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Hello and welcome to the Spiked podcast. I'm Fraser Myers and joining me this week as ever we have Spiked Deputy editor Tom Slater.

Hello. And Spiked columnist Ella Wheeling.

Hi. Coming up on the show, the easing of the lockdown, the Electoral Commission's War on Democracy, and Big Tech censorship.

The Prime Minister has outlined measures to start a very gradual easing of the lockdown in England.

We must stay alert. We must continue to control the virus and save lives.

We didn't get clarity.

So Scotland's lockdown restrictions remain in place for now.

Over the whole epidemic, even if we have no vaccine, a high proportion of people will not get this.

At the weekend, Prime Minister Boris Johnson

announced a gradual easing of the lockdown. The official slogan changed from

Stay Home Protect the NHS, save lives, to stay alert, control the virus save lives.

...