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🗓️ 10 June 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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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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