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Farage furor and the media blindspot to the OBR warnings
Jul 08, 2026
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YItlh0gx6cAA never ending tsunami of news sees Reform UK leader Nigel Farage stand down, triggering a “People vs the Establishment"…
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Labour’s new migration policies will create a 'Burnham bump’
Jul 01, 2026
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bW3b5qKQP6ICo-pilot Pearson returns from her break in Sicily to find political chaos in full swing following Keir Starmer's resignation…
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Burnham is the wrong answer to the UK’s economic problem
Jun 24, 2026
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/D90j1xiHV_cA news heatwave has caused chaos across the land, Co-pilot Halligan pressed the emergency button and is joined by…
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Social Media Ban: Starmer finally gets something right
Jun 17, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lq-8ZhnYjjkThe rocket of right thinking speeds around planet normal gathering the news tsunami of this week… Allison surprises Liam by AGREEING…
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Civil unrest will only get worse if people’s concerns remain ignored
Jun 10, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qNYLdKrCI_oOn your rocket of right thinking this week co-pilots Pearson and Halligan discuss the recent riots in Belfast and the two-tier…
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10 years on from the Referendum, have we even had Brexit yet?
Jun 03, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/82lXs84p8_MThis week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson, confront the tragic murder of 18-year-old…
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Blair is talking sense on this Lefty Labour Party, and Starmer should listen to save them
May 27, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uXkk5GHpPE4This week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson, dive into a political landscape dominated…
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Labour drags us further to the '70s and Burnham stokes the psychodrama
May 20, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wQSgb9En2k0This week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and Alison Pearson, take us back to the 1970s as they look at…
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Is Starmer’s Labour drama as fleeting as Streeting’s bid for PM?
May 13, 2026
You can watch this episode on YoutTube: https://youtu.be/5Zb71ekLVBEThis week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson, sift through the debris of a historic set…
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Inflation threats to consumer prices and Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough!
May 06, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/81-0uu_POWEOn the rocket of sweet reason this week we are avoiding talking about the May elections, so hold tight for a bumper episode next…
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Starmer survives a vote this week, but what will the May elections reveal for Labour
Apr 29, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v0ptnvQnGUQThis week on Planet Normal your co-pilots of sanity, Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson, navigate the wreckage of the UK’s two-party…
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The Mandelson mess, stagflation returns, and the battle for Wales
Apr 22, 2026
This week on the rocket, co-pilots Halligan and Pearson dive into the political firestorm engulfing Westminster as Sir Keir Starmer faces intense scrutiny over the botched appointment of Peter…
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Osborne and Cameron cut UK defence spending - and now Starmer is making it worse
Apr 15, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-e1x0gsvjfYThis week on the rocket, co-pilots Halligan and Pearson eye a horizon of storm clouds gathering over Britain’s economy and national…
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Trump strikes ceasefire with Iran as Starmer grandstands in the Gulf
Apr 08, 2026
You can watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/B0VweeU7QlAThis week on Planet Normal, your co-pilots navigate their way from the high-stakes geopolitics of the Strait of Hormuz to the local…
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The Liberal consensus gave us mass migration and broken boarders
Apr 01, 2026
In this week’s dispatch from the sanctuary of sweet reason, co-pilots Pearson and Halligan examine a growing sense of national insecurity as Britain faces a big economic hit from the US-Iran war and…
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Anti-semitism is clearly out of control in the UK
Mar 25, 2026
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/z53vu3azxZsIn this week’s dispatch from the sanctuary of sweet reason, your co-pilots of sanity Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson…
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UK Meningitis outbreak and Starmer’s abortion policy shame
Mar 18, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QVXFsa07RpoIn this week’s dispatch from the sanctuary of sweet reason, co-pilots Pearson and Halligan examine a growing sense of national…
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The Iran war lays bare the betrayal of Britain’s energy security
Mar 11, 2026
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uRceQCyRYIUIt’s markets this, oil prices that, and what will happen next, so your co-pilots are blasting in to make sense of the tsunami of…
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Iran, Trump and running scared Starmer
Mar 04, 2026
You can watch this episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/KQ1dUe4FxZ0As conflict with Iran hots up across the Middle East, your co-pilot blast in to make sense of the madness.Strapping into the rocket…
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Planet Normal: Live, with Lionel Shriver and Suella Braverman
Feb 25, 2026
You can watch this recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lFRwaTYK-mMYour co-pilots have braved the atmosphere of planet Earth as the rocket touches down at the Emmanuel Centre in London for a live…
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Reform launch their top team, as Starmer U-turns - again!
Feb 18, 2026
Book your tickets for Planet Normal: LIVE on the 24th February: telegraph.co.uk/planetnormallive |You can watch this episode of Planet Normal on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_jt6Hy7NYvUOn this week’s…
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Tick tock, Sir Keir’s against the clock
Feb 11, 2026
Book your tickets for Planet Normal: LIVE on the 24th February: telegraph.co.uk/planetnormallive |You can watch this episode of Planet Normal on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LFlJivPsT9AFollowing a…
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The Mandelson quagmire and murky dealing of Chagos
Feb 04, 2026
Book your tickets for Planet Normal: LIVE on the 24th February: telegraph.co.uk/planetnormallive |You can watch this episode of Planet Normal on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wh42OqWtzDAAs the Prime…
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Starmer’s Shameful Soldier Witch Hunt
Jan 28, 2026
You can watch this episode of Planet Normal on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/4f7eZbkA91QIt's been a week of defections, rejections and tantrums in the world of politics, and your co pilots are here to…
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Robert Jenrick's Reform defection and the Greenland rift
Jan 21, 2026
You can watch this episode of Planet Normal on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mwWiWA21r1UThe rocket of right thinking is back with a blast and a very special defector is aboard.Robert Jenrick is strapped…
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Best Voyages from the Rocket 2025 Episode 3
Jan 14, 2026
The winter break continues on Planet Normal! In this, the third and final part of the three part best of the rocket series, our co-pilots take a look back at some of their most explosive voyages on…
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Best Voyages from the Rocket 2025 Episode 2
Jan 07, 2026
In our second episode of the Best of the Rocket 2025, co-pilots Pearson and Halligan dive deep into the past year’s archives and bring you some of their most intriguing and provocative voyages on the…
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Best Voyages from the Rocket 2025 Episode 1
Dec 31, 2025
In this, the first of the Best of the Rocket 2025, co-pilots Pearson and Halligan dig into the data files for some of their most explosive voyages on the rocket of right thinking from this…
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Rocket around the Christmas Tree!
Dec 24, 2025
It’s a Merry Christmas from the Rocket of right thinking at Planet Normal to everyone stuck on Planet EarthYour intrepid co-pilots reflect on a year of political thrills and economic spills…
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Festive flu and the West’s cowardly silence after the Bondi massacre
Dec 17, 2025
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…
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