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The UK’s “Overqualification” Crisis Explained

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In this video, we’re going to take a look at what you might call the UK’s “overqualification crisis”, why it’s pretty terrible for both those affected and the UK economy more generally, and what might be done to fix it.

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Izzy Hammond Modifies Her First BMW At The Smallest Cog

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Why Farage and Musk have (Already) Fallen Out

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Elon Musk has taken a sudden interest in the UK in the past few months, and, while he used to support the Reform Party, he has also been heavily criticising Starmer's government, and throwing his support behind Tommy Robinson. So - why the sudden obsession?

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SOURCES

Wes Streeting Criticises Musk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxdzng92lno

The New Statesman on why Musk is Tweeting About Grooming Gangs
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/01/why-elon-musk-tweeting-about-britains-grooming-gangs

BBC News on Musk’s Fixation on Britain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7kpvndyyxo

Elon Musk Demands Release of Tommy Robinson
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-demands-release-uk-far-right-ringleader-tommy-robinson/

Elon Musk Reposts Tommy Robinson
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1874625291538350372

Tommy Robinson Jailed on Contempt of Court
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c704eedkqkvo

The Telegraph on Why Musk Hates Starmer’s Britain
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/21/why-elon-musk-hates-keir-starmer-britain/

Trailblazer on Why Musk Went from Admirer to Critic of Britain
https://www.thetrailblazer.co.uk/news/elon-musk-from-admirer-to-critic-of-britainwhat-changed

BBC News on How Social Media Fuelled Rioting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y38gjp4ygo

YouGov Poll on Whether Speaking Freely or Being Safe From Abuse or Threats is More Important on Social Media
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/survey-results/daily/2017/08/02/02088/2

How the Online Safety Act Could Affect Musk
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/musk-uk-laws-x-collision-3428609

Richard Hammond Takes His Driving Test Again!

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Despite being arguably the most famous car presenter ever, we take Richard Hammond back to the start and put him through a legitimate UK driving test, to see whether he can get through without a single minor or major issue. To make things a bit spicier, Izzy Hammond will also be taking the test two, igniting a fiery father-daughter battle to see who is the best driver in the Hammond family.

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00:00 How the driving test is going down
01:48 Richard's test begins
02:34 Richard Hammond's driving test
07:06 Richard's reverse parking manoeuvre
08:55 Richard's test continues
12:17 Izzy's test begins
14:51 Izzy's reverse parking manoeuvre
16:31 Izzy's test continues
18:17 The test results

Why Elon Musk is Obsessed with the UK

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Richard Hammond Races His Daughter On Track!

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Are Labour Having a Liz Truss Moment?

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Starmer's troubles appear to be neverending with the market now appearing to turn against him, rising the borrowing costs to the Liz Truss level. In this video, we're taking a look at the markets, why it's quite bad news for Starmer's government and what might happen next.

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1 - https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmbmkgb-10y?countrycode=bx
2 - https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/government-bond-yield
3 - https://www.worldgovernmentbonds.com/spread/united-kingdom-30-years-vs-united-states-30-years/#google_vignette
4 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx5w5yl2y7o
5 - https://www.ft.com/content/35f490c5-3abb-4ac9-8fa3-65e804dd158f
6 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12196322
7 - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02812/
8 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-10/uk-bond-selloff-puts-reeves-economic-project-on-the-brink?srnd=homepage-uk
9 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-09/uk-bond-turmoil-gives-labour-nightmare-of-britain-s-1976-debt-crisis

Richard Hammond Decides His Favourite TV Car Of All Time! – Grand Tour vs Top Gear!

It's time for a final grudge match – Richard chose his favourite Top Gear car, and then his favourite Grand Tour car, and now it's time for one last clash of TV titans. We think there will be a fairly obvious final, but which is your favourite Hammond TV car? Our bet is on the blue turbocharged one...

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Is the Bank of England Crashing the Economy?

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Over the weekend, we did a video on UK's gilt crisis - and many of you have pointed out that it's all the fault of the Bank of England. So, in this video, we're taking a look at whether the central bank is indeed to blame, and how this has put the notion of central bank independence under strain.

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1 - https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/central-bank-balance-sheet
2 - https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/08/06/has-quantitative-tightening-run-out-of-road/
3 - https://www.ft.com/content/d2b5d61d-bb84-40fa-9234-211dae9bc283

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02:35 - What is Quantitative Tightening?
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