Farage furor and the media blindspot to the OBR warnings
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The episode discusses Nigel Farage's political mis-step and the media's focus on less serious candidates amidst significant financial warnings from the OBR.
You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YItlh0gx6cA A never ending tsunami of news sees Reform UK leader Nigel Farage stand down, triggering a “People vs the Establishment" election… but was this a political mis-step? Liam thinks it was a mistake by the Reform leader, but is aghast that the news is giving more coverage to ‘unserious candidates’ such as count Binface, instead of the looming financial issues as the OBR announces the Government has ‘unsustainable UK debt’. Allison agrees but also thinks this is yet another avenue of stitch up by the political establishment that cannot understand why Reform remains so popular with voters, and why they see through the attempts to delegitimise Nigel Farage. Clambering aboard is return passenger and journalist extraordinaire, Anne-Elisabeth Moutet who tells your co-pilots why Marine Le Pen of France’s National Rally Party may be campaigning with an electronic ankle monitor… Highlights Planet Normal: Farage furor and the media blindspot to the OBR warnings Farage triggers by election - Count Binface so far only candidate to challenge him OBR issues stark warning for UK debt and GDP Reform remains…
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