Five.

What I'm picking up on the ground, in the shops and with friends, with businesses and so on,

is so far ahead of what the sort of Westminster Commentariat is saying.

Four.

It's not about left and right now, British politics.

It's about are you on the side of the people or are you on the side of the blob?

This industry was already on its knees and then this bombshell then. You know, it's the final mail in the agricultural coffee.

First prize lunch with Alison Pearson. Second prize, dinner with Alison Pearson, third prize, the night with Alison Pearson.

One.

We have lift off.

Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson.

Hello.

And me, Liam Halligan. Rule of law or rule by lawyers?

That's a big question facing Britain, Alison, because we seem to be ruled, not by elected politicians,

who we can hold to account and throw out at the ballot box.

Instead, it's unelectable and often pretty left-wing

lawyers, unaccountable and seemingly untouchable. They're calling the shots, coming up with rulings

that seem specifically designed to seriously annoy the majority of British voters. Because on Tuesday,

it emerged Britain may have to accept untold numbers of migrants from Gaza

after a court ruling granted a Palestinian family the right to live in Britain through a scheme

designed for Ukrainian refugees. The family's application rejected in May was approved on

appeal after a judge ruled in their favour. For many years, the British

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