Oh My Darling, Quarantine

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Is the summer tourist season already a write-off for Europe – and will the traditional foreign holiday become history? Are you ready to start paying more tax from the age of 40 to fund your own social care? And as COVID continues to hollow out city centres, is urban living on the way out? Ros Taylor, Ahir Shah and special guest Yasmeen Serhan of The Atlantic join Andrew Harrison for this week’s full-length Bunker. Listen closely for live interventions from Andrew’s cat. “The summer months are the lungs of Europe.” – Yasmeen Serhan “When the people who make decisions about health and social care can opt out with private insurance, they don’t experience the consequences of their own decisions.” – Ros Taylor Produced by Andrew Harrison. Script and assistant production by Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickenson. Logo and branding by Mark Taylor. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters production 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	My name is Stan. I'm at. Nice to meet you. So you took up photography where? I've always loved
0:05.5	photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.
0:11.8	Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?
0:13.0	I loved going to college.
0:14.0	It's good you can retrain and do something.
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1:13.0	This week, are you listening to this on a beach?
1:15.0	Probably not.
1:16.0	As the government's sudden 14 day quarantine on people returning from Spain
1:20.0	cast doubt on whatever is left of your summer plans,
1:22.0	we wonder is tourists travel over
1:24.4	and what will our economies do without it? Plus attention listeners over 40, must be some of you,
1:28.6	are you ready to be taxed to cover your social care in later life? What will
1:32.0	conservative plans for the care sector mean in practice?
1:34.8	And are we about to experience dementia tax to deja vu all over again?
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