being almost unbeatable, but he said it wasn t perfect. what are its strengths and weaknesses in its current incarnation? well, something is worth pointing out which is that liz kendall, who showed the greatest lytic code . signing up to this in 2018, . she knew full well that there was political pain to come i if it ever went anywhere she showed the greatest political courage in - signing up to this. she knew you had to be - extending national insurance payments to the earnings of pensioners, so those l increasingly many pensioners . who work after retirement age, they currently don t - pay national insurance, and we knew they would have to pay this secondly, we need to find a way of getting other sources - of income that wealthier - pensioners have, and that again is secured through the levy being charged on dividendl income as well.
it needs more money. in the short to medium term to deal with that, i and we can also see that in the medium to long term, there is this expanding - problem with social care needs. so that is what makes it unbeatable as - i a political proposal, and for alli that the labour opposition voted against it and is claiming they were come up - with some wealth tax, the only question that really matters is, will they get rid of it if they. get into power? and of course they won t. nick, you talked about it being almost unbeatable, but he said being almost unbeatable, but you said it wasn t perfect. what are its strengths and weaknesses in its current incarnation? well, something is worth pointing out which is that liz kendall, who showed the greatest courage - signing up to this
ijust felt like i had to be perfect all the time, and if i wasn t perfect, my whole entire self worth was wrapped around that. and i think that s a really unhealthy mind set for an athlete or anybody, even if, you know, something at work where your self worth is defined by how much money you make or a promotion that you do or don t get. it s really difficult to navigate life like that. so, to be specific, i m genuinely asking because i think it s fascinating to see how maybe elite athletics is going to have to change. but here s a quote from you in 2016, when you were the team captain at us gymnastics, i believe you won the team gold. you were known as the final five in that team because i think it was. obviously it turned out to be your last appearance, but it was also the last time that marta karolyi
myself or my own voice the way that i think it s important for anyone to. and ifelt, like, because. ijust felt like i had to be perfect all the time, and if i wasn t perfect, my whole entire self worth was wrapped around that. and i think that s a really unhealthy mind set for an athlete or anybody, even if, you know, something at work where your self worth is defined by how much money you make or a promotion that you do or don t get. it s really difficult to navigate life like that. so, to be specific, i m genuinely asking because i think it s fascinating to see how maybe elite athletics
let s say from 2010 right through the next sort of eight years was it abusive of athletes? i think that there was a culture that enabled a paedophile to thrive. and i think that it was a culture of fear and. i feel today, i am a completely different person than i was when i was competing. i felt like when i was competing, i didn t trust myself or my own voice the way that i think it s important for anyone to. and ifelt, like, because. ijust felt like i had to be perfect all the time, and if i wasn t perfect, my whole entire self worth was wrapped around that.