Back to school, back to politics
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
The heatwave is on, the sun is hot but Westminster is hotter as the politicians return, and there’s no shortage of issues on the new term agenda.
Allison thinks the Conservatives are making their own concrete boots, and Liam is on hand to break down what exactly RAAC concrete is and why it could be the final nail in the coffin for the Tories. Allison is struggling to find a single politician who is concerned about anything beyond the next electoral cycle and Liam doesn't think anyone wanting to be the next Prime Minister should claim any credit for lockdown…
Boarding the rocket of right thinking is major donor and supporter for the Labour Party, John Mills. He tells our co-pilots where the party are at as we race towards the general elections and why the party seriously needs to consider supporting fracking.
Elsewhere on the podcast our co-pilots examine the shadow cabinet in more detail and give their hot take ahead of the Labour re-shuffle.
Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |
Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/ |
Read Allison: ‘Gillian Keegan’s rant over the RAAC scandal is just entitled whining’ : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/09/05/gillian-keegan-arrogance/ |
Read Allison: ‘Martha Mills’s death should be a turning point for Britain – we can no longer trust the NHS’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/09/06/martha-mills-death-turning-point-no-longer-trust-nhs/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:11.0 | Gillian Keegan's actually a state for education, |
| 0:14.0 | literally putting a foot in the concrete, didn't she? |
| 0:17.0 | Is there a single politician of any party |
| 0:21.0 | who is concerned about anything beyond the next electoral cycle? |
| 0:26.0 | Bracking is probably an opportunity which I'd be more keen on |
| 0:30.0 | take up than a dog by the people in the Labour Party seem to be. |
| 0:34.0 | Anyone who tries to claim credit for what happened during lockdown |
| 0:39.0 | is on a very sticky wicket. |
| 0:49.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, |
| 0:51.0 | the Telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:53.0 | Hello. |
| 0:56.0 | It's September, the kids have gone back to school, |
| 0:59.0 | so on cue, the sun's out, |
| 1:01.0 | and we're all trudging around in the very sweltering weather, |
| 1:04.0 | we were all denied during the summer. |
| 1:06.0 | At what point we asked ourselves during July and August, |
| 1:09.0 | does this incessant rain stop being good for the garden? |
| 1:13.0 | Well, it's back to school and back to politics co-pilot, |
| 1:16.0 | as MPs return to Westminster. |
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