Now is the Summer of our Discontent
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Shaun Bailey, Conservative candidate for London Mayor, touches down on Planet Normal, alongside Telegraph columnists, Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan. The former Special Advisor to the PM tells Allison why we're in for a "summer of discontent", why Labour hasn't been able to curb London's knife crime crisis and how speaking out against the Left as a black person is seen as an act of bravery. Oh - and how he found love over a Müller Corner...
Plus, Allison and Liam lament Leicester's second lockdown and question whether a Wimbledon-style queueing system is the way to get Britain back to the pub.
Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/allison-pearson/
Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu- |
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| 0:27.0 | Slashpuzzles-Pam-It Normal today. |
| 0:36.0 | Five. |
| 0:38.0 | I am seriously worried that we have a summer of discontent. |
| 0:42.0 | Four. |
| 0:43.0 | Seriously, to get into a pub, I would lie in a sleeping bag outside. |
| 0:48.0 | Three. |
| 0:49.0 | I am a jelly doughnut. |
| 0:51.0 | Two. |
| 0:52.0 | Can I just say, mullers, corners at a time are very expensive. |
| 0:56.0 | One. |
| 0:57.0 | We have left off. |
| 1:05.0 | And another successful blast off. |
| 1:08.0 | Welcome again to Planet Normal, the Telugu- |
| 1:10.2 | Podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 1:12.0 | Hello. |
| 1:13.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
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