00:00Just like Iraq years ago, there is a deeper lesson here, one that British
00:08politics has continually refused to learn. Because what Iran shows is that
00:15once again, events happening miles away from Britain have the capacity to hurt
00:22our living standards, our future and our security. And so our response will define
00:29not just this government, but arguably this generation. And so this time it must
00:38be different. We cannot respond to this moment by thinking that we just need to
00:45get back to the status quo. That is the mistake that was made after the 2008
00:53financial crash with austerity. It was made in Brexit, Covid and the
00:59Ukraine war. And we cannot add Iran to that list because the status quo
01:07manifestly failed working people. It kept your wages low, the economy stagnant and
01:14your public services decimated. In other words, the status quo made working people
01:22people like you pay the price.
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