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Politics Weekly UK

Rashford takes on the government – again: Politics Weekly podcast

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

Politics, News

4.01.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Jessica Elgot is joined by Rafael Behr to talk about a week of confusion over lockdown rules and free school meals. Lisa O’Carroll updates us on how Brexit has affected UK trade with the EU so far. Plus, Stephen Bush and Rachel Shabi discuss the potential for 2021 to be ‘the year of Keir’. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Guardian.

0:04.0

Boris Johnson goes for a bike ride as free school meals come under scrutiny.

0:08.0

I'm Jessica Algot, deputy political editor of The Guardian and this is Politics Weekly.

0:13.0

But a minority of people are putting the health of the nation at risk by not following the rules.

0:25.8

Two weeks into England's third national lockdown and were all still a bit fuzzy about the rules.

0:30.7

It doesn't help that cabinet ministers are unable to answer seemingly simple questions about outdoor meetings,

0:36.0

and the Prime Minister is caught taking a cycle trip, seven miles away from home.

0:41.0

Police chiefs are once again asking for clarity on the latest

0:44.4

COVID guidelines and if they aren't sure of them, how on earth can the public be?

0:49.3

The government will also once again have school meals on their mind as Manchester United Football and Marcus Rashford

0:54.8

highlighted the inadequate free school meals being sent to parents under the 30 pound government voucher scheme.

1:00.0

How will the government fix this latest mess?

1:03.0

The most the leader of the opposition can do is ask for more restrictions

1:06.5

and maybe criticize the government's handling of the pandemic

1:09.2

while simultaneously supporting measures they've brought in to curb the spread, but can Kiestama break away

1:14.7

from reactive mode and carve out a clear vision for the Labour Party in 2021?

1:19.8

We'll discuss that later on.

1:22.1

Plus Lisa O'Cowl reports back from her latest trips to the ports of Dover in Calais

1:26.4

and talks about what Brexit might mean for UK-EU trade in the coming months.

1:30.7

That's all in this week's politics weekly.

1:36.0

But first, the Prime Minister went for a cycle

1:38.0

and Marcus Rashford made free school meals

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