Death by 100 tiny scandals
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Our co-pilots feel like they’re back to the 90s this week with a cloud of Tory sleaze and looming recession hanging over the country. But will it be death by one too many scandals for the Sunak Government?
The residents of the rocket are appalled by the latest ‘petty’ Westminster developments. Allison worries that Rishi Sunak is merely a ‘timid technocrat’ not fit to lead, whilst Liam thinks the PM needs to start following his instinct and stop ‘governing by focus groups.'
Also climbing aboard the capsule of common sense is Conservative MP Miriam Cates, who was shouted down during a heated debate over transgender rights in the House of Commons. Miriam explains her concerns about Scotland's gender bill and the potentially harmful impacts of gender ideology on young people.
And co-pilot Halligan answers the all important question... what exactly is a gigafactory?
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | Rishi Sunak, I fear increasingly coming across as this timid technocrat |
| 0:15.0 | who over thinks every problem. |
| 0:17.0 | Four. |
| 0:18.0 | Rishi Sunak needs to start trusting his instincts rather than |
| 0:23.0 | looking at focus groups. |
| 0:26.0 | As with the major government, as you said, is death by a hundred tiny scandals, isn't it? |
| 0:33.0 | Children are being taught in school that if their parents don't accept their trans identity, |
| 0:38.0 | then they're transphobic, they're biggest. |
| 0:43.0 | We have let it off. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu. Podcasts, the Alison Pearson. |
| 0:50.0 | Hello. |
| 0:51.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:52.0 | It feels like back to the future co-pilot. |
| 0:55.0 | It's the early 90s. I'm a slim floppy head undergraduate. |
| 0:58.0 | Leads atop of the league and Queen and Brian Adams are ruling the pop charts. |
| 1:02.0 | Why do I say that? |
| 1:03.0 | Because just as in the early 90s, a tired Tory party is embroiled in sleaze |
| 1:09.0 | with ministers tax affairs and public appointments under very close scrutiny. |
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