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Sunak Cost Fallacy – Weekly Edition


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We explore whether Rishi Sunak’s cost of living package is enough to address the long term hardship faced by millions. Or was it yet another political manoeuvre amid Tory turmoil? Plus, we unpack the issues faced by democracies across the globe with our guest Yascha Mounk, political scientist and author of The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure. 


  • “If Johnson can make it to the long summer break, where MPs have weeks away, that might allow people to calm down a little.” – Arthur Snell 
  • “I think the really difficult economic stuff is going to be next winter. It goes from something you worry about to something that fundamentally changes the way you live your life.” – Arthur Snell 
  • "The government has a tendency to respond too late." - Yasmeen Serhan
  • “A lot of discourse would be improved if people were forced to watch one focus group per week.” – Yascha Mounk 
  • “You make better arguments when you know what your opponent means as well.” – Yasmeen Serhan 
  • “I would distinguish between the angry minority and the majority of people.” – Yascha Mounk 


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    Presented by Ros Taylor with Arthur Snell and Yasmeen Serhan. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees, with research by Elina Ganatra. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production.



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