The Narratives – Mohamed Miah

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?

If I could be someone else for a day, I’d choose to be the Prime Minister of the UK—not for the power, the prestige, or the empty speeches, but for the opportunity to do something that no leader in recent history has dared to, govern for the 99% instead of the 1%.

The first thing I’d do? Hire the right people.

Forget career politicians, corporate lobbyists, and party donors whispering in my ear. I’d bring in genuine experts—economists who care about people over profit, doctors and nurses who understand the NHS crisis, educators who see beyond league tables, and workers who know what it means to struggle under this broken system. I’d assemble a team that prioritises solutions over soundbites.

Then, I’d start fixing the fundamentals—not in a decade, not after another “review,” but immediately.

• No more consultants. No more wasting millions on reviews.

We need real experts at the top of their fields—people who’ve actually done the job, not career politicians and bureaucrats who don’t have a clue. Doctors should run the NHS, not businessmen. Teachers should shape education policy, not politicians who last stepped inside a classroom decades ago.

• Stop selling tenders to large corporations that charge ten times what things actually cost.

It’s a rigged system. The government hands out contracts to private firms that overcharge, underdeliver, and pocket millions in “consultation fees.” That money should be going into public services and workers’ pockets, not lining the accounts of shareholders. If the public sector had the right funding, we wouldn’t need to rely on these parasites in the first place.

• Rebuild the NHS properly—no more cuts, no more underfunding.

Put the money where it actually matters, hiring more nurses, paying doctors properly, and fixing the staffing crisis. If we can find billions for failed private contracts, we can fund the NHS.

• Nationalise key industries.

Rail, water, and energy should belong to the people, not to investors and private companies siphoning off profits. These are essentials, not luxuries. If a CEO is earning millions while people can’t afford to heat their homes, the system is broken.

• Freeze rents, cap energy prices, and regulate landlords.

The housing crisis isn’t an accident—it’s been created by greed. Rent controls, affordable housing, and stopping foreign investors from treating the UK as a playground for property speculation would go a long way in fixing it.

• Reform education—teach real life skills.

Schools need to prepare students for the real world. Financial literacy, practical skills, critical thinking. Less focus on drilling kids for exams and more focus on making them ready for life.

And let’s talk about profits—because this country’s entire system is built on the idea that profits must always increase, no matter the cost. Maybe—just maybe—we can chill out on record-breaking profits for a few years and actually reinvest in people. More money in people’s pockets means more spending, more economic activity, and a stronger country overall. It’s not rocket science.

You know what we need as well? A wage cap, a bonus cap, and a bloody profit cap! No more CEOs pocketing obscene salaries while their employees can’t afford rent.

No more executives raking in millions in bonuses for cutting jobs and slashing services. And definitely no more corporations funnelling their earnings offshore to avoid paying tax while the government tells us there’s “no money” for hospitals, schools, or social care.

Close all loopholes, force the ultra-rich to pay their fair share, and reinvest that money where it actually matters.

We’re talking billions every single year—money that could wipe out NHS deficits, build affordable housing, and lift people out of poverty.

Instead, it’s being hoarded in offshore accounts, feeding a cycle of greed that serves the few at the expense of the many. If businesses can’t survive without exploiting workers and dodging tax, they shouldn’t be in business.

As for inflation? That’s just a fancy way of saying, “The poor are getting a bit too comfortable—let’s tax them back into place.” When wages go up, when working people start saving, when they begin to buy homes, cars, and assets—suddenly inflation is a “crisis.” But when corporations make record profits? That’s just “good business.” The truth is, inflation is a tool used to make sure the rich stay rich and the poor stay struggling.

One day wouldn’t be enough to fix everything, but it’d be enough to change the direction of this country. The UK doesn’t have to be a machine designed to funnel wealth upwards—it could actually work for the 99%. But that would take a leader who isn’t afraid to break the cycle.

And that’s exactly why they’d never let someone like me do it.