Happy winter closure period
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
It’s less striking action, more strike-in-action this week as England crash out of the World Cup and industrial action rumbles on. But how many strikes can the Tories take until they are down and out?
Strapping into the rocket of right thinking this week is Stanford professor Dr Jay Bhattacharya. He tells our co-pilots about his private meeting with Elon Musk and why he doesn't blame the new Twitter boss for his blacklisting over the Great Barrington Declaration.'
Our co-pilots also weighed in on the slew of strikes plaguing the country. Allison is losing sympathy for health workers walking out, as she thinks their timing over the winter period is 'cruel'.
Liam has been impressed by the response from Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, who reminds him of a young Tony Blair.
And Liam’s latest bit of political trivia has Allison quite impressed..
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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 | The failure to stop the small boats just reflects people's feeling that these people literally can't get a grip on anything. |
| 0:18.0 | Four. |
| 0:19.0 | The Prime Minister is talking tough now on small boats. |
| 0:23.0 | Three. |
| 0:24.0 | The idea that the Great Brantondecoration was this irresponsible plan aimed at killing people was exactly the opposite of the truth. |
| 0:32.0 | I'd like to wish all planet normal listeners a happy winter closure period. |
| 0:38.0 | We wish Schuah-Merry winter closure period. |
| 0:41.0 | We wish Schuah-Merry winter closure period. |
| 0:43.0 | We don't have to ring, does it? |
| 0:48.0 | We have the dog. |
| 0:50.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu-Podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:54.0 | Hello. |
| 0:55.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:57.0 | How the Grinch stole Christmas. |
| 0:59.0 | That's the title of the Doctor's Use Children's Book Classics, The Grinch, being a pot-bellied stubbornness creature, with a cynical personality. |
| 1:08.0 | Rather than the Grinch, we've got near namesake, Mick Lynch, the 85-grande year Baron Boss of the RMT. |
| 1:16.0 | The train worker union determined to mainstream strikes ahead of Christmas and the first week of next year too. |
| 1:22.0 | The damage to the hospitality industry, the broader economy and the Christmas season travel plans of millions is difficult to quantify, as is the extent of the public's support for the RMT. |
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