We have lift-off
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Telegraph columnists, Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan take their first trip to Planet Normal, a space for shrewd political analysis from a distinctly “down-to-earth” perspective.
This week, Allison struggles to defend Dominic Cummings, Liam reveals why the Prime Minister’s most senior advisor once slept on his floor and former Home Secretary, Alan Johnson weighs in on the reopening of schools - with some disquieting words for teachers’ unions.
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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-Pam-It Normal today. |
| 0:37.0 | Five. |
| 0:39.0 | Gin and Tonic for. |
| 0:40.0 | Glad tempered Florence Nightingale running up and down the stairs. |
| 0:43.0 | Four. |
| 0:44.0 | Yes, I did get a power hose for my birthday. |
| 0:48.0 | Three. |
| 0:49.0 | I don't want him to resign. |
| 0:51.0 | We need all the strikers on the pitch that we can get. |
| 0:55.0 | God, the conspiracy theorists are going to be able to have a field day with this. |
| 0:58.0 | One. |
| 1:01.0 | We have liftoff. |
| 1:04.0 | We have liftoff indeed and welcome to this launch edition of Planet Normal, |
| 1:09.0 | a brand new telegraph podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 1:12.0 | Hello. |
| 1:13.0 | And with me, Liam Halligan. |
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