Podcast series from the UK Telegraph, hosted by economist and columnist Liam Halligan and co-host columnist Alison Pearson, looking at issues of the moment.

August 26,2021

Can a pre-teen consent to a coronavirus vaccine? That's the big question Telegraph columnists Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson are grabbling with this week, after an anonymous Planet Normal listener reveals that the NHS is drawing up plans to vaccinate 12-year-olds.

And as co-pilot Halligan returns from his Aegean Odyssey (AKA his annual holiday to Greece), he comes back not just with a podcast, but also with an interview with James Glancy, Army veteran turned documentary maker. James boards a first-class seat on the rocket of right thinking this week to reflect on his time serving as a Royal Marine during three tours of Afghanistan and why he thinks the 'special relationship' between Great Britain and the United States should be confined to the 'dustbin of history'.

The rapid Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has shocked the world, and one of the ripple effects is clear to James Glancy: "There's no such thing as the special relationship."

The former Royal Marines Commando and documentarian is calling on the government to consider reforming Britain's armed forces so we're less reliant on the US.  

Speaking to the Telegraph's Liam Halligan on this week's Planet Normal podcast,, the veteran called the so-called special relationship between Great Britain and the United States an "abusive relationship".

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