Planet Normal: Tories jump off the Boris bus as resignations shake Johnson’s Premiership | Podcast

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It’s been a dramatic week since the rocket’s last journey, with scores of resignations shaking the Johnson Premiership.

So which member of the Tory party could be waiting in the wings to take over?

Liam Halligan warns the job is a poisoned chalice, and wonders who would want to take the crown when an economic crisis is looming.

Co-host Allison Pearson is determined that Boris Johnson’s replacement must be a Brexiteer, as she mourns the loss of broken promises made by the PM in his astounding 2019 victory.

Also joining our co-hosts this week is Donna Ockenden, the senior midwife who led the review into the maternity scandal at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trusts. In a moving interview she tells our co-pilots about the emotional toll the review took on her, and why she thinks mothers must be made aware of the risks of remote midwife led units (MLU).

In light of the interview, co-host Pearson vows to launch a campaign to investigate this issue further, watch this space…

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

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

Read ‘NHS must disclose risks of giving birth in midwifery-led unit, Donna Ockenden warns’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/07/nhs-must-disclose-risks-giving-birth-midwifery-led-unit-donna/ |

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