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All Out Politics

Rebels all round

All Out Politics

Sky News

News Commentary, Politics, News, Government

4.2156 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Adam Boulton and guests discuss the political fallout from the Tory rebellion over England's covid 'tier' system which replaced the national lockdown.

They also assess the delicate state of the Brexit negotiations as the end of the transition period looms.

Plus, was it 'thanks to Brexit' that the the UK was able to move quickly on regulatory approval for a vaccine?

And what about the timetable for a return to normality as Boris Johnson and Jonathan Van Tam appear to have somewhat different opinions on the months ahead.

Joining Adam this week are:
Comment and Features editor of City AM Rachel Cunliffe;
Author of “Democracy Under Siege: Don't Let Them Lock It Down!” and “Populism and the European Culture Wars” - Frank Furedi;
and Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig

Transcript

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Hello and welcome to the All-Up Politics Podcast. I'm Adam Bolton and joining me this week are the comment and features editor of City AM, Rachel Cunleiffe,

0:54.3

the author of Democracy Under Siege, Don't Let Them Lock It Down and Populism and the European Culture Wars,

1:00.5

Frank Ferretti, and Sky's Chief Political Correspondent, John Craig.

1:04.2

Well, not many prizes for what we're going to talk about this week.

1:06.8

Guess what? COVID and Brexit, both of which, however, did see significant developments this week

1:15.0

and appear to be pointing a moment perhaps of change,

1:20.9

whether it's for the better or not, we'll discuss.

1:41.6

So let's start with what was the biggest defeat since the general election, as Boris Johnson heads into celebrating his anniversary in terms of rebellion for the Prime Minister.

1:47.1

And it was all about the question of moving the country into tears.

1:52.8

If government is to take away fundamental liberties of the people whom we represent,

1:57.9

they must demonstrate beyond question that they are acting in a way that is both proportionate and absolutely necessary. In the absence of that serious and compelling case,

2:04.0

Madam Deputy Speaker, I have no choice but to oppose these measures.

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