Coming up on the Peston podcast, will the Indian variant prevent the final unlocking on the 21st of June or even send us into reverse?

Why can't we go to Amber List countries in Europe for our holidays,

given that it's no longer illegal?

And could Kier Stahmer survive as Labour leader

if the party were to lose the forthcoming Batley and Spend by election.

All this and more with the Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland,

Professor Lockdown himself, Neil Ferguson,

and the motor-mouth boss of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary.

Also with us tonight are Theresa May's former Chief of Staff,

Nick Timothy, and the former member of Labor's Front Bench, who was sacked a while back by Keir Stama.

She also stood for leader against Keir Stama,

Becky Long Bailey.

First up, Nick Timothy.

Nick, later in the program,

we'll see an interview that I did a little bit earlier with Neil Ferguson, one of the more influential of the government scientific advisers.

He says explicitly that because of where we are with the India variant, spreading quite fast in some parts of Britain, there is a risk not just that we won't get the final unlocking on June the 21st,

but some of our freedoms that we got earlier this week may be reversed,

such as, for example, the ability to eat inside in restaurants and pubs.

How would you think the country feel, actually, if some of the unlocking is either reversed

or we don't get more unlocking on June the 21st.

How bad would that be for the Prime Minister?

Well, I think it depends a little bit on who we're talking about.

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