Anyone seen the Government?
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Levels of discontent have reached new highs on the rocket this week, with crisis brewing in the NHS and the economy.
Co-pilot Halligan is frustrated that the Government remains 'leaderless, rudderless and hopeless' at such a critical time. While Allison is concerned the country could descend into 'third world Britain.'
Plus, our co-pilots deliver their verdict on Rishi Sunak’s revelatory interview in The Spectator, voicing his concerns about the Covid-19 lockdown. Liam is miffed the former chancellor is only speaking up now, but co-pilot Pearson is relieved that people who questioned lockdown have been vindicated.
Also joining our co-pilots is oncologist Professor Pat Price, who says we are in the midst of the worst cancer crisis ever seen in the UK. Professor Price warns the backlog could cost thousands of lives, but politicians are failing to recognise the magnitude of the disaster.
And co-pilot Pearson shares her latest bathing habits in light of the cost of living crisis...
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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 do think there's going to be very serious industrial action |
| 0:13.0 | and it's going to be very, very tough on the incoming Prime Minister, whoever that is. |
| 0:18.0 | Or... |
| 0:19.0 | I mean, literally they're going to have to throw the kitchen sink out and the gas cook up |
| 0:23.0 | because we simply can't have a country in this situation. |
| 0:28.0 | We shouldn't be the sort of country that patients die because we can't organise ourselves |
| 0:34.0 | to get treatment all the time. |
| 0:37.0 | Third world Britain co-pilot. Anyone seen the government? |
| 0:41.0 | One. |
| 0:45.0 | We have left off. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu-ov podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:52.0 | Hello. |
| 0:53.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:54.0 | Olga seems a tad early for the NHS Winter Crisis co-pilot as you wrote in Wednesday's telegraph. |
| 1:00.0 | So let's have a summer crisis instead. |
| 1:03.0 | A&E performance has plummeted to its worst ever level in some regions over recent months, |
| 1:08.0 | with patients waiting up to 40 hours for a bed. |
| 1:11.0 | Ambulances took almost an hour on average to respond to emergency calls in England during July, |
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