Tory Party Psychodrama
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The lights have come down on another Conservative Party conference, but it hasn't been without its political psychodrama.
Co-pilot Halligan beams in from the heart of the action in Birmingham, and joining him in the cockpit whilst co-pilot Pearson takes a well-earned rest is columnist and former Chief of Staff to Theresa May, Nick Timothy.
Underwhelmed by the turnout and the mood at conference, Nick thinks the party may have underestimated the consequences of the recent 'botched budget'. But Liam saw glimmers of hope in the PM’s speech, and in the response to some cabinet members such as conference darling, Kemi Badenoch.
Also joining Liam to help break down the conservative conference chaos is Baroness Claire Fox, who tells Liam she fears the Tory party is at risk of splitting. Claire also argues Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng should have done more to explain their economic vision to voters and markets.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | Even though it was quite a flat speech, |
| 0:12.0 | there were flashes of real hope and expectation here |
| 0:17.0 | at the Conservative Party conference. |
| 0:19.0 | To be honest, I thought the conference was very quiet. |
| 0:22.0 | A few people have been there for many years. |
| 0:26.0 | If you're going to have a major economic change |
| 0:29.0 | of direction, you need to do it in more than just sound bites. |
| 0:34.0 | Well, I mean, first of all, I'm slightly disappointed |
| 0:37.0 | you didn't actually put on a marble with that, |
| 0:40.0 | with that, of course, you were no, no, no, no, no, no, no. |
| 0:43.0 | One. |
| 0:47.0 | We have left off. |
| 0:49.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, |
| 0:51.0 | the Telugu off podcast with Mealie and Halligan, |
| 0:53.0 | an ordinarily Alison Pearson. |
| 0:55.0 | But Alison's taking her well-earned rest, |
| 0:57.0 | so I'm delighted to welcome to Planet Normal, |
| 1:00.0 | Telugu off columnist, Nick Timothy. |
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