#177 - Rupert Lowe - The State Has Become The Enemy

About this episode

Rupert Lowe discusses the growing power of the state and its implications for Britain with Peter McCormack.

Rupert Lowe joins Peter McCormack to discuss Restore Britain, Reform UK, immigration, Parliament, the judiciary, the civil service, tax, welfare, young people, the Green Party, the private sector, Bitcoin, inflation and whether Britain can still be saved. Rupert argues that the state has become too powerful, Britain may no longer have the rule of law, the private sector is dying, and Restore’s mission is to return power to the people. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - The State Has Become the Enemy 00:01:02 - Has Voting Stopped Working? 00:05:49 - How Dysfunctional Is the State? 00:06:58 - The Complaint System Inside Parliament 00:12:46 - “The People Who Lead Britain Are Bad” 00:13:12 - Has Britain Lost the Rule of Law? 00:19:13 - Immigration and the Future of Europe 00:22:59 - What Does Getting Your Country Back Mean? 00:25:39 - Britain’s 22,000-Page Tax Code 00:28:09 - Fabianism and the Growth of the State 00:32:34 - Can One MP Fight the Machine? 00:35:49 - How Restore Mobilised the Apathetic 00:38:48 - Makerfield, Burnham and the By-Election 00:45:39 - Why the Private Sector Is Dying…

People in this episode

Host: Peter McCormack

Guest: Rupert Lowe

Topics covered

• politics
• immigration
• civil service
• taxation
• private sector
• Bitcoin
• youth engagement

Keywords

• state power
• rule of law
• tax code
• inflation
• young people
• political reform
• private sector decline

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Restore Britain, Reform UK, Green Party

Products: Bitcoin

Places: Britain, Europe

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