All eyes on Sue Gray
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The nation waits for Sue Gray's 'Partygate' report, and Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan are here to fill the void. Will the PM cling on? Yes, says Liam, but there are more important issues at hand. He tells us what. Meanwhile Allison wonders if we're seeing a coordinated campaign against the PM from Tory ranks. And she too has been ambushed by cake.
Joining our co-pilots on the rocket this week is Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, who condemns a 'national scandal'. Which one, you ask? The use of 'hysterical' scientific modelling to drive lockdown policies. He lays bare the damage done by decision makers who used worst-case scenario forecasting to push for draconian measures.
And, as we bid Plan B restrictions a welcome farewell, listeners share the most ludicrous Covid rules in their area.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:02.0 | ...podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | I just got to announce that I was on the keto diet, |
| 0:13.0 | but I've been ambushed by a cake. |
| 0:15.0 | Four. |
| 0:16.0 | This cost of living issue, this tax and spend route, |
| 0:19.0 | is punching through, and it will continue to punch through, |
| 0:22.0 | rather than this endless theatrics. |
| 0:26.0 | To say, follow the science as some secretary of state did, |
| 0:29.0 | I'm sorry, I mean, I want to hold my head in my hands and despair at that. |
| 0:34.0 | Sorry, we just got to take a moment here. |
| 0:36.0 | My life's work is done. |
| 0:38.0 | I've managed to teach Alison Pearson about the different stream percentages |
| 0:43.0 | and percentage points. |
| 0:45.0 | God, I'm so chuffed. |
| 0:53.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, |
| 0:55.0 | the Telugu off podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:57.0 | Hello. |
| 0:59.0 | And me Liam Halligan. |
| 1:01.0 | Can Boris cling on? |
| 1:03.0 | For the third week in a row, that's the question gripping British politics. |
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