The Rest Is History · 2026-07-08 · 79 min · 13,771 words

686. Jefferson: The Betrayal of Liberty (Part 4)

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This episode is brought to you by the Lloyd's 5k house deposit, and this is something that was last seen in nineteen ninety six. Yeah, so the nineteen nineties looks now like a lost golden age of prosperity and positivity, doesn't it? Think of the sort of the advent of the Blair administration in nineteen ninety seven, all the enthusiasm and excitement that surrounded that, uh the economic growth of the time, the technological developments, the sort of sense of a An endless golden summer where everybody's listening to Blur and Oasis and looking forward to to buying their first houses. And that of course takes us to mortgages. Now the good news is that in a nod to the nineteen nineties, Lloyds are offering five K deposit mortgages to first time buyers. So search 5K first time buyer.

Nineteen ninety six average first time buyer deposits are based on ONS data. Subject to status your home may be repossessed if you don't keep up repayments. and conditions apply. We hold these truths to be self evident. The all men are created equal.

that they're endowed by their creator. With certain inalienable rights. That among these a loif. Liberty. And the pursuit of happiness

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