Scotch eggs for all
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee dons his Planet Normal spacesuit, alongside co-pilots, Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan. The MP for Altrincham & Sale West makes a strong case for easing the lockdown once the most vulnerable are vaccinated, and wonders just how happy the Prime Minister can be imposing restrictions in the first place.
Also on the podcast, Allison ensures the podcast is “substantial” with the addition of a scotch egg, Liam analyses whether excess deaths may have been driven by the policy response to covid and not by the virus itself, and one of our presenters gets all riled up about their big toe (yes, really!)
Allison and Liam will be replying to comments beneath this article on Thursday 14th January from 11am-12pm here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/01/14/lockdown-measures-ludicrous-removing-hope-public-says-leading/ |
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:03.2 | Fred |
| 0:09.9 | Ger not |
| 0:32.7 | Lockdown is too blunt and instrument. It causes as much harm as it solves. |
| 0:39.7 | Don't worry because I've got my scotch egg here, so this is a substantial podcast. |
| 0:46.7 | You have to question what we're doing now given that the excess death rate compared to previous years is not with us at the moment. |
| 0:57.7 | I think we should encourage people to behave as responsible adults, not assume that they won't. |
| 1:05.7 | One. We have left off. |
| 1:12.7 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 1:17.7 | Hello. And me, Liam Halligan. This week we're told is the darkest hour of this pandemic. |
| 1:23.7 | Our television screens are filled nightly with news reports from war zone-like hospital wards as the NHS struggles to cope. |
| 1:31.7 | But this second week in January is the toughest week for our health service every year. It's their mid-winter peak, suggesting the NHS would be struggling anyway. |
| 1:40.7 | And as Covid vaccines are rolled out, they represent something even more precious. Hope. |
| 1:46.7 | It's good news Britain's vaccinated 2.6 million people, almost 4% of our population, more than the rest of Europe put together. |
| 1:55.7 | It's good news, one Brit in particular, a special lady at Mide-Wide has been vaccinated. |
| 2:01.7 | I'm talking about Planet Normal's very own Princess of Wales, Alison Pearson's mum, and her match Queen Elizabeth II. She's been dosed as well. |
| 2:11.7 | It's good news indeed from across the pond that President Trump's been banned from Twitter. |
| 2:16.7 | Or is it good news just days before Joe Biden takes power that the tech giants have turned the Donald into a digital martyr? |
| 2:24.7 | It's a week, Alison, where good news is scarce. And now on top of all that, the police are cracking down on the smallest lockdown rule trend questions. |
| 2:32.7 | So if you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise. If you go down to the woods today, you better go in disguise. |
| 2:39.7 | Why? Because of events in Derbyshire or anything to go by, you could end up being arrested. |
| 2:45.7 | Don't worry, because I've got my Scotch egg here, so this is a substantial podcast. |
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