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🗓️ 7 May 2025
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The votes were counted, and then re-counted in last week’s by-election, netting Reform their fifth MP. Similar shockwaves were felt through the local elections and your co-pilots are here to dissect the results with Deputy Leader of Reform, Richard Tice.
Allison’s recent prediction of a Reform win in Runcorn & Helsby was fulfilled - and next she turns her crystal ball towards next year’s May Senedd elections in Wales…
Meanwhile Liam is looking forward to Reform being able to put more meat on their policy bones and tell voters where they stand economically. Plus how will the turquoise tide fare against the civil servants?
Read Liam: ‘Low oil prices could keep a lid on Britain’s inflation’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/04/opec-oil-cartel-could-give-uk-rate-setters-a-helping-hand/ |
Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |
Read Allison: ‘A new dawn has broken – and Nigel Farage might just be our next prime minister’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/02/nigel-farage-next-prime-minister/ |
Read Allison: ‘Britain is not worthy of the sacrifice our soldiers made 80 years ago’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/06/sacrifice-soldiers-ve-day-allison-pearson/ |
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0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
0:09.0 | His name is so unpopular. |
0:12.1 | I've actually seen it being suggested that he's a reform plot. |
0:16.0 | Four. |
0:17.4 | Much of the country is shifting more towards Farage's position. It's just the reality of what's |
0:23.1 | happening. |
0:24.8 | Will the civil service allow a reform government? |
0:28.5 | Two. |
0:29.7 | Your listeners and viewers should be under no illusion. We are going to war with the government. |
0:34.3 | We're going to war with Ed Miliband, we're going to war with number 10, |
0:38.0 | and yes, it'll be painful, yes, it won't always work, but it won't be through lack of trying. |
0:43.1 | One. |
0:46.7 | We have left off. |
0:49.7 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Tel Av podcast with Alison Pearson. |
0:54.0 | Hello. |
0:54.8 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
0:57.0 | Well, co-pilot last week's local election results, they weren't boring, they were nothing |
1:02.0 | short of seismic. |
1:04.1 | Nigel Farage's upstart reform party swept a victory, winning 677 council seats across 23 councils and gaining control of 10, including |
1:14.9 | Doncaster from Labour and eight from the Tories. Reform won two numeral positions, greater |
1:21.3 | Lincolnshire and Hullin East Yorkshire, and astonishingly the Runcorn and Helmsby parliamentary |
1:26.8 | by-election. |
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