Festive flu and the West’s cowardly silence after the Bondi massacre

Your Co-pilots reflect on a sombre week as the festive season is overshadowed by the beach massacre in Sydney earlier this week. Co-pilot Pearson delivers a blistering critique of Western leaders whom she accuses of failing to confront the root of Islamist extremism. Liam connects the tragedy to the rising sense of fear among the Jewish community in the UK, arguing that the ‘aggressive’ weekly protests should not be allowed to continue in the Capital. On the economic front, Liam warns of rising youth unemployment and Ed Miliband’s growing European isolation on Net Zero following the EU's retreat from petrol car bans. And the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Couthino, straps in to tell your co-pilots why Labour’s Net Zero drive won’t encourage economic growth. Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor | Read Allison ‘It’s time to end the cowardly appeasement of radical Islamism’: | Read more from Allison: | Read Liam ‘Labour’s nutty EV policies are pushing us towards economic catastrophe’: | Read more from Liam: | Read Liam’s Substack: | Need help subscribing or reviewing? Learn more about podcasts here: | Email: planetnormal@telegraph.co.uk | For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: | Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Festive flu and the West’s cowardly silence after the Bondi massacre is an episode from Planet Normal by Louisa Wells.

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This episode was published on Dec 18, 2025.

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