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Busayo Twins

Busayo Twins

UK political commentator and Strategic Business Development Manager at ClearView Research, Co-Director of The Black Economists Network, and co-host of the Make It Plain podcast.

Jun 17, 2026

36:01
are on the political spectrum because they're cranking down on a lot.
36:03
No, absolutely.
36:05
I think, as I said, there's one way to look at it, which is eventually thinking about how reform could abuse this power more than the origins of the abuse itself that exists, but also that inability to distinguish between a Labour Party... legislation and a reform or even restore.
36:23
So the issue is now, I think society needs to treat the political class as one group of people who have the same objectives that might tinker around the edges.
36:31
They might have a particular project that they really enjoy, but really and truly this is British politics.
36:36
And I think the sooner we are honest about what we are living under, the sooner we acknowledge that capitalism is not freeing.
36:43
And that because you have this proximity to the global north and, you know, you can have access to certain resources comparative to the global south, you think you're free.

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76:41
And so, like, do you think that has anything to play now with why, I suppose, talking about anti-blackness maybe is unsexy or is not cool anymore for the left? Because, you know, there's this kind of aversion to identity politics now, but I think it's a big shame.

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