Best Voyages from the Rocket 2025 Part 2
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Summer continues on Planet Normal! In this, the second of the three part best of the rocket series, our co-pilots take a look back at some of their most explosive voyages on the rocket of right thinking from the year so far.
Back in March, Allison spoke to Ray Connolly - husband of Lucy Connolly, who was sentenced to 31 months for posting a tweet in response to the tragic death of 3 girls in Southport last year. Ray discusses the devastating impact of Lucy’s ongoing incarceration on their family.
And then, in April, Allison and Liam were joined by Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch. We asked her whether Keir Starmer should apologize to former Labour MP Rosie Duffield in light of the Supreme Court verdict on the biological definition of a woman. In regards to the Equality Act 2010.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph |
| 0:05.0 | Five |
| 0:10.0 | Four |
| 0:12.0 | Three |
| 0:15.0 | Two |
| 0:17.0 | One |
| 0:20.0 | We have lift off Two, one. |
| 0:24.7 | We have left off. |
| 0:29.9 | Welcome to Planet Normal, the Telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:30.8 | Hello. |
| 0:32.6 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:35.7 | Co-pilot Pearson and I are on our summer break. |
| 0:38.6 | But to help keep you sane, dear Planet Normal Citizens, |
| 0:42.2 | we're bringing you some of our favourite interviews from this year's archive. |
| 0:45.5 | The discussions we've had on this are rocket of right thinking, |
| 0:48.0 | our flying refuge of reasoned views. |
| 0:52.2 | Back in March, Alison delved into the case of Lucy Connolly, |
| 0:55.3 | the childminder who posted a regrettable tweet following the Southport massacre of three young girls, which she quickly deleted. |
| 1:00.6 | Eight days later, Lucy Connolly was arrested, denied bail and given an astonishing 31-month |
| 1:07.0 | prison sentence. |
| 1:09.0 | Allison contacted Ray Connolly, Lucy's husband, with whom she has a 12-year-old |
| 1:13.1 | daughter. Allison met Ray at their home in Northampton to discuss the devastating impact of Lucy's |
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