The green blob is choking the life out of the UK

You can watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3pSGqJiJryw

This week on Planet Normal, co-pilots Halligan and Pearson, shed some light on the risk of a blackout Britain this winter…

Liam targets Labour’s attacks on industrialists like Sir Jim Ratcliffe, arguing that dismissing wealth creators as ‘tax exiles’ ignores their massive tax and employment contributions.

Meanwhile, Allison takes aim at Andy Burnham’s new National Centre for Information Defence, dubbed the ‘Ministry of Truth’, arguing Labour is labelling public outrage over energy bills and illegal immigration as ‘misinformation’ rather than addressing core failures.

Strapping into the rocket this week is former RAF pilot and engineer Richard Lyons who talks your co-pilots through his new book, The Energy Trap: Why the renewable energy transition can’t work - and what can….

Highlights

Planet Normal: The green blob is choking the life out of the UKAllison dismantles the government's "misinformation" centreLabour's failings will cause blackouts this winterAlarm over the government's borrowing costs

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Read more from Richard: https://richardlyon.substack.com/ |

Read Allison ‘Make no mistake earl Spencer is on a mission to destroy the King’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/22/earl-spencer-destroy-king-destabilise-monarchy/ |

Read Allison ‘Net zero is a national suicide pact’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/20/net-zero-is-a-national-suicide-pact/ |

Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/ |