Two Men and a Vespa

London Calling

Ricochet

News, Politics

4.4 • 975 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Monday June 21st was supposed to be “Freedom Day” in the UK as the Covid-19 restrictions were to finally go away. Yeah, right. James and Toby reflect on the PM’s delay and look forward to a weekend of conflicting protests next Saturday as lockdown sceptics, BLM and Extinction Rebellion all plan to take to London’s streets. With the word that New Zealand will be sending the world’s first... Source

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0:00.0	This is to be London Calling, blooming June in London's Q Gardens, but now Boris Johnson
0:08.0	has plotted the way ahead on his COVID roadmap, Freedom Day in England on June the 21st is to be delayed for four weeks.
0:16.5	I can understand why there is a significant degree of fortune, but what I would very much like
0:22.3	to hear are the objective measures that the government will be looking at which will enable them to unlock
0:30.0	quality at some time in the coming weeks.
0:33.2	Welcome to London calling with me.
0:38.7	Welcome to London calling with me James Delling Pole and my very good friend Mr Toby Young
0:45.4	Tobes. I don't know about you but I have been so enjoying Freedom Day the day
0:51.0	when when Boris Johnson allowed us to have all our freedoms back.
0:55.0	No more lockdowns, no more masks, no more quarantines, all go on holiday,
1:01.0	hasn't it been great?
1:02.0	The odd thing is, James, when I went out... all go on holiday, hasn't it been great?
1:02.8	The odd thing is, James, when I went out this morning to the local branch of Sainsbury's,
1:10.0	lots of people still seem to be wearing their masks and I was slightly baffled by that.
1:15.1	I mean is it that Britain has become like California in which no matter how many people have
1:21.0	been vaccinated and no matter how many restrictions have been
1:24.1	lifted people continue to mask up as a sort of signal of how virtuous they are.
1:28.8	What's going on, James?
1:30.8	I think it could be that perhaps I was I was joking blackly and that in fact the
1:37.5	promised liberation day has not actually happened it's been delayed yet again
1:41.2	for just the crappist made up reasons. What is it about the
1:46.5	Delta variant? They've given these imaginary variants, these kind of sexy names to, I suppose because they want to get down with the kids.
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