Welcome now to the week in 60 Minutes, brought to you by Spectator TV, recorded Thursday, February the 11th.

On this week's show, nearly 13 million Brits have now received

their first vaccine. Daily COVID cases have fallen to around 20,000 and daily deaths are

almost at New Year levels. The more contagious and deadly variance of the coronavirus could

still threaten progress.

We'll start by bringing you the latest data from the pandemic from Kate Andrews.

And we'll speak to Professor Sharon Peacock, who chairs the UK's Genomics Consortium.

Then we'll turn to Scotland.

The SMP is beleaguered by inquiries and infighting, but it continues to pull far away

above the opposition.

With critical Holyrood elections in May coming up, which will give Nicholas Sturgeon the mandate

she wants for a second referendum, we'll speak to Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish

Conservatives about the battle unionist

face. Following that, our political team will help us unpack the discussion, and they'll give

us the latest from Westminster, too. And we'll finish by talking to Wolfgang Manchow, director of

Eurointelligence. He's written for the spectator this week about Nord Stream 2,

what he calls the world's most controversial pipeline

and the burgeoning friendship, apparently, between Russia and Germany.

So all that's to come in the next hour.

And this week, we have a special subscription offer for you too. For the first time

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