The Coronation, fears of inflation, and political evisceration?
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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NB: This episode was recorded on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
It’s a big week on the rocket, as England faces local elections and The Coronation in one orbit. But will the pomp and circumstance be enough to distract from potentially troublesome poll results for the Tory party? Your co-pilots have their predictions ready.
Allison thinks Rishi Sunak might have to pull off a miracle to help the Conservatives weather this election, and that a new branch of the party might emerge from the rubble. Liam still thinks the results are hanging in the balance and will depend heavily on the state of the economy.
Joining our co-pilots this week is leading economist Stephen King, author of ‘We Need to Talk about Inflation’, who joins our co-pilots to do just that!
And both co-pilots share their thoughts on the latest guestlist for the weekend’s coronation of King Charles III.
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| 0:37.0 | Five. |
| 0:38.0 | It is obviously the biggest test of public opinion before the next general election. |
| 0:45.0 | The rancid dissolution amongst many of my readers, telegraph readers, |
| 0:51.0 | not just wanting to not vote for the Conservatives anymore, but pining for their evisceration. |
| 0:57.0 | The fact we've had seven consecutive months of inflation in double digits |
| 1:02.0 | does suggest there's something pretty strange going on that we haven't witnessed in decades. |
| 1:08.0 | The coronation is neatly timed to move on swiftly from any shockingly bad results. |
| 1:17.0 | We have been caught. |
| 1:21.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu- |
| 1:24.8 | Podcasts with Alison Pearson. Hello. And me, Liam Halligan. The coronation's looming. |
| 1:30.0 | And on Saturday, Alison, while a fair few thousand will line the procession route in person, |
| 1:35.0 | cheering on the newly crowned King Charles, millions more will watch the pageantry on the tele. |
| 1:41.0 | The last coronation was in 1953, of course, when the late Queen Elizabeth was crowned |
| 1:46.0 | at the tender age of 27. This weekend, King Charles will be 74. |
| 1:51.0 | And while there will be barbecues and street parties in the world we'll be watching, |
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