{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65804e0f1585de00125ded2d/65804e163c61a300185b5b9a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The BBC, the Bank of England and \"bonus holes\"","description":"<p><em>Note: this episode was recorded before Huw Edwards was named by his wife as the presenter at the centre of the BBC scandal.&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p>There are no shortage of crises on the rocket this week, in-between the economic and immigration rows and a sex scandal threatening to rock the BBC, our co-pilots have got their hands full.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Allison’s disgust with the government’s immigration policies are growing by the day. She thinks the ‘liberal elite’ in Westminster would rather stick up for foreigners than their people and that we’re in the midst of a ‘national emergency’.</p><p><br></p><p>From immigration to the economy. Co-pilot Halligan is on hand to answer the big questions circling&nbsp;former Prime Minister&nbsp;Liz Truss’s new growth committee. Is the&nbsp;former&nbsp;PM really to blame for the country’s economic woe? Or were we already heading for a crash landing?</p><p><br></p><p>Boarding the rocket of right thinking for her second voyage is former Olympic swimmer, Sharron Davies&nbsp;MBE&nbsp;who&nbsp;gives our co-pilots an update on her campaign to keep biological men out of women’s sports categories. She also explains the dangers of abolishing gender categories at children’s sports days.</p><p><br></p><p>And Allison gives Liam a lesson in Welsh pronunciation.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Read more from Liam:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/</em></a><em>&nbsp;|</em></p><p><em>Read more from Allison:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/</em></a><em>&nbsp;|</em></p><p><em>Listen to The Lockdown Files:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://podfollow.com/the-lockdown-files\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://podfollow.com/the-lockdown-files</em></a><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Need help subscribing or reviewing? Learn more about podcasts here:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/</em></a><em>&nbsp;|</em></p><p><em>Email:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"mailto:planetnormal@telegraph.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>planetnormal@telegraph.co.uk</em></a><em>&nbsp;|</em></p><p><em>For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal</em></a><em>&nbsp;|</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href=\"https://art19.com/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href=\"https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}