Trussonomics
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
It’s the dawn of a new era on the rocket as Liz Truss takes the throne as Prime Minister. But do our co-pilots think she's got what it takes?
Co-pilot Halligan predicts Truss will grow into the role, but warns she will have to be a 'shape-shifter' in order to tackle the toughest in-tray of any peace-time PM.
Allison wasn't blown away by Truss' debut speech, comparing her performance to that of a nervous head girl, but thought her first showing at PMQs was a vast improvement.
Both our co-pilots agree Truss should ditch her notes and stick to speaking off the cuff in future.
Also entering the sanctuary of sweet reason this week is journalist and General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, Toby Young, who shares his disappointment at the fall of the Johnson premiership and his thoughts on the new Truss cabinet. Plus, Toby opens up about what it's like to be ‘cancelled’.
And finally, the debate over co-pilot Pearson’s ‘hello’ rages on…
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:10.0 | Someone described her when she's doing a speech |
| 0:13.0 | as looking like a pigeon staring at a Rubik's cube. |
| 0:16.0 | Did Boris Johnson write that? |
| 0:18.0 | Or... |
| 0:19.0 | I do think she will grow into the role. |
| 0:21.0 | I do agree with you that she's good when she throws away her notes |
| 0:25.0 | and just goes for it. |
| 0:27.0 | Doesn't look set up to be a sort of classic dispatch box standoff. |
| 0:32.0 | It is the sort of battle of the wooden tops as an extarmer and trust. |
| 0:36.0 | The last Conservative Prime Minister who didn't disappoint me was Margaret Thatcher. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu. |
| 0:50.0 | The Telugu. Podcasts. |
| 0:51.0 | With Alison Pearson. |
| 0:52.0 | Hello. |
| 0:53.0 | And me Liam Halligan. |
| 0:54.0 | A fantastic hello there co-pilot. |
| 0:57.0 | Don't let him get you down. |
| 0:59.0 | As expected Liz Truss has been crowned as Conservative leader. |
| 1:02.0 | And she's now installed in number 10. |
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