Belfast and the furious

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Breaking news special! The podcast team assembled in the studio as the Met confirmed it had finished its partygate inquiry - and would not issue any more Fines to Boris Johnson. So what does this mean and what happens next? Why is everyone so angry about the Northern Ireland Protocol? The UK government and the EU are arguing over its future, and Northern Ireland's political parties are unable to come up with a power-sharing deal. The BBC's John Campbell dials in from Belfast to discuss the latest - and just how bad things might get. Back in Westminster, the government is under increasing pressure to respond to the cost of living crisis. Is a windfall tax on the cards? The team weigh up the government's options. With Bronwen Maddox, Jill Rutter and Jess Sargeant. Produced by Candice McKenzie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:14.0	I'm Bronwyn Maddox. Remember when Brexit got done, when backstops were ditched for protocols,
0:20.3	when oven-ready deals were
0:21.6	produced and signed, it seems a long time ago.
0:24.9	But Brexit is back, if it ever really went away.
0:27.7	The Northern Ireland Protocol has dominated the headlines this week.
0:31.1	So what's the problem?
0:32.2	What's the UK proposing to do?
0:33.9	What could it mean for relations with the European Union?
0:36.3	We're going to take a look at all that.
0:38.2	The trade war with the EU has been cited as one outcome.
0:41.6	What would that mean for people's pockets?
0:44.0	As consumer price inflation hits a 40-year high of 9 percent, and price rises and bills
0:49.8	begin to bite, we're going to take a look at the cost of living crisis and what the government
0:54.0	could do in response. And we are going to deal as well with the breaking news, which is lots
0:59.2	more party gate fines from the Metropolitan Police, lots of them. Joining me throughout today's
1:03.9	podcast are two IFGers who know more about the big questions and the small print than most. That
1:09.8	is for a start. Senior fellow
1:11.0	Jill Rutter. Hi, Jill. Hi, Jim. Great to have you. And senior researcher, Jess Sargent. Hi,
1:16.7	Jess. Hi, Roman. Great to have you as well. And I'm delighted as well that we're joined today
1:21.1	from Belfast by John Campbell, the BBC's Northern Ireland Economics and Business Editor. Hi John, how are you? Hello there. I'm very well. Thank you. Thanks for having me. No, great to hear your voice. Quite some week.
1:32.7	Yeah, the Prime Minister here for the first time in a long time. A kind of very interesting tone this
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