New Year, Old Scandals
Planet Normal11 Tammi 2024

New Year, Old Scandals


It’s business as usual this week as the rocket launches back into action after its Christmas hiatus. And your co-pilots are not short of opinions on the latest scandal.


The political and media class are finally waking up to the Post Office Scandal, drawn attention to by the airing of a recent ITV drama and your co-pilots are naturally incensed at the rife injustice of the situation.


Allison questions if this could be the UK’s Watergate moment whilst Liam thinks that it's worse because this scandal involves punishing innocent people who don't have the means to defend themselves.


Also joining your co-pilots on their first voyage of the year is Deputy leader of political party Reform UK, Ben Habib, who shares his concerns for a Labour victory at the next general election and where he thinks it all went wrong for the current Conservative Party.


And co-pilot Pearson shares her New Year’s resolutions, but has she been keeping to them?


Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |

Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/ |

Read Allison: ‘The Post Office scandal has exposed Britain as a hotbed of cronyism and corruption: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/01/09/post-office-scandal-mr-bates-horizon-paula-vennell/ |

Read Liam: ‘The Tories have failed to address one of the biggest scandals in the City’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/12/17/tories-failed-address-biggest-city-london-scandals/ |

Listen to Battle Lines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/battle-lines/ |

Need help subscribing or reviewing? Learn more about podcasts here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/ |

Email: planetnormal@telegraph.co.uk |

For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal |




Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jaksot(301)

Starmer sells off our sovereignty

Starmer sells off our sovereignty

Following Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement of an EU ‘reset’ your co-pilots invited regular flier Lord David Frost to the rocket, former chief negotiator for exiting the EU, to give his asses...

21 Touko 20251h

Starmer’s reverse ferret to the Right

Starmer’s reverse ferret to the Right

Following Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ‘strangers in our own land’ speech this week, your co-pilots give their take on his apparent change of heart on migration.Allison isn't convinced by the PM’s re...

14 Touko 20251h 5min

Are you ready for Reform?

Are you ready for Reform?

The votes were counted, and then re-counted in last week’s by-election, netting Reform their fifth MP. Similar shockwaves were felt through the local elections and your co-pilots are here to dissect t...

7 Touko 20251h 5min

Net zero nets ‘nul point’ after power outages in Europe

Net zero nets ‘nul point’ after power outages in Europe

Following nationwide power outages in Spain and Portugal on Monday this week, co-pilots Pearson and Halligan don their spacesuits to take a deeper dive into net zero pledges and realities.And as migra...

1 Touko 20251h 10min

Weak Starmer’s week of silence on women ruling

Weak Starmer’s week of silence on women ruling

This week your co-pilots bring you a podcast exclusive with the Leader of The Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, who gives her take on Prime Minister, Keir Starmer’s, vote of support for last week’s Supreme C...

23 Huhti 202559min

Tears of joy as Supreme Court rules on ‘women’ definition

Tears of joy as Supreme Court rules on ‘women’ definition

Co-pilot Pearson is back in her rightful place at the helm of the rocket, hurrah! She’s just in time to deliver her verdict on the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that the terms ‘sex’ and ‘woman’ in ...

16 Huhti 202556min

Talking tough on tariffs

Talking tough on tariffs

This episode was recorded before president Trump announced a pause on some tariffs.With co-pilot Pearson taking a well earned break, Tim Stanley steps into the cockpit as a trusted controller of the r...

9 Huhti 20251h 4min

Rachel’s bottomless bucket of woe

Rachel’s bottomless bucket of woe

It’s a new month with the same old madness on Planet earth, with rises in capital gains tax, council tax, energy fees and transport costs, April Fool’s is feeling all too close to home…Is there anothe...

2 Huhti 20251h 16min

Suosittua kategoriassa Politiikka ja uutiset

uutiscast
aikalisa
politiikan-puskaradio
ootsa-kuullut-tasta-2
rss-ootsa-kuullut-tasta
rss-pinnalla
tervo-halme
rss-vaalirankkurit-podcast
rss-podme-livebox
aihe
rss-asiastudio
the-ulkopolitist
rss-tasta-on-kyse-ivan-puopolo-verkkouutiset
rss-girls-finish-f1rst
otetaan-yhdet
et-sa-noin-voi-sanoo-esittaa
rss-50100-podcast
rss-polikulaari-pitka-kiekko-ja-muut-ts-podcastit
rss-ulkopoditiikkaa
rss-kaikki-uusiksi