The change in leadership may be the best chance we've ever had of winning wealth taxes in this country. And it could be a blueprint for other countries around the world. Tax Wealth Not Work baseball cap: https://shop.garyseconomics.org/products/tax-wealth-not-work-baseball-cap 00:00 Intro 00:36 UK situation 02:18 Who will be the new Prime Minister in the UK? 03:41 A poisoned chalice? 07:57 Strong position to get wealth taxes 11:13 I will back Labour if they do this 15:45 Adopting our political framing 22:01 Would Andy Burnham really be different? 25:11 The markets refuse to lend the UK anymore 28:09 What happens if we DO get wealth taxes? 31:01 We need to tackle long-term problems 34:13 MY PREDICTIONS 34:57 The progress we’ve made ––––––––––– JOIN OUR PATREON – https://patreon.com/garyseconomics GET MERCH – https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ DONATE – https://buy.stripe.com/7sYbIUaRp2Pafv0cYCdjO01 JOIN GARY'S MAILING LIST – https://subscribepage.io/garyseconomics GET THE TRADING GAME – https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455809/the-trading-game-by-stevenson-gary/9781802062731 ––––––––––– Follow Gary on other channels: LINKEDIN – https://www.linkedin.com/company/garyseconomics SPOTIFY – https://open.spotify.com/show/2807p01KIe4RRFjRTB5o25 INSTAGRAM – https://www.instagram.com/garyseconomics TIKTOK – https://www.tiktok.com/@garyseconomics BLUESKY – https://bsky.app/profile/garyseconomics.bsky.social X – https://twitter.com/garyseconomics FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/garyseconomics DISCORD – https://discord.gg/vqME6WsPd7 WEBSITE – https://www.garyseconomics.org

Top Comments (10)

@ignoranceisbliss6259 2026-06-07

To tackle wealth inequality it will be necessary to seriously tighten up political funding. Politicians should work for their voters, not their donors.

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@joeycorcoran1689 2026-06-07

I’m an Australian travelling in Europe and just went through Rome airport. I had my bag searched at security, which had your book in it. The airport security guard saw your book and asked me if it was worth a read (he knew who you were and asked me if the trading game was any good), I told him definitely worth a read. But it dawned on me; an Australian finance worker had a brief encounter with an Italian Security worker and we both knew who you are and what you’re about - so your message is definitely spreading mate. Keep up the good work!

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@Terrorformer 2026-06-07

I can’t believe how far this has come Gary. I’ve been following you since you had 50K subs and I remember how unfocused and chaotic this all felt until you provided that lightning strike moment that made all of this mess make sense. Well done my friend.

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@ezehernandez 2026-06-07

There's a famous anechdote which involved Roosevelt being asked if he would fulfill his promises on civil rights. His response was 'will you make me'. That's how policies are pushed through, it's not so much about the elections but about having an independent movement that doesn't dissolve after electing someone but that constitutes a permanent pressure force.

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@uniteddreamer 2026-06-07

It's great they're getting in touch Gary. Thank you so much for your efforts, mate. Good luck getting this ship moving.

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@petterbirgersson4489 2026-06-07

Leaving a comment to strengthen the popularity.

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@Sam.campbelll 2026-06-07

Wes Streeting as far as I know is doing damage to NHS via opening the door to a very shady company called Palantir and more broadly presiding over privatisation of its services. This is alarming and very off putting

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@ChezRisks 2026-06-08

Long term conservative voter from a conservative family, recently voted green for wealth taxes. Now’s labours chance to make real change

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@Ashamaali 2026-06-07

They need nowhere to hide. Tax havens should be dealt with.

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@WisePsychology 2026-06-08

First they ignore you, then they criticise you, they they ask for your help saving the economy. Radical journey Gary

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