Fiddling with Gherkins whilst the Grid Burns
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: The rocket of right thinking is back for a crucial Budget Special as Chancellor John Healey d...
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The podcast that speaks your language. News and views from beyond the bubble with Telegraph columnists, Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan, every Thursday.
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Planet Normal: Live Special at The Battle of Ideas 2026
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: Recorded live in front of a packed room at the Battle of Ideas Festival in Westminster, your...
Nigel Farage: Ignoring threats to my safety is ‘outright prejudice’
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qiNe1Vw1fBY With the October Budget looming larger on the horizon, your co-p...
Labour’s energy insecurity intensifies
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4ZZZoH77k14 Another week, another conference and the October Budget looms bu...
Burnham’s economics of empty promises
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZeBZTYZaSTE Your Planet Normal co-pilots return to a tsunami of news, promis...
The green blob is choking the life out of the UK
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3pSGqJiJryw This week on Planet Normal, co-pilots Halligan and Pearson, shed...
Piddington protest and the donation dispute
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RAjUcNkPlok This week on Planet Normal, co-pilots Halligan and Pearson, stra...
Boat-load of trouble: Channel fury, Israel sanctions & broke Britain
You can watch this episode in full on Youtube: https://youtu.be/iZkeL-6UtSQ This week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Halligan a...
Planet Normal: ‘Fair-weather’ Burnham faces a growing economic storm
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Djl86k1PyYw Co-pilots Halligan and Pearson strap back into the rocket of rig...
Planet Normal: Best Voyages from the Rocket 2026 P4
You can watch this episode on YouTube Summer is coming to an end on Planet Normal! So, for the final instalment of our “best of the rocket”...
Planet Normal: Best Voyages from the Rocket 2026 P3
You can watch this episode on YouTube The summer voyage continues on Planet Normal! This week, our co-pilots fire up the engines and head ba...
Planet Normal: Best Voyages from the Rocket 2025 P2
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hxtGEUicygE Summer continues on Planet Normal! In this, the second part of our best...
The wit, wisdom and words of Rod Liddle
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/K-svfqmj8Rg It's the summer break on Planet Normal and ordinarily your co-pilots tak...
The case of Essex police vs Allison Pearson and the co-pilots victory
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hjoyImW6a8s This week’s journey in the rocket of right thinking opens with a...
Andy and the Backstabbers make their debut to the Country
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LYzZRwK5C0g This week’s journey in the rocket of right thinking opens with c...
Starmer out, Burnham in and we pay tribute to trailblazer Ann Widdecombe
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wQxi0BVywEs This week’s journey in the rocket of right thinking opens with a...
Farage furor and the media blindspot to the OBR warnings
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YItlh0gx6cA A never ending tsunami of news sees Reform UK leader Nigel Farag...
Labour’s new migration policies will create a 'Burnham bump’
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bW3b5qKQP6I Co-pilot Pearson returns from her break in Sicily to find politi...
Burnham is the wrong answer to the UK’s economic problem
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/D90j1xiHV_c A news heatwave has caused chaos across the land, Co-pilot Halli...
Social Media Ban: Starmer finally gets something right
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lq-8ZhnYjjk The rocket of right thinking speeds around planet normal gathering the n...