A full-blown Winter of Discontent
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Everything's gone a bit pear-shaped, and it hasn't escaped the notice of Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan. With inflation above 4% and the cost of living spiralling, Liam tells listeners why he's convinced the PM is distracted by "chaos" within Tory ranks, while Allison has her head in her hands over the political class' "deflection and denial" following the distressing attack in Liverpool.
Plus, never two to shy away from difficult subjects, our co-hosts welcome academic and terrorism expert Dr Rakib Ehsan aboard the rocket to share his concerns over the UK's Prevent strategy, the portrayal of Muslim people in the media and why our leaders are suffering from "bigotry of low expectations".
And a particularly complimentary listener email leaves Ms Pearson blushing...
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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 | I'm generally an optimistic person, |
| 0:12.0 | but I do see economic storm clouds on the horizon now, |
| 0:16.0 | if not a fully blown winter of discontent. |
| 0:19.0 | For... |
| 0:20.0 | To adapt Oscar Wilde, it's the hate that Dernot speak its name. |
| 0:24.0 | It's not the love that Dernot speak its name. |
| 0:26.0 | Three. |
| 0:27.0 | So, there's a fundamental bigotry of low expectations at play |
| 0:31.0 | when it comes to progressive liberal politicians refusing to discuss |
| 0:36.0 | the Islamist terror throw. |
| 0:38.0 | And the poor man's Joanna Lumley, halagum. |
| 0:41.0 | You're the thinking man's Rene Selviger. |
| 0:43.0 | One. |
| 0:48.0 | We have the dog. |
| 0:51.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, |
| 0:53.0 | the Telugu-ov podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:55.0 | Hello. |
| 0:56.0 | And me, Liam Halagum. |
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