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The Week in 60 Minutes: Vaccine reluctance and Navalny's homecoming

Best of the Spectator

The Spectator

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.3827 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode, Andrew Neil is joined by Trevor Philips, managing director of Webber and Phillips and columnist for The Times; author and journalist Owen Matthews; and a team of Spectator journalists.

We discuss whether Joe Biden can unite America, the latest coronavirus data, why less black people want to be vaccinated, and what's next for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the week in 60 minutes from Spectator TV recorded on Thursday, January the 21st.

0:18.1

This week, Joe Biden becomes president on his third attempt. We look at what

0:22.8

to expect from the Biden administration. Britain's vaccine rollout continues to general acclaim,

0:29.6

but has it slowed recently? And what should the government do about those who don't want to be

0:34.6

vaccinated? And Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow

0:40.5

and was immediately arrested.

0:42.6

What to make of this brave and provocative figure?

0:46.1

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0:48.8

and why wouldn't you, it's free,

0:50.4

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0:51.7

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0:56.3

Now, before we begin, a very special thanks to Charles Stanley for their continued support of the week in 60 minutes.

1:03.2

Charles Stanley is one of the UK's leading wealth management firms, one of the oldest companies on the London Stock Exchange.

1:10.6

We're delighted that there are partners here at Spectator TV.

1:15.6

First, America has a 46th president, the oldest ever to take office and in the most unprecedented of circumstances.

1:24.9

With mobs rampaging through Capitol Hill, the pandemic still raging in the

1:29.5

country, and deep divisions across the nation. Is President Trump really the right antidote

1:36.3

to four years? Is President Biden really the right antidote to four years of Mr. Trump?

1:44.1

I'm joined by Kate Ange.

1:45.0

I'm a resident American who's penned a hopeful cover piece for the magazine this week.

1:51.0

Kate, you said that Biden was lucky, unlucky.

1:55.0

What do you mean by that?

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