Inflation threats to consumer prices and Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough!
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/81-0uu_POWE
On the rocket of sweet reason this week we are avoiding talking about the May elections, so hold tight for a bumper episode next week!
Meanwhile, Allison reflects on one hundred years of Sir David Attenborough as he celebrates his birthday this coming Friday and shares her memories of interviewing him in the Venezuelan rainforest nearly 30 years ago.
Liam breaks down the economic fallout of the continuing to impact consumer prices and why the government is paying more in borrowing costs than it did in 1998.
Return stowaway and advocate for financial education, Justin Urquhart-Stewart straps in to give your co-pilots a view of the geopolitical landscape as the to and fro of the Strait of Hormuz continues to impact food, energy and production prices across the world…
Highlights:
- Planet Normal: Happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough!
- Allison recalls her Venezuelan rainforest interview with Sir David Attenborough
- Blockades in the Strait of Hormuz continue to threaten global energy supplies and UK inflation.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.0 | What a pair of brothers. |
| 0:11.9 | They were just irregular people doing extraordinary things. |
| 0:15.9 | Four. |
| 0:17.0 | It was his passionate conviction that complex things could be comprehensible to a wide audience. |
| 0:24.7 | Three. |
| 0:26.2 | With the underlying strength of the economies, I'm afraid, does not match the enthusiasm, the over-enthusiasm I'm seeing in markets. |
| 0:36.2 | It was his passionate conviction that complex things could be comprehensible to a wide audience. |
| 0:47.9 | We have left off. |
| 0:51.5 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:55.4 | Hello. |
| 0:56.4 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:58.6 | Today, co-pilot, Thursday the 7th of May, the UK is going to the polls, |
| 1:03.0 | with 5,06 local council seats being contested across 136 English local authorities. |
| 1:10.8 | Also, 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament were up for grabs, plus 9%. across 136 English local authorities. |
| 1:14.2 | Also 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament are up for grabs, |
| 1:18.9 | plus 96 seats up from the previous 60 in the Welsh Senate. |
| 1:23.6 | And elected mayoral positions are also being contested in six London boroughs, |
| 1:26.6 | and there are various parish council elections too. |
| 1:31.6 | Now, local elections are usually only analysed by political nerds like us Allison. |
| 1:36.5 | But with the government on the ropes, these elections will inevitably be interpreted as a judgment on Kier-Starmer's popularity. |
| 1:39.2 | Mid-speculation rival Labour leadership contenders are waiting in the wings. |
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