Blighty not frighty
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The lockdown rules are changing and Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan aren't happy about it. On today's show, Allison asks what on earth has happened to the country's "Blighty not frighty" spirit, Liam chastises Matt Hancock for his doom-laden language, plus, they deliberate the three Bs - Brexit, the backstop and Brad Pitt.
Also on the podcast: this week’s guest and former Supreme Court judge Lord Jonathan Sumption pulls on his space boots and tells Planet Normal listeners why he thinks the government is trying to avoid public scrutiny and why he believes Extinction Rebellion is "verging on facism".
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| 0:37.0 | Five. |
| 0:38.0 | It's too late to give in any advice. |
| 0:41.0 | Would he listen? I doubt it's four. |
| 0:44.0 | So I disclosed that I never actually use shampoo on my hair. |
| 0:48.0 | And it calls it Cosmic Man of the Storm. |
| 0:51.0 | Three. |
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| 0:59.0 | What happened to the keep calm and carry on? |
| 1:02.0 | Kind of Britain. Lighty not fruity. |
| 1:04.0 | When did we stop being lighty, Liam? |
| 1:06.0 | One. |
| 1:10.0 | We have left off. |
| 1:12.0 | So it's blast off, sweet 16. |
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