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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Corona Calamities and Climate Emergencies with guest CAROLINE LUCAS MP

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Britain’s COVID policy has failed women so badly that organisations from Amnesty to the Fawcett Society have called for the EHRC to intervene. Why can’t our blokey-bloke Cabinet understand that more than half the population is being hit harder by the virus – and getting less help? Plus special guest Caroline Lucas MP explains the radical, cross-party Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. And as Samira Ahmed (possibly) takes over Mastermind, what are our panel’s specialist subjects and starters for ten? “Three million and more people have had no support since March. That’s unforgivable. And it hits women disproportionately.” – Caroline Lucas  “We need a lot more bolshy, aggressive, assertive policies if we’re going to get gender parity around COVID and beyond.” – Miatta Fahnbulleh “To be fair to the Government’s sense of imagination, they have found imaginative ways to spread COVID” – Ahir Shah “When you have a PM who uses terms like ‘girly swot’ and ‘big girl’s blouse’, that’s not someone who’s very interested in gender equality.” – Caroline Lucas Presented by Naomi Smith with Miatta Fahnbulleh and Ahir Shah. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production 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

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photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

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Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

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I loved going to college.

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It's good you can retrain and do something.

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look after theirs with dental life. Pick up dental life in the pet food aisle. Hello and welcome back to the bunker I'm Naomi Smith on this week's podcast it's a pandemic and not a mandemic.

1:15.2

Britain's COVID policy is repeatedly skewed towards men according to a report

1:20.2

by the Women and Equality Select Committee.

1:22.3

How can it possibly be that I by the Women and Equality Select Committee.

1:22.7

How can it possibly be that our cabinet of wannabe

1:26.7

bloke-blokes can produce policy that doesn't take

1:29.9

women's needs into account?

1:31.8

Plus, another green world world with a major climate and

1:34.8

ecological emergency bill going through Parliament our special guests is

1:38.8

Green Party MP Caroline Lucas joining us to explain us all.

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