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Joy’s needless death should be a cautionary tale for GPs still hiding from patients Listen to our Planet Normal podcast below to hear the heartbreaking story of Joy Stokes, whose husband claims she was failed by the NHS 11 May 2021 • 7:00pm Joy Stokes spent months being fobbed off when she desperately tried to see a doctor. She sadly died at the age of 69 Every so often, I write a column that really hits a nerve. Last week, my inbox practically burst its banks, so flooded was it with reader...

Rod Liddle doesn’t think he would be hired by the BBC today. Having edited BBC Radio 4’s flagship show between 1998 and 2002, he tells this week’s Planet Normal podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above, that he stood out amongst his colleagues: “I would benefit from this otherness, and it was otherness, there’s no doubt about it.” But the writer and commentator strikes a positive tone in his conversation with columnist and co-host, Liam Halligan: “It was a bri...

Sunday Telegraph columnist Janet Daley says that Joe Bidens first 100 days in office as President have been marked by an identity crisis.  Speaking to Allison Pearson on this weeks Planet Normal podcast, which you can listen to on the player above, the American-born journalist said: "[Biden] doesnt seem to know whether he is the reincarnation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or a Hillary Clinton type focused on identity politics.  "Hes not a far left politician of the kind that does exist now in ...

David Owen: Too many very able women lack confidence - and Shirley Williams was one of them The former Foreign Secretary tells The Telegraphs Planet Normal podcast he regrets not doing more to combat the Lib Dem peers self-doubt 22 April 2021 • 6:00am David Owen is the latest guest on The Telegraphs Planet Normal podcast with columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan David Owen, famous as one of the Gang of Four who left Labour to form the SDP in 1981, has said that confidence was the only...

The UK and Ireland should broker a bilateral deal to replace the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol, a former senior Irish diplomat has claimed, as he accused Dublin of being too close to the EU. Ray Bassett, who previously served as Irelands ambassador to Canada, Jamaica and the Bahamas said he believed the new post-Brexit trading arrangements were fuelling “such a disillusionment” among unionists and should be overhauled.  Mr Bassett, who also served as joint secretary to the Britis...

Dr Tony Sewell has defended his controversial racism report in the face of fierce criticism - and refused to be cowed by personal attacks. The educationalist, who chairs the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, came under fire last week for claiming that Britain was not an institutionally racist country. His findings incensed many left-wing politicians and campaigners, some of whom took aim directly at Dr Sewell and tried to tarnish his credibility for the job. Last night Dr Sewell swatt...

Meet the young Tory mayor trying to breathe new life into Britains battered industrial heartland For 34-year-old Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, freeport victory in the Budget is the start of an economic transformation Ben Houchen was elected Tees Valley mayor in 2017 at the age of 30 Credit: Mark Pinder Get Carter – a harrowing cinema portrayal of the criminal underworld in the North East of England – was released 50 years ago this week. The movie’s celebrated opening – Michael Caine ...

Listen to Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan analyse Rishi Sunak's mass spending spree

The silver medallist is the latest guest on The Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast with Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan

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