Disappointing the Archbishop
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The Archbishop of Canterbury tells Adam, Laura and Chris that he was disappointed to see a photo of Conservative activists having what looked like a party at Tory headquarters last Christmas.
Justin Welby also says leaders need to be honest, admit mistakes and stick to the rules.
And he reveals what it was like to do a jigsaw with the Queen at Sandringham.
We get the latest on record Covid figures from Fergus Walsh too. Today’s episode of Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg and Sally Abrahams. The studio director was Emma Crowe and the assistant editor was Alison Gee. Jonathan Aspinwall is the editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Chris, I thought we should have a big end of year, |
| 0:07.6 | just digest what we've all been through episode of Newscast. |
| 0:11.3 | But we obviously need somebody who's been through a lot of stuff. |
| 0:15.0 | So maybe somebody who's had some experience on the Covid frontline, |
| 0:18.7 | maybe somebody who's got a bit of a Christmassy feel about them, |
| 0:22.5 | and also somebody who's got access to the big names from the Queen Down. |
| 0:26.8 | So it's got me Santa then. |
| 0:28.9 | We've put the bid in. |
| 0:30.9 | His press officer considering it, but they haven't got back to us in time. |
| 0:33.4 | He's a bit busy at this time of year. |
| 0:34.8 | OK, how about somebody who takes all those boxes in a big way, |
| 0:38.7 | the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, coming up on Newscast. |
| 0:42.7 | Newscast. |
| 0:43.6 | Newscast from the BBC, |
| 0:45.2 | that will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 0:49.5 | Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented territory. |
| 0:53.8 | Combined with contract tasting, contact tasting, |
| 0:57.3 | tracing food. |
| 0:59.3 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm vegan, so of course I don't like meatball. |
| 1:04.2 | Next slide please. |
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