When Tory Tribes Go To War
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
The Tory tribes are at war over the Rwanda Bill, but who will emerge victorious? One thing is for sure, these party politics aren’t very festive at all…
Co-pilot Pearson has polished her crystal ball and is ready to predict which way the party is going to swing in the immigration debate. She thinks there is a huge gulf between the ruling class and the rest of the Country which could allow opportunity for the smaller new parties to thrive.
Whilst Liam questions the Country’s movement to the Centre Left in comparison to other European countries recently electing more Centre Right leaders, and if this in turn could cause our potential exit from the ECHR.
Strapping into the rocket this week for a chat is Historian Matthew Parker who drops by reveal the stories behind his latest novel ‘One Fine Day, Britain's Empire on the Brink'.
And Velma is back with a storming stat of the week…
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
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| 0:05.0 | Hi, I'm Phil Spencer and I'm here with Telegraph Money, |
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| 0:29.5 | Search Telegraph money today. 5. amazed that only a hundred years ago Britain was the sole global superpower. |
| 1:05.4 | He is now polling in terms of public approval ratings lower than Boris Johnson |
| 1:11.5 | at the depths of his despair. |
| 1:13.4 | Too many Tory MPs don't want what Conservative voters want. |
| 1:18.8 | One. |
| 1:19.8 | We have let star. Welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telegraph Podcast with Allison Pearson. |
| 1:29.0 | Hello? |
| 1:30.0 | And me Liam Halligan. |
| 1:31.0 | Four years ago this week, the Conservative Party was full of hope. |
| 1:34.9 | Ooh Jeremy Corbyn had been soundly thrashed with Boris Johnson's Tories winning an |
| 1:39.5 | almighty three hundred and sixty-eight seats and the Commons majority of 80 at the general election on the 12th of |
| 1:46.4 | December 2019. After more than three years of ghastly parliamentary wrangling |
| 1:51.4 | Brexit was finally going to be delivered, with Johnson bringing |
| 1:54.8 | in lower taxes and proper border controls too, a brave new start for Britain. |
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