Coronavirus: The lockdown and legislation - is it enough?
All Out Politics
Sky News
4.2 • 156 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
But is the messaging getting through and has the government got it right so far?
They examine the emergency legislation rushed through parliament to enforce government measures and discuss efforts to fast-track testing - particularly for frontline NHS staff - as the Health Secretary announces a new temporary hospital in London.
And as Parliament goes into recess, there is a look back at Jeremy Corbyn's last PMQs as Labour leader.
Joining Adam this week are the former MEP and director of the Academy of Ideas Claire Fox and Sky's politcal correspondent Tamara Cohen.
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| 0:45.8 | Hello, welcome to the All That Politics podcast from Sky News. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm Adam Bolton. |
| 0:50.5 | Well, this week, the Prime Minister announced a near total lockdown for the country using a |
| 0:55.8 | primetime TV slot to address us. Is the messaging getting through and is the government doing |
| 1:01.7 | enough? We're also going to talk about the impact of that emergency legislation, what's going |
| 1:07.3 | on with frontline staff, whether we need more testing and what that might achieve. |
| 1:12.7 | And finally, it's goodbye to Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. |
| 1:17.9 | He says he's going to stick around, but he won't be Labour Leader anymore. |
| 1:21.5 | Memories of Jezze at the end. |
| 1:23.7 | But first, though, joining me this week are the former MEP and Director of the Academy of Ideas, Claire Fox, and Sky News's very own Tamara Cohen. |
| 1:39.3 | And let's start just by listening to the government getting very serious about this deadly outbreak. |
| 1:48.4 | Without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, |
| 1:52.6 | there will come a moment where no health service in the world could possibly cope |
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