Do you Care Minister?
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Every now and then, Planet Normal goes back to its roots and speaks to... a normal person. So joining Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan in the rocket this week is listener Robert, whom regulars will know as the man whose letter brought us all to tears.
He wrote to Planet Normal about not being able to visit his beloved wife, Josephine in her care home due to lockdown rules. He tells Allison that while he and Jo have recently celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary, their relationship almost ended after a snowball fight many years ago, and why he's now calling for ministers to start thinking more about older citizens when considering restrictions.
So Allison and Liam join Robert in asking "Do you Care Minister?" of Care Minister Helen Whately, and demand answers for the thousands of Roberts and Josephines kept apart. Plus, Liam calls for some schools to stay open during the holidays and Allison supports the naked shoppers in South Wales!
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| 0:38.0 | The government doesn't get to spare itself embarrassment at the expense of Robert and Josephine. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm a supporter of this government but it's an abomination. |
| 0:48.0 | We don't know what's around the corner and there's not that much time left for us. |
| 0:53.0 | No one's taking a lease under our lives are they at 83 years of age. |
| 0:57.0 | Three. |
| 0:59.0 | We can try and add to the statistical sluer information that we talk about the real human fallout from what's happening. |
| 1:08.0 | Two. |
| 1:10.0 | It doesn't take much to push me into a position where I sit down and have a good cry. |
| 1:15.0 | It helps sometimes to do that but it doesn't help to solve the problem. |
| 1:20.0 | One. |
| 1:23.0 | We have let it off. |
| 1:28.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 1:32.0 | Hello. |
| 1:33.0 | And me Liam Halligan. |
| 1:35.0 | So another blast off in our rocket of right thinking, our capsule of common sense, after another mind numbing wecom planet Earth. |
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