General Election NOW!

<p>As Liz Truss is forced out of office, Britain will have its third prime minister this year. Whether it's Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt or indeed Boris Johnson - who is plotting a return - this farce leaves Britain in an economic and soil death spiral. Only a general election gives this country hope of being prised away from the grip of these lunatics - but will the Tories ever allow an election which could wipe them out? And how much is the Tory crisis about something far more profound - a broken economic model that itself has to go?</p><br /><p>We're joined by the brilliant economist Faiza Shaheen.</p><br /><p>Please subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbktwTmQ0THJNZ25IMTdqMFd5RFhDOG9YZmZ4d3xBQ3Jtc0ttd0ZoWFl1X2x6LUZndkw4ZDNmSy1CdFgyajhneW1kcWFFZ3psT1dXMmVaRWRBbWVjdTBPV2Q0VU42RFl0QkVKRi1id0hqSVNEb0d3R3NGN3AyQWNJNW5JejhiQmlYX2dDMlphRjF3Y0JaVVRieTk5SQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fowenjones84&amp;v=FFWGEQyqLoY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/owenjones84</a></p><p>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>