Back To Life, Back To Reality?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

As the COVID lockdown eases, will the blame land on ministers, scientists, advisers, Public Health England or Number Ten? What can the drama of the Brexit Parliament teach us about running the Palace of Westminster when it reconvenes – physically – for the post-COVID era? A new IfG report digs into the detail. And is America’s chaotic responsive to Coronavirus a result of the hollowing-out of US government institutions? Special guest Dan Balz of the Washington Post explains. “When there are major communications moments that affect people’s lives, the ‘dipping your toe in the water’ approach doesn’t really work.” – Alex Thomas “The Brexit Parliament really exposed the system’s weakness in dealing with major political problems.” – Joe Marshal Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Alex Thomas and Joe Marshal. Audio production by Alex Rees. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Winside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government. I'm Bronwyn Maddox.
0:15.3	Should children go back to school after what is still the half-term break next week? Is testing and tracing in place? And what about
0:22.0	the UK's borders? Can you plan a summer holiday and are you going to have to be quarantined
0:25.8	for 14 days when you come back? No surprise if you're not completely clear. It is still in flux.
0:32.2	We're going to explore what the government's announcements and often re-announcements of these points
0:36.3	tell us about the way it's making
0:38.2	decisions and we're going to touch on as well reports of rouse at the heart of government about
0:42.8	these kind of crucial decisions also going to take a closely look at the role of public health
0:47.5	England it's come in for loud criticism this week what about the government's sudden decision
0:52.3	another of them about parliament it's determined to bring an end to the experiment of a virtual palace of Westminster. But can MPs safely return? Will they? We've got a new report out this week, analysing that extraordinary phenomenon known as the Brexit Parliament. One of its authors joins us in the studio, and we're going to look at what long-term
1:11.6	reforms might be needed. We'll also take a look at what's going on in the US. Dan Bouts,
1:17.1	the chief correspondent of the Washington Post, joins us to discuss why he thinks America's
1:20.9	halting response to the outbreak is not just about President Trump's improvised statements on
1:25.7	medicine, but has its roots in a hollowing out of
1:28.3	U.S. government structures that really goes back decades. I'm delighted to be joined in the studio by
1:33.8	my Institute for Government colleagues, Alex Thomas, who leads our civil service work. Alex, hi.
1:39.8	Hi, Bormann.
1:40.7	And Joe Marshall, IFG, senior researcher, and joined author of our new Parliamentary Monitor Report. Hi, Joe. Hi, Bomene. And Joe Marshall, IFG, senior researcher and joined author of our new Parliamentary Monitor Report.
1:45.5	Hi, Joe.
1:46.5	Hi, Bromwen.
1:47.5	Great.
1:48.5	Well, Joe, just give us a quick taste to start off.
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