A war on history
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
For the next two weeks former MP Kate Hoey steps into Allison Pearson's space-boots to join Liam Halligan as co-pilot to Planet Normal. Their guest this week is former MEP and director of the Institute of Ideas, Claire Fox, who tells Liam that there is a war on history led from the top, that the BBC is the now the "woke" channel and how she bruises after social media showdowns.
Plus, Kate and Liam discuss the government announcing that people will have to quarantine after returning from Spain, identity politics and racism within football, and of course, Nando's.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu- |
| 0:02.8 | Podcasts |
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| 0:25.0 | Visit telegraph.co.uk |
| 0:27.0 | Slashpuzzles-Pamitnormal today. |
| 0:38.0 | There was a war on history and it was led from the top. |
| 0:42.0 | We can go for a Nando's chicken on the state that will help the recovery. |
| 0:48.0 | If you tell people that their democratic road is cancelled, they don't just all go home and take a knitting. |
| 0:56.0 | Well, I'm not sure the Scouts would get away with that today. |
| 1:06.0 | And it's blast off number 10. |
| 1:08.0 | Here we go again, touching down for our weekly visit to planet normal. |
| 1:12.0 | The Telugu- |
| 1:13.0 | Podcasts with Liam Halligan, an ordinarily Alison Pearson. |
| 1:17.0 | Today though, Alison's on holiday and I'm delighted to be joined by former Labour MP, |
| 1:22.0 | the campaigner extraordinaire, an all-round fabulous person, Kate Hoey. |
| 1:27.0 | Kate, a huge welcome. |
| 1:29.0 | Well, thank you and it's lovely to be on planet normal. |
| 1:32.0 | It's a big, big shoes to follow in Alison, but looking forward to it. |
| 1:37.0 | It's great to have you with us, Kate. |
| 1:39.0 | So last week we featured one of the most important planet normal interviews we've had. |
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