Liz Truss on her ‘pro-growth’ economy and traditional Conservative policies
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
There’s a sweet taste of retribution on the rocket this week as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rows back on the green policies that have been intensely scrutinised on the rocket. However, with the smell of burning tyres still fresh in the air is it a rocky road ahead for the Tory Party?
Both co-pilots welcome the U-turn but Liam is concerned about who will be paying for net zero, and the economic consequences of easing the targets. Could this shake up ahead of the next General Election appeal to more red wall voters and play in the Conservatives' favour?
Joining your co-pilots on the rocket this week is former Prime Minister Liz Truss, who tells our co-pilots explain why current PM Rishi Sunak needs to ditch the 2030 Net Zero target in favour of more traditional conservative policies. She also takes a candid look back at her own brief premiership.
And there’s a building mailbox to tackle, as the listeners weigh in…
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:03.0 | ...podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | The problem we've got is that Britain isn't growing fast enough, |
| 0:13.0 | so people's incomes have fallen behind. |
| 0:16.0 | Four. |
| 0:17.0 | It's almost the first time in his premiership, I think, |
| 0:21.0 | that he's been willing to upset people in order to make some political progress. |
| 0:28.0 | Boris Johnson has come out of the traps, very, very annoyed, |
| 0:32.0 | about rowing back on his green vision. |
| 0:36.0 | What's that sweet taste, Halligan, in our mouth? |
| 0:38.0 | Not a bag full of Percy pigs for a M&S, but the sweet taste of vindication. |
| 0:49.0 | Welcome, once again, to Planet Normal, the Telugu off podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:53.0 | Hello. |
| 0:54.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:55.0 | Nice strong hello there, co-pilot. |
| 0:58.0 | Rishi Sunak's rowing back on some of the government's net zero policies, |
| 1:02.0 | putting clear blue water between the Tories and Labour ahead of an upcoming general election. |
| 1:07.0 | The Prime Minister's clearly been listening to Planet Normal. |
| 1:10.0 | Our guest last week was Lincoln's Tory MP Karl McCartney, |
| 1:14.0 | who argued passionately that net zero policies were hammering his rural constituents, |
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