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Planet Normal

Labour and their Starmtroopers

Planet Normal

Theodora Louloudis

Society & Culture, News, Telegraph, Planet Normal, Current Affairs, News And Current Affairs

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary


After a Labour landslide win (as predicted by your co-pilots) the rocket orbits into a new political galaxy, but is it the same old madness?


Allison delivers some hard truths to the Conservative party whom she thinks deserve ‘oblivion’ should they fail to come to the ‘correct conclusion’ on their new leader.


Whereas Liam thinks the Tories need to take their time when deciding their next leader and think carefully about the rules of the contest.


Joining your co-pilots on the rocket this week is former advisor to the Labour Party, John McTernan, who gives his take on the incoming Labour government and why he thinks their new Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, might need to think about bending some fiscal rules…


And there’s a very inspired email from one listener…


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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piando Ferries, there is another way. 5. The Packed House of Commons. I mean it was like people on the decks of the

0:40.2

Titanic when they're all trying to get in the lifeboat.

0:42.3

Four. I definitely hope that Rachel Reeves doesn't commit to sticking to all of her fiscal rules

0:49.2

to the detriment of public services.

0:50.8

Three.

0:52.4

Support for labour is wide but quite shallow.

0:56.1

The majority for all its headline size is potentially quite fragile.

1:01.6

In Kyush Davis Press Conference he's got a new authority and a new style as a Prime Minister.

1:08.0

One.

1:09.0

We have the star. Welcome once again to Planet Normal with Telegraph Podcast with Alice and Pearson.

1:18.7

Hello?

1:19.7

And me Liam Halligan.

1:21.7

After Labour's landslide election win, Kiea Stama's party now boasts

1:26.0

410 MPs with the Tories back on 121, a Labour House of Commons majority of 170, more than twice the 80C victory margin

1:36.7

chalked up by Boris Johnson in 2019. But it's a loveless landslide Allison because Labor secured that

1:44.3

commanding majority controlling 63% of all MPs having won just 34% of all votes

1:52.4

cast and consider that million just 34% of all votes cast.

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