Social Media Ban: Starmer finally gets something right
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of a social media ban for under 16s and features a guest who shares her experience with police overreach.
You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lq-8ZhnYjjk The rocket of right thinking speeds around planet normal gathering the news tsunami of this week… Allison surprises Liam by AGREEING with Sir Keir Starmer’s social media ban for under 16 year olds, as she states in her column this week. The addictive and toxic nature of smartphones has ruined children’s attention spans and their “in real life" connections and this ban could help them reconnect with the elusive parchment joy of books. Liam strongly echoes Allison’s stance, arguing that tech platforms expose children to "relentless bullying" and corporate exploitation. Shifting to finance, he forecasts an imminent rise in global interest rates, pointing to rising producer price inflation and rate hikes in Australia and Japan as clear indicators that borrowing costs are headed back up. Stowing away this week is return guest Bernie Spofforth, who tells us about her experience of being questioned by police due to a retweet she posted on X. She has released a book, out on the 25th June, to discuss how Government overreach, police and NGO’s have worn down democracy… Highlights Planet Normal: The Social media ban…
More episodes of Planet Normal
- Starmer out, Burnham in and we pay tribute to trailblazer Ann Widdecombe
- Farage furor and the media blindspot to the OBR warnings
- Labour’s new migration policies will create a 'Burnham bump’
- Burnham is the wrong answer to the UK’s economic problem
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Planet Normal podcast page.