The Laissez-Failure Edition

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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As Boris Johnson returns to work, will we see a chastened lockdown hawk or will he revert to his laissez-faire instincts? With trust in journalists plummeting, who decided that it’s the media’s job to ask “helpful questions” of government? Plus Conservative MP Robert Largan joins us to discuss whether infrastructure is the silver bullet to fix the Corona-hit economy. “We are watching unprecedented deaths… To talk about ‘success’ right now is obscene.” – Ian Dunt Presented by Ros Taylor with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Script and assistant production by Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickenson. Logo and artwork 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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1:28.0	Plus, this was supposed to be the leveling up government. Then COVID-19 put pay to all that.
1:32.8	Will infrastructure and transport be the key to resurrecting Britain's economy?
1:36.8	Yes, even HS2.
1:38.4	Conservative MP and member of the Transport Select Committee Robert Lagen joins us to discuss building upwards while the economy is heading downwards.
1:45.9	And is journalism having an especially bad coronav crisis?
1:49.6	Trust is down, journalists who were already wounded by Brexit are under renewed fire. is
1:55.0	our media really doing the bad job that the hardliners say it is.
1:58.0	All this and more in today's bunker. Welcome to the podcast. Don't forget we're doing another live stream with
2:19.2	the Romaniacs on the evening of Thursday, 7th and May. It's taking place on Zoom because we all need a little
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