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The pandemic: A country divided?

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Politics, Unknown, Daily News, News

41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In the first weeks of lockdown we saw Brits come together in a show of astonishing unity. But a new poll reveals divisions are emerging. What could this change of heart mean for the UK's future? 


Guests: 

Bobby Duffy, professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London.


Presenter: David Aaronovitch.



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0:00.0

In the first few weeks of lockdown, what had been divided Brexit Britain reunited.

0:09.6

So we had nine and ten people supporting the lockdown measures and 7 and 10 of those strongly supporting

0:17.0

the lockdown measures and it's just about unheard of to get 7 and 10 Brits strongly supporting anything.

0:23.7

It probably couldn't last.

0:26.1

And according to a major new survey, it hasn't. The other thing that I cannot stand is the word social distancing.

0:37.0

It is not social distancing.

0:40.0

It is anti socialsocial distancing.

0:43.0

You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times.

0:46.5

I'm David Aronovich.

0:48.0

Today, our pandemic divisions and what they mean for our outer lockdown future.

0:56.0

Hello Calum McDonald here, one of the presenters of Times Radio Breakfast,

1:06.2

just to let you know about the Future of Food and Drink Summit in November,

1:10.3

the Times and the Sunday Times Scotland are hosting a field to fork overview of the food

1:15.6

and drink industry featuring global brands and exciting startups all looking for fresh

1:21.2

avenues for future growth and you can be there too.

1:25.2

Come and join me and those experts in Aberdeen.

1:28.7

Register at Times-event.com forward slash food and drink Hi, my name's Menina. I'm 64 and I work as a color and style consultant. I have my own business.

1:57.0

Some top social scientists at Kings College London have conducted a big new bit of research.

2:07.0

They've concluded that the two tribes of Remain and Leave who came together as lockdown began have now divided again over how to fight the virus

2:16.7

and added a new third group. Most of us are likely to fall into one of these three categories.

2:24.0

Now, the non-expert voices you'll hear from in this episode weren't part of that survey.

2:28.5

They're ordinary citizens, but they do fit the categories. Menina is in what's now called the frustrated category,

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