Is Britain’s Circuit Breaking?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

There’s no escaping COVID19, and with calls for a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown growing by the day, how is the Government coping as the pressure mounts? And with Number 10 sidelining the devolved administrations, Jess Sargeant joins to discuss the impact of the Britain’s varied coronavirus response. Plus, with the US Presidential election less than a week away, what will the result mean for the UK? “Boris Johnson hasn’t found a way to navigate between the scientists and his backbenchers” - Mark Landler “Whether or not the Government acts now affects if people can see their families at Christmas” - Cath Haddon “Angela Merkel has political capital to spend on a lockdown that Boris Johnson does not” - Alex Thomas “Closing borders is not a sustainable solution, practically or politically” - Jess Sargeant “Biden would not view a UK-US trade deal as a priority” - Mark Landler Presented by Hannah White with Cath Haddon, Alex Thomas, Jess Sargeant and Mark Landler. Audio production by Alex Rees. 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	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing.
0:12.4	I'm Hannah White, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government, and for this week,
0:15.9	deputy presenter of the podcast. There's no getting away from coronavirus,
0:20.4	however much you might want to isolate
0:21.8	yourself. Scientists have issued yet more gloomy warnings about rising cases of COVID-19 and
0:27.0	calls for a circuit-break-a-l lockdown in England are again growing. How is the government and the
0:31.4	Prime Minister coping as the pressure mouths? We'll also be talking about why there doesn't
0:35.9	seem to be much talking going on between
0:38.0	Westminster and the devolved governments, and why that has led to confusing and uncoordinated
0:42.2	differences in their coronavirus crisis response.
0:45.9	And then we'll turn our attention across the Atlantic, where the US presidential election
0:49.6	is in its final nerve-wracking few days.
0:52.3	What does the result of the contest between Donald Trump and
0:54.6	Joe Biden mean for the UK? To discuss all this, I'm joined in our virtual studio by a great panel.
1:01.0	Alex Thomas, who leads on all our civil service work. Hi, Alex. Hi, Hannah. I FG Senior Fellow,
1:07.9	Kath Haddon, who runs our work on ministers, Constitution and Civil Service.
1:12.0	Hi, Hannah.
1:13.3	Hi, Kath.
1:14.4	And I'm delighted to be joined by Mark Landler, the London Bureau Chief of the New York Times.
1:20.0	Mark, it's great to have you here.
1:21.3	Thanks for having me, Hannah.
1:23.2	So, Mark, have you voted?
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