EMQs: Could Ed Davey’s EU plan actually work?

<p>With Donald Trump back in the White House as of Monday, leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey has called in to ask: In strengthening the nation's negotiating hand with the new American leadership, is there a case for rejoining the EU customs union? George Osborne and Ed Balls discuss whether he's on to something - and whether there's any way it could happen under a Starmer government.</p><br /><p>Meanwhile, the PM wants to supercharge the UK’s Artificial Intelligence capabilities – but should that be top of mind when the nation’s essential workers like teachers and nurses are still working with ailing technology?</p><br /><p>Plus, the pair consider the viability – and morality – of a universal basic income. Would it reduce poverty? Or lead to laziness?&nbsp;</p><br /><p>You could have been listening to this episode of EMQs early and ad-free! And not only that… join Political Currency’s KITCHEN CABINET to enjoy early and ad-free listening, access to live EMQs recordings, and exclusive Political Currency merch.</p><br /><p>Subscribe now: patreon.com/politicalcurrency</p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p>Production support: Caillin McDaid</p><p>Technical Producer: Oliver Geraghty</p><p>Producer: Rosie Stopher and Miriam Hall&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford&nbsp;</p><p>Political Currency is a Persephonica Production and is part of the Acast Creator Network.&nbsp;</p><p>Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a>&nbsp;for more information.</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>