Jumping off the Boris bus
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
It’s been a dramatic week since the rocket's last journey, with scores of cabinet resignations shaking the Johnson Premiership. So will the squealing piglet’s head finally reach the chopping block? And which member of the Tory party could be waiting in the wings to take over?
Liam warns the job is a poisoned chalice, and wonders who would want to take the crown when an economic crisis is looming. Co-pilot Pearson is determined that Boris Johnson's replacement must be a Brexiteer, as she mourns the loss of broken promises made by the PM in his astounding 2019 victory.
Joining our co-pilots this week is Donna Ockenden, the senior midwife who led the review into the maternity scandal at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trusts. In a moving interview she tells our co-pilots about the emotional toll the review took on her, and why she thinks mothers must be made aware of the risks of remote midwife led units (MLU).
In light of the interview, co-pilot Pearson vows to launch a campaign to investigate this issue further, watch this space…
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| 0:00.0 | The telegraph. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | The passengers on this Boris Bus are now leaping for their lives. |
| 0:15.0 | Four. |
| 0:16.0 | I speak as a bitterly disillusioned fan. |
| 0:19.0 | He blew a huge amount of money. |
| 0:21.0 | He authorized a rise in national insurance, |
| 0:23.0 | which broke a key manifesto promise. |
| 0:26.0 | We have to be mindful as journalists |
| 0:29.0 | that we don't seem woefully out of touch |
| 0:32.0 | with a still significant body of public opinion |
| 0:35.0 | who doesn't like this kind of political psychodrama. |
| 0:39.0 | We've been a Cinderella service. |
| 0:42.0 | We were not A&E, we were not 18 weeks. |
| 0:44.0 | We were not cancer targets. |
| 0:46.0 | We were maternity, |
| 0:48.0 | and often trust boards took their eye off the ball. |
| 0:55.0 | We have the dog. |
| 0:58.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, |
| 1:00.0 | the telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 1:02.0 | Hello, and me Liam Halligan. |
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