The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “Planet Normal: Will UK local elections reveal the national mood? | Podcast” – below is their description.
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NB: This episode was recorded on Wednesday May 4
It’s Local Election Day, with some 4,350 seats being contested around the country as the rocket of right-thinking heads into orbit.
So which party will come out on top? And how might the result play out for our political leaders?
Podcast host Liam Halligan believes that the Prime Minister has got the big calls right, and argues Boris Johnson will survive no matter the outcome of the local elections.
Co-host Allison Pearson isn’t as convinced, warning the PM could eventually pay the price for a lack of ‘human touch’ in decisions
surrounding the ongoing cost of living crisis and for his zealous pursuit of the Net Zero agenda while energy bills skyrocket.
Allison also shares her take on the latest scandals engulfing Westminster. She doesn’t buy into the idea that a widespread culture of sleaze exists, arguing that the majority of MPs are decent, hard working people.
Also entering the sanctuary of sweet reason this week is Tim Knox. Fresh from authoring the 2022 International Care Outcomes Index, Tim climbs aboard the rocket to reveal some harsh truths about exactly where our NHS sits in the international league tables. He tells our co-pilots that the Westminster village need to ‘wake up’ from their complacency coma and recognise that the NHS is failing, before more lives are lost.
And one listener’s unfortunate mishap with an internet search engine has our co-pilots entertained….
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/
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Read Tim Knox’s report on International Health Outcomes: https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/International-Health-Care-Outcomes-Index-FINAL.pdf
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