Banking on a return to normality
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Former Governor of the Bank of England, Lord Mervyn King, is the co-pilot on Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan's fifth orbiting of Planet Normal.
He tells us why he believes no-deal Brexit scaremongering was an attempt to reverse the referendum result, how quantitative easing isn't always the answer, and why politicians should admit to changing their minds.
Plus, Allison and Liam mourn the simplicity of a pre-Covid pint in the pub, childhood in a time before Health and Safety (hand grenades anyone?!) and their battle with the dreaded "Quarantine Fifteen".
Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/allison-pearson/
Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/
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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 | Slush Puzzles, Dash Planet Normal, today. |
| 0:38.0 | Which granny were you allowed to see on Thursday? |
| 0:41.0 | For... |
| 0:42.0 | We're going for a pint! |
| 0:44.0 | Three! |
| 0:45.0 | And I said, well, I don't know. |
| 0:47.0 | And they said, but it's your job to know. |
| 0:49.0 | And I said, no it isn't. |
| 0:52.0 | Five year QE, quantitative easing. |
| 0:55.0 | I think that's what happens to my trousers when I put on weight. |
| 0:58.0 | One. |
| 0:59.0 | We have left off. |
| 1:05.0 | And welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu-Off Podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 1:11.0 | Hello. |
| 1:12.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 1:14.0 | It's a Planet Normal's 5. |
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