Lockdown continues, a shock in the Chilterns
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 19 June 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Boris Johnson reluctantly delayed the easing of England’s lockdown for another month due to the spread of the Delta strain of coronavirus. Will the July 19 easing go ahead? Plus, we discuss the Liberal Democrats’ surprise victory in the Chesham and Amersham by-election and what it means for the government’s planning reforms. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with Jim Pickard, Sarah Neville, Robert Shrimsley and Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe. Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineer was Breen Turner.
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| 0:00.0 | The final stage of England's lockdown easing was delayed this week, as Boyz Johnson admitted |
| 0:07.2 | that more time was needed to vaccinate the country. |
| 0:10.6 | The sheer scale of the vaccine rollout has made our position incomparably better than in |
| 0:16.4 | previous waves, but now is the time to ease off the accelerator. |
| 0:23.4 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, your central insider guide to what's happening in British |
| 0:27.9 | politics from the Financial Times, with me Sebastian Payne. |
| 0:32.2 | In this week's episode, we'll be looking at the latest on coronavirus, and why the Prime |
| 0:37.0 | Minister, who you heard at the top, decided to delay the end of all restrictions until |
| 0:41.7 | July the 19th, what can be achieved in that time, and does the Delta variant mean further |
| 0:47.2 | problems ahead? |
| 0:48.7 | Health editor Sarah Neville will explain, along with chief little correspondent Jim Picard. |
| 0:55.6 | Later, we'll be examining the shop-libered Democrat victory in the Cheshireman Amisham |
| 1:00.3 | by-election this week. |
| 1:02.0 | How did they manage to beat the Tories for the first time in their traditional blue |
| 1:05.9 | heartland? |
| 1:06.9 | Chief Plittal commentator Robert Trimsley will discuss, along with Plittal correspondent |
| 1:11.6 | Jasmine Cameron Sleshi. |
| 1:14.0 | With plenty to discuss, let's crack onto the main topic of the week. |
| 1:19.4 | England has been gradually easing out of its lockdown restrictions, but the success of |
| 1:24.4 | the UK's vaccination programme has not been enough to combat the rapid spread of the |
| 1:28.8 | Delta variant, of which first originated in India. |
| 1:32.5 | So with a rather heavy heart, Boris Johnson decided to delay the final easing of lockdown |
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