Leg-gate, Labour and leadership troubles
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
With co-pilot Pearson taking a much needed holiday this week, former Labour MP Baroness Kate Hoey steps into the spaceboots once again to help Liam tackle the latest dose of madness from our political class.
Forget partygate, because this week it’s all about ‘leg-gate’ in Westminster. So what do our co-pilots think the change of subject might mean for the Prime Minister?
Kate thinks Boris Johnson is an expert when it comes to weathering the storm, and she believes he would emerge victorious if he leads the Conservatives to the next election. She also reveals her concerns about Labour's leadership, warning that Sir Keir Starmer's 'Europhile' status could prevent the party from winning back red wall voters.
Liam agrees that Brexit could come back to haunt the Labour party, unless they apologise for trying to reverse the referendum decision. He wants a 'fair fight' when it comes to our democracy, and suggests the opposition should focus more on the cost of living crisis if they want a chance of victory at the next election.
Also strapping into the rocket this week is Conservative MP Mark Harper, who explains why he is convinced the Prime Minister should resign. The Covid Recovery Group chairman also shares his thoughts on what the public enquiry over the pandemic should focus on.
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| 0:00.0 | The telegraph. |
| 0:02.0 | The telegraph. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | The Prime Minister is asking my colleagues in Parliament |
| 0:14.0 | to defend the indefensible. |
| 0:16.0 | Four. |
| 0:17.0 | I still think Boris is a survivor. |
| 0:20.0 | I think he'll still fight the next election. |
| 0:22.0 | And I have to say I would think that if he did, he would still win. |
| 0:26.0 | What we want in this British democracy is a fair fight, don't we? |
| 0:31.0 | I just don't think Kears got it. |
| 0:33.0 | I really don't. |
| 0:34.0 | He may be a very, very pleasant person and nice to animals and so on. |
| 0:38.0 | Nice to animals. |
| 0:39.0 | One. |
| 0:43.0 | We have left off. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the telegraph podcast with Mealie M. Halligan, |
| 0:50.0 | an ordinarily Alison Pearson, but Alison's on holiday. |
| 0:53.0 | She's sunning her buns again. |
| 0:55.0 | Standing in for her is the distinguished former Labour MP now in the Lord's cake, |
| 1:00.0 | Hoey. |
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