Ghost of Christmas Past?
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
What does the Omicron variant mean for festive plans across the UK? As further guidance to stop the spread of the new Covid-19 variant is issued, the team discusses the similarities to December 2020, and what makes this year different. This week Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced one of the biggest Conservative rebellions in Westminster over further rules, and the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced guidelines for businesses over the festive period. Has Covid-19 turned more political than ever?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:10.0 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.9 | That brings you an inside look at the biggest stories |
| 0:18.3 | coming out of Holyrood and Westminster. |
| 0:20.5 | It is four minutes past |
| 0:22.2 | two on Thursday the 16th of December. I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow and today I'm |
| 0:28.4 | joined by Nick Eardley at Westminster. Lindsay Bues, usually at Hollywood but at home today. |
| 0:34.5 | Raj Sipundu also usually in Westminster but at home today. It's a hat trick. I'm Phil Simm. I am also at home.. Raj Deepsandu, also usually in Westminster, but at home today. |
| 0:40.9 | It's a hat trick, I'm Phil Sim, I'm also at home. |
| 0:43.3 | It's like there's a pandemic on or something, isn't it? This is almost like a reflection of changing guidance, isn't it? |
| 0:48.1 | We are a living embodiment of these strange times. |
| 0:51.5 | A hat trick, but also a full house, |
| 0:57.7 | and that it's the podlitical classic members, |
| 1:00.0 | for one of a bit of a very term. The original's. |
| 1:03.0 | And that's quite apt, I think, for our last sort of proper, proper podcast of the year. |
| 1:08.3 | We will have more coming. |
| 1:10.2 | We will have more coming throughout the festive |
| 1:12.1 | period but this is our last kind of normal podcast if you will how are you all doing things |
| 1:17.8 | have all got a little bit ghost of christmas 2020 haven't they this week they really have they |
| 1:23.6 | really have i just want it to be christmas now yeah like Actually, Christmas Day. Sorry to not bring the Christmas cheer. |
| 1:30.2 | Wanting it to be Christmas is relatively cheery, is it not? |
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