# Britain Is Broke

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Podcast: [The David McWilliams Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast-512453)
Published: 2026-05-21T03:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast/episodes/britain-is-broke
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## Resource

Britain is running out of money, in a currency it prints itself. We unpack the gilt market panic, Starmer's impossible bind, and why the UK is starting to look more like 1970s Italy than the country that invented modern finance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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