Summary
As counting continues in the US presidential election, former politician and documentary maker Ed Balls shares the insights he learned meeting Trump supporters for his recent series.
Chris and Vicki discuss the Government's about turn on the furlough scheme's return - responding to circumstance or last-minute decision?
And if, like us, you've an ear for slide sass - you'll LOVE the latest from the Downing St press conference.
Studio Director: Gerard Sudlow Producer: Ben Weisz, Patrick Baker, Sej Asar Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | There is a bit of a slide war going on, |
| 0:08.3 | war by PowerPoint at the top of government. |
| 0:10.6 | A chart off. |
| 0:11.5 | A chart off, yes. So basically on Saturday we had |
| 0:15.2 | Chris being watched by 14 million people and witty and Valence showing these |
| 0:20.7 | slides that you just couldn't read and then Chris today the UK |
| 0:24.4 | Statistics Authority kind of gave them a bit of a smack on the wrists didn't they? |
| 0:28.2 | They did yeah 16 million by the way just to give you a smack just to give you a |
| 0:32.1 | spack on the wrist about your statistics authority I should have been more |
| 0:34.2 | accurate yeah exactly I just saving you a rebuke next week so yeah they did and |
| 0:38.9 | then there's that broader point isn't there which is that when you have those |
| 0:41.3 | next slide please moments and |
| 0:43.0 | somebody out off-screen clicking the clicker you just left aren't you as a viewer |
| 0:46.7 | it just overwhelmed really particularly when you get those kind of color scheme |
| 0:49.9 | ones like something you get in a in a paint shop when actually you know the old |
| 0:54.5 | mantra less is more might be you know they might be onto something with that. |
| 0:58.0 | And then Simon Stevens the chief exec of the LHS swoops in and does his own Smackdown at the Downing Street Press Conference. |
| 1:05.0 | Smackdown. |
| 1:06.0 | Like you and I'm sure the Prime Minister won't mind me saying so. |
| 1:08.0 | I've watched a number of these press briefings and sometimes the charts can be a bit hard to keep up with so I've just |
| 1:15.2 | got one chart today that indisputably sets out what we in the health service |
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