Summary
Adam and Chris take us through the latest Coronavirus news, and talk to Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey about his pledge to be “the voice of carers”. And Americast’s Jon Sopel explains what's what with Donald Trump’s taxes.
Studio Director: Russell Newlove Producers: Harriet Noble, Ben Weisz and Sej Asar Assistant Editors: Emma Close and Sam Bonham
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, in today's episode, we're going to be joined by the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, |
| 0:08.8 | Sir Ed Davy, and he's with us now. |
| 0:11.2 | Hello, Sir Ed. |
| 0:12.4 | Hello there. Now, I don't know if you're a regular listener and if you listen to our last episode |
| 0:16.0 | where we recreated a student pub quiz for all the students who are stuck in isolation |
| 0:20.0 | don't know if you listened I did not. I missed that one. I wish I listened. |
| 0:25.0 | That means I can try out some of the questions on you and see how you would have done. |
| 0:28.0 | Badly, probably. Well let's see. This was my favorite question. |
| 0:32.0 | How many stomachs does an octopus have? |
| 0:35.0 | Oh, let's say what in each leg? |
| 0:38.0 | Three. And you're going to love this question because it's for the political geeks. |
| 0:43.4 | This week the government introduced earlier closing for pubs, this was last week. |
| 0:47.6 | Which politician who would go on to become Prime Minister introduced stricter hours for pubs as part of the effort to win the First World War. |
| 0:56.0 | Was it David Lord George? |
| 0:58.0 | It was, correct. |
| 1:00.0 | And for a bonus point, what was his term of office? |
| 1:03.0 | Oh, wasn't it 19, 15 or 16 to 20? |
| 1:10.0 | 16 to 22. |
| 1:12.0 | So I think that's, that's 3 quarters of a point you can get there. |
| 1:15.0 | Okay, I'll settle for that. |
| 1:18.0 | He was a liberal, wasn't he? |
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