School's out for winter!
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Just when you thought the strikes couldn't get worse, teachers have decided to join the wave of walkouts. But who do our co-pilots think will come out top of the class?
Allison thinks the move to strike is disgraceful after children already missed out on so much school during lockdown. While Liam believes teachers will struggle to gain as much public support for their strike as nurses.
In more positive news on the rocket this week, our co-pilots praise Westminster's decision to block Scotland’s gender recognition bill.
Plus, boarding the capsule of common sense is Professor Angus Dalgleish, who delivers some harsh truths about the state of the NHS and warns that in order to reform the health service we must radically change its structure.
And resident economist Halligan breaks down the latest inflation concerns...
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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 | This decision to strike by the teachers, I just think it's absolutely disgraceful. |
| 0:16.0 | Four. |
| 0:17.0 | We've got record-wage increases on paper, |
| 0:21.0 | but we've got record-wage decreases that are being felt. |
| 0:25.0 | So many people just build the NHS for more and more things. |
| 0:30.0 | There's no major control on expenditure anywhere. |
| 0:35.0 | We've had a few listeners saying we haven't been very positive lately. |
| 0:38.0 | I wonder why that could be. |
| 0:46.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu-ov podcast with Alice and Piston. |
| 0:50.0 | Hello. |
| 0:51.0 | And me, Liam Halligan, the cost of living squeezes on going co-pilot, and this little sign it's easing. |
| 0:57.0 | UK inflation was still up at 10.5% during the year to December, |
| 1:02.0 | according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. |
| 1:05.0 | There are signs these post-lockdown supply chain snarl ups are easing, |
| 1:10.0 | and wholesale energy prices have fallen significantly too, but still households are facing |
| 1:15.0 | soaring grocery and fuel bills, and double-digit inflation won't help ministers, |
| 1:21.0 | as they struggle to convince public sector unions to accept pay settlements. |
| 1:25.0 | On Q-allison, schools out for winter, or at least part of it, |
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