The Liberal consensus gave us mass migration and broken boarders
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s dispatch from the sanctuary of sweet reason, co-pilots Pearson and Halligan examine a growing sense of national insecurity as Britain faces a big economic hit from the US-Iran war and the systemic economic vandalism of a new tax year.
The duo discuss the ongoing scandal of NHS waiting lists, with Alison analysing the apparent waiting list cleansing and the statistical chicanery used to massage figures ahead of local elections.
Liam highlights a tax-bonanza of pre-announced tax rises hitting family farms and small businesses, arguing that the government is the true price gouger as it rakes in millions from fuel duties.
Returning stowaway Professor Matt Goodwin joins your co-pilots to discuss his new book, Suicide of a Nation, and why the government is still ignoring the migrant crisis.
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Read Allison ‘The elite can’t stand the truth about mass migration’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/01/elites-attack-matt-goodwin-immigration/ |
Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/ |
Read ‘It’s time to stop pretending we have a First World health service’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/31/socialist-nhs-failed-time-to-change-funding/|
Read Liam ‘Britain’s small firms are needed to rescue us from this slump’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/03/29/britains-small-firms-are-needed-to-rescue-us-from-slump/ |
Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.0 | He's always taking decisions in the British interest. |
| 0:13.6 | Absolute rubbish. |
| 0:15.6 | Four. |
| 0:17.2 | The fact is the NHS is itself a grotesque, self-serving interest group. |
| 0:24.8 | Three. |
| 0:26.3 | He's in a raging bull phase, isn't he really? |
| 0:30.0 | Two. |
| 0:31.6 | The British people are tolerant. |
| 0:33.6 | The British people want fairness. |
| 0:35.4 | But millions of people can sense they're being treated by second-class citizens. |
| 0:43.3 | Welcome once again to Planet, Normal, the Telegraph podcast for Alison Pearson. |
| 0:50.2 | Hello. And me, Liam Halligan. The UK faces a bigger economic hit from the US-Iran war than any other major nation, |
| 0:59.3 | according to last week's study from the Organisation for Economic Corporation and Development. |
| 1:04.4 | Warning of significant energy shortages, the OECD says growth will slump this year, |
| 1:10.2 | with UK inflation hitting 4% plus. |
| 1:14.3 | As an energy importer highly reliant on natural gas, Britain is, quote, particularly exposed. |
| 1:20.4 | That's the International Monetary Fund earlier this week. |
| 1:23.5 | Another highly credible international institution, the world's most important financial watchdog |
| 1:28.8 | so less, calling out the UK's vulnerability. And now with no end of this Middle East conflict |
| 1:35.1 | in sight, even our own Bank of England is raising the alarm, warning that British households |
| 1:40.0 | are now facing higher mortgage and other borrowing costs, along with soaring fuel and food prices. |
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