Let’s Go Outside?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

There’s a new three-word slogan in town: “Build, build, build.” As the Government unlocks more sectors of public life, Boris Johnson is keen to finally put COVID-19 behind him and get on with governing. But will questions of competence and Cummings continue to cast a pall over the Government’s agenda? Plus: Will the Robert Jenrick affair blow up into an old-fashioned scandal? And is the Brexit extension deadline the real deadline? “The Government still has some extraordinarily difficult questions on the economy coming up.” – Joe Owen “The idea that ‘If we announce it, it will happen’ has been a big failing of Government in this crisis.” – Jill Rutter Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Joe Owen, Jill Rutter and Raphael Hogarth. 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, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:15.1	I'm Bronwyn Maddox. The lockdown is easing by the day, it seems, and according to Boris Johnson,
0:19.9	the nation is coming out of hibernation.
0:21.6	As the Prime Minister admits the frost could yet return, coronavirus has not gone away,
0:26.6	and his chief medical officer is warning that an upticking cases is a real threat.
0:30.6	We'll be discussing the Prime Minister's decision to open things up and what comes next for the country,
0:35.6	and what comes next for him? His poll
0:38.2	ratings have plummeted since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. What can Johnson do to regain
0:42.7	the sense of momentum and control? Well, there's always Brexit. The campaign to take the UK out of the
0:48.9	EU got Johnson into number 10 and there's now just half a year remaining before the UK leaves
0:53.8	the transition period.
0:55.1	Is Brexit about to leap from coronavirus back to the top of the news agenda? We'll take a look.
1:00.7	Joining me in our virtual studio, a three IFG style works who've been following every Brexit twist
1:05.9	and turn in every stage of the government's response to the coronavirus. Senior fellow Jill Rutter,
1:11.1	hi Jill. Hi, Jill. Hi, Joe. Hi, Joe. Hello. And IFG Associate, Raphael Hogarth. Welcome.
1:20.4	Hello. Hello. Let's start with the exit from lockdown. At the Downing Street press
1:24.8	conference on Tuesday, which the government announced was going to be the
1:27.7	final one of the daily coronavirus press conferences, the Prime Minister's message was simple.
1:33.0	The hibernation is beginning to end and the bustle is coming back. Restaurants, pubs, museums,
1:38.2	galleries, playgrounds, hairdressers, but not a few things like gyms and ale bars, all opening on
1:43.3	July the 4th.
1:44.7	And the two-meter rule is coming down to one metre plus.
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