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Is Starmer’s Labour drama as fleeting as Streeting’s bid for PM?

You can watch this episode on YoutTube: https://youtu.be/5Zb71ekLVBEThis week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson, sift through the debris of a historic set of local elections that have left Sir Keir Starmer clinging to power.The duo anal ...  Show more

Inflation threats to consumer prices and Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough!

You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/81-0uu_POWEOn the rocket of sweet reason this week we are avoiding talking about the May elections, so hold tight for a bumper episode next week!Meanwhile, Allison reflects on one hundred years of Sir David Attenborough as h ...  Show more

Starmer survives a vote this week, but what will the May elections reveal for Labour

You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v0ptnvQnGUQThis week on Planet Normal your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson, navigate the wreckage of the UK’s two-party system as seismic local and devolved elections loom on May 7th. With the UK infla ...  Show more

The Mandelson mess, stagflation returns, and the battle for Wales

This week on the rocket, co-pilots Halligan and Pearson dive into the political firestorm engulfing Westminster as Sir Keir Starmer faces intense scrutiny over the botched appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the US. Following explosive evidence from former civil serva ...  Show more

Osborne and Cameron cut UK defence spending - and now Starmer is making it worse

You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-e1x0gsvjfYThis week on the rocket, co-pilots Halligan and Pearson eye a horizon of storm clouds gathering over Britain’s economy and national security.Liam breaks down the "serious downgrade" from the IMF, which predicts th ...  Show more