Don't Panic!
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This episode was recorded before the evening's events in the House of Commons.
You can read more here on the Telegraph's live blog: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/02/21/rishi-sunak-latest-news-atkins-labour-snp-gaza/#comment
It was a double by-election blow for the Conservative Party as Labour claimed victory in Wellingborough and Kingswood. In what is now a common occurence the third by election next week in Rochdale sees your co-pilots welcome standing candidate George Galloway onto the rocket to hear his fighting talk.
He argues the Labour Party have brought ‘disgrace’ to the constituency and that his party is ‘ready to punish them’. He also puts forward his case for bringing Boris Johnson back as leader of the Conservatives…
Liam thinks that despite the polls predictions, we might see a closer General Election result than people expect.
And Allison, who has taken umbrage with Party Leader Penny Mordaunt’s politics in the past, still champions her as a better leader than the current PM.
And your co-pilots salute the genius that was Dad’s Army and take a march down memory lane...
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| 0:00.0 | Five, |
| 0:03.0 | Labor, once again, brought disgrace upon Rochdale, |
| 0:08.0 | and we're ready to punish them. |
| 0:10.0 | Four. |
| 0:11.0 | And only 107 more people voted Labour in Wellingborough than in the general election when they lost heavily. |
| 0:21.2 | I think Labour will win as it currently stands, but I think it'll be a lot closer |
| 0:24.6 | than people think. How did you manage as a journalist before you met me? I mean you |
| 0:30.6 | couldn't even count. Barely, barely functioning at all. |
| 0:34.0 | One. |
| 0:35.0 | We have left-off. |
| 0:40.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telegraph Podcast with Allison Pearson, |
| 0:44.3 | Hello? And me Liam Halligan. It was a double by-election whammy for the Conservatives |
| 0:50.0 | Allison. Rishi Sunak's party lost in both Wellingtonshire and Kingswood in South Gloucestershire last week. |
| 0:57.2 | Labour overturned majorities of more than 18,000 and 11,000 respectively to win the two seats. |
| 1:04.0 | Does this leave the Tories staring down the barrel of a major defeat |
| 1:07.4 | whenever the general election arrives? |
| 1:09.8 | Or was there some solace in a by-election fine print for number 10. |
| 1:14.7 | There's another by-election approaching Rochdale, which is being contested by none other |
| 1:19.0 | than the left-wing firebrand gorgeous George Galloway, who in recent years are specialized in targeted attacks on his once beloved |
| 1:26.8 | Labour Party. Does Galloway think he'll win, clinching yet another dramatic victory, and if so, |
| 1:32.3 | why? We'll find out later in the show and in the |
| 1:35.3 | meantime co-pilot the NHS has just introduced Martha's rule in hospitals across |
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