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All Out Politics

The war on fat

All Out Politics

Sky News

News Commentary, Politics, News, Government

4.2156 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In the week the Prime Minister begins a campaign to help people lose weight after the coronavirus outbreak, Adam Boulton and guests assess whether the PM's war on fat will have the desired effect.

The plans include a ban on junk food advert before 9pm and clearer labelling of calories on alcoholic drinks.

The panel also reveal their defining political moments of the year so far as this season of All Out Politics takes a break for the summer.

Joining Adam this week are: the Director of the Academy of Ideas Claire Fox, the former Labour strategist Richard Angell and Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.2

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0:08.5

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0:37.8

unselected boiler care provided by domestic in general.

0:45.8

Hello, welcome to the all-out politics podcast from Sky News. I'm Adam Bolton. And joining me

0:50.3

this week are the Director of the Academy of Ideas, Claire Fox, and the one-time

0:55.3

Labour strategist Richard Angel and Sky's chief political correspondent John Craig. This week,

1:01.0

we're going to talk about the Prime Minister's war on fat and his efforts to help people lose weight.

1:08.1

We're also going to, since we're taking a pause for August, we're going to

1:14.1

ask our guests what they believe are the things which have defined politics in the UK so

1:21.4

far.

1:26.9

Let's start with obesity and Boris Johnson very much a convert.

1:34.7

I'm not normally a believer in nannying or bossying type of politics,

1:39.6

but the reality is that obesity is one of the real comorbidity factors. It's losing weight is frankly

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