Starmer’s Shameful Soldier Witch Hunt
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
You can watch this episode of Planet Normal on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4f7eZbkA91Q
It's been a week of defections, rejections and tantrums in the world of politics, and your co pilots are here to wade through the madness.
After the Telegraph published an article outlining the role Starmer took in prosecuting soldiers your co-pilots speak to General Sir Peter Wall to delve deeper into the scandal.
Allison thinks Starmer ‘isn’t for Britain’ and his human right activism undermines the important role the British Army plays in the defence of our Country.
Liam thinks as China starts to overtake the US economically the West will have to deal with them, but at what cost will this be to British business and values?
Planet Normal Live! You can purchase your ticket here: telegraph.co.uk/planetnormallive
Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor |
Read Allison ‘Suella Braverman has been vilified for telling the truth’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/27/suella-braverman-has-been-vilified-for-telling-the-truth/ |
Read Allison ‘Never again’ feels like an increasingly hollow promise’:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/28/holocaust-survivors-anti-semitism/ |
Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/ |
Read Liam ‘Peace may be coming but Ukraine has changed the world forever’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/25/peace-may-be-coming-but-ukraine-changed-the-world-forever/ |
Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |
Read Liam’s Substack: https://liamhalligan.substack.com/ |
Need help subscribing or reviewing? Learn more about podcasts here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/ |
Email: planetnormal@telegraph.co.uk |
For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal |
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.0 | Saddled with a miserable human rights lawyer. |
| 0:14.4 | Four. |
| 0:15.6 | You love a man in uniform, don't you? |
| 0:17.4 | You love a man in uniform. |
| 0:19.6 | Three. |
| 0:20.7 | I texted Mr. Farage and he said, |
| 0:23.6 | jubilantly, we are uniting the right. |
| 0:26.5 | Two. |
| 0:27.9 | This has very stark implications for the future conduct of operations |
| 0:33.4 | because human rights law only intensified. |
| 0:36.8 | One. |
| 0:40.5 | We have left off. |
| 0:44.2 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:48.4 | Hello. |
| 0:49.3 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:51.3 | We're almost a month into 2026 co-pilot and the news keeps coming thick and fast. |
| 0:57.3 | Kier's stumbles under fire because Labour's ruling NEC committee has blocked Andy Burnham from standing |
| 1:02.9 | in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election, worried perhaps that the Manchester |
| 1:07.3 | would use a return to Westminster to mount a party leadership bid. |
| 1:12.0 | And during his flight to China, the Prime Minister won't have been pleased to read the front page |
| 1:16.1 | of Wednesday's Telegraph, which disclosed that back in 2007 when Starman was a barrister, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Louisa Wells, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Louisa Wells and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.