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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

The health secretary joined Andrew Marr the day after Boris Johnson outlined a new fourth tier

of restrictions. The fourth tier is designed to Boris Johnson outlined a new fourth tier of restrictions.

The fourth tier is designed to clamp down on a new mutation of the coronavirus that has been

surging across the south-east of England. And the news has wrought havoc on many families' Christmas

plans. Ma asked Matt Hancock if the virus was now under control. No, it's not.

The new variant is out of control and we need to bring it under control.

And this news about the new variant has been an incredibly difficult end to, frankly, an awful year.

And it's important for everybody to act, essentially act like they might have the virus.

And that's the way that we can control it together.

It's not something for government or individuals.

It's something for us all to do together.

And we've got this challenge around the world, actually, of increased numbers.

Obviously, the good hopeful news is that the vaccine is on its way, but we've got to stick

together now and we've got to all play our part in getting this back under control.

The imposition of the fourth tier appears to have prompted a scramble for some people

to get out of London and other affected areas for Christmas before it was too late. Marr questioned

whether Moore could realistically be stopped from doing so over the coming days. Even this morning

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