The truth about the NHS
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Planet Normal goes back to its roots and speaks to... a normal person. This week it’s brave district nurse and Planet Normal listener, Holly, who tells Telegraph columnists, Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan about the horrors of treatments delayed over the coronavirus crisis: a devastating move she thinks will cause more deaths than the pandemic itself. Plus, she reveals how care homes were “bullied” into taking patients with suspected Covid-19 and why some health workers used the pandemic as an excuse to stay home.
Also on the podcast: Allison and Liam reflect on Boris Johnson’s tumultuous first year as PM, the real reason teachers were among the public sector workers to receive a pay rise, and why former Speaker of the Commons, John Bercow, won’t be invited on the show anytime soon.
Telegraph subscribers can listen to Holly’s full interview: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/23/people-treatable-cancers-will-die-due-government-scaremongering/
Read The Sunday Telegraph interview with Boris Johnson: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/07/18/boris-johnson-exclusive-interview-will-not-need-another-national/
Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/allison-pearson/
Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu- |
| 0:02.8 | Podcasts |
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| 0:25.0 | Visit telegraph.co.uk |
| 0:27.0 | Slashpuzzles-PlanetNormal today. |
| 0:36.0 | Five. |
| 0:38.0 | I then asked John Birkay to planet normal because I think you'd tear him to pieces. |
| 0:43.0 | Four. |
| 0:44.0 | BBC News never knowingly under hysterical. |
| 0:49.0 | Step away from the keyboard, you Twitter warriors. |
| 0:54.0 | The so-called National Education Union or the No Education Union as it shall henceforth be known. |
| 1:02.0 | One. |
| 1:05.0 | We have left off. |
| 1:09.0 | So it's blast off number nine and here we are touching down once again on planet normal. |
| 1:14.0 | The Telugu-Off Podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 1:16.0 | Hello. |
| 1:17.0 | You there? |
| 1:18.0 | I'm here, I'm here. |
| 1:19.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 1:21.0 | A strong interview with retail entrepreneur Luke Johnson last week, Alison. |
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