A crackers Christmas
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Parliamentary sketchwriter Madeline Grant joins Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan to give listeners the inside track on a tumultuous week in the Commons and why she believes the PM can no longer count on his own party to support further Covid measures. Plus, as The Telegraph's resident James Bond expert, she recommends her top instalment for your Christmas viewing.
Also on the podcast: Liam tells us why it's not impossible you won't have heard of the next PM, Allison brings a revealing update from our NHS insider and our co-pilots agree that an election tomorrow would spell bad news for the Tories.
And while Allison celebrates the return of the nation's sense of humour, we take a look back at some lighter moments from another year onboard the Planet Normal rocket.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | But we've done another year, |
| 0:11.0 | how are we going to scrape through to Christmas? |
| 0:14.0 | Good grief. |
| 0:15.0 | Four. |
| 0:16.0 | It's not completely mad that, you know, |
| 0:19.0 | a not particularly well-known back bencher |
| 0:21.0 | could become Prime Minister. |
| 0:23.0 | It's quite embarrassing really to be in a position |
| 0:26.0 | where you rely on your opposition in order to pass votes. |
| 0:29.0 | Two. |
| 0:30.0 | One. |
| 0:31.0 | Any thoughts on the next James Bond? |
| 0:33.0 | I'm not available. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm not available. |
| 0:35.0 | One. |
| 0:36.0 | We have the dog. |
| 0:43.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, |
| 0:45.0 | the Telugu off podcast with Alison Pearson. |
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