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...
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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: ‘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...
Civil unrest will only get worse if people’s concerns remain ignored
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qNYLdKrCI_o On your rocket of right thinking this week co-pilots Pearson and Halliga...
10 years on from the Referendum, have we even had Brexit yet?
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/82lXs84p8_M This week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and...
Blair is talking sense on this Lefty Labour Party, and Starmer should listen to save them
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uXkk5GHpPE4 This week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and...
Labour drags us further to the '70s and Burnham stokes the psychodrama
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wQSgb9En2k0 This week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and...
Is Starmer’s Labour drama as fleeting as Streeting’s bid for PM?
You can watch this episode on YoutTube: https://youtu.be/5Zb71ekLVBE This week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and...
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_POWE On the rocket of sweet reason this week we are avoiding talking about th...
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/v0ptnvQnGUQ This week on Planet Normal your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and A...