A post-Halloween witch hunt
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Halloween might be over but the witch hunt has only just begun, as the Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under fire over the ongoing migrant crisis haunting the UK.
Allison is appalled at the treatment of the Home Secretary, who she feels has been subject to ‘political parlour games’.
Whilst Liam thinks that with the right support from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the Home Secretary could push past some difficult decisions that might ultimately, be best for the country.
Also hopping aboard the rocket this week is Professor Arif Ahmed, whose decision to book a controversial speaker at his Cambridge college has reignited the free speech at universities debate. He tells our co-pilots he thinks all new students should sign a waiver acknowledging that they might come across shocking material, and explains the damaging effect that cancel culture could have on our society.
Also on the podcast, as former Health Secretary Matt Hancock joins a well known reality television show, Allison shares the unlikely story of how she herself nearly ended up in the jungle...
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:10.0 | So while a braverman, she herself personifies the opportunity that immigrants can get in the UK, Liam. |
| 0:18.0 | I think if the Prime Minister continues to back her and she does make just a little bit of headway, |
| 0:25.0 | I think a lot of the public, they won't shout about it, but they'll thank her. |
| 0:29.0 | Halloween and the witch hunt is in full cry. |
| 0:34.0 | When you repress free speech, the people who benefit are the powerful, not the marginalised. |
| 0:38.0 | One. |
| 0:42.0 | We have left off. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu off podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:49.0 | Hello. |
| 0:50.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:51.0 | Six weeks ago, co-pilot, the Tories promised an era of high growth and low taxation. |
| 0:57.0 | Now government insiders warn ominously of quotes a painful tax rise across the board. |
| 1:03.0 | With inflation still in double digits, the cost of living squeezes getting tighter. |
| 1:08.0 | Now struggling firms and households are about to be hit with higher taxes too. |
| 1:12.0 | In just a four-night time, Chancellor Hunt would deliver his House of Commons Autumn Statement. |
| 1:17.0 | Well, that's something to look forward to, Alison. |
| 1:19.0 | With the UK's tax burden already at a 70-year high, it's about to go even higher. |
| 1:24.0 | It's going to be rough, says my man with the Treasury throat mic. |
| 1:28.0 | As the nation counts its pennies, government officials are struggling to count those crossing the channel in small boats. |
| 1:34.0 | Our migration system is broken declares our colleague Phil Johnson in Wednesday's telegraph, |
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