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Planet Normal

Labour Cleared For Re-Launch

Planet Normal

Louisa Wells

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

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary


As Prime Minister Keir Starmer celebrates a turbulent 5 months in office by eventually turning on the Downing Street Christmas lights, co-Pilot Pearson celebrates reaching new records in her weight-loss journey. But elsewhere there is less reason to be joyous with the oncoming news woes.


Both your co-pilots question the need for the PM to ‘re-launch’ his government, whilst the rocket’s resident economist Halligan delivers some stark truths about the growth of the UK economy.


Strapping into the rocket this week for a return mission is Sir David Davis who explains why he decided to return to parliament as well as his take on the UK’s current political antics.


And your co-pilots have a new game of ‘Starmer Bingo’…


Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |

Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/ 

Read Allison: ‘Gregg Wallace’s revolting behaviour is far from banter’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/03/gregg-wallace-revolting/ |

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0:00.0

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0:43.7

Five.

0:45.3

Starma really, really is a very, very dismal leader at a time when things feel pretty bad.

0:53.7

Four.

0:55.4

And I do think that it is quite unusual for a government with a majority of this size to think it needs to relaunch.

1:02.7

Three.

1:04.2

People talk, oh, is this 97? Is it 90? And all that sort of stuff. No, it's more like 1975.

1:10.1

Two.

1:11.1

Doing the apparently quite simple task of switching on the Downing Street, Christmas tree lights.

1:18.0

Managing to infuse it with all the pizzazz of a crematorium on a rainy Thursday afternoon.

1:25.0

One.

1:27.4

Exterminate.

1:28.7

Yay!

1:30.0

It worked.

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