Virus Pandemic - the past, present and future
All Out Politics
Sky News
4.2 • 156 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
They assess the lessons learned from previous pandemics like the Spanish Flu, the current response from ministers and the government's exit strategy as comparisons are made with China and South Korea.
And reflections on Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership as the party prepares to announce his successor.
Joining Adam this week are the historian Peter Frankopan and Sky's political correspondent Kate McCann.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It shouldn't be a mystery why so many businesses choose Mac. |
| 0:04.5 | Like the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 chip, |
| 0:08.1 | it delivers spectacular performance for demanding business tasks, |
| 0:11.9 | runs all your work apps at lightning speed, and is built for Apple Intelligence. |
| 0:16.9 | Upgrade to the new MacBook Pro at MR Systems. |
| 0:20.3 | If you need to spread the cost, we've got you with a fantastic finance service. |
| 0:25.3 | MR Systems, better tech, better service, better business. |
| 0:29.9 | Visit us at MRSystems.com.uk or at your nearest store today. |
| 0:34.8 | Apple Intelligence is available now in US English with MacOS Sequoia 15.1. |
| 0:45.8 | Hello and welcome to the All-Out Politics podcast from Sky News. I'm Adam Bolton and joining me this week, |
| 0:53.1 | remotely are the professor of global history at Oxford University, Peter Francapan, author of The Silk Road, and Sky's political correspondent, Kate McCann. |
| 1:04.1 | And I'm afraid no prizes for guessing that coronavirus and the way we are all dealing with it tops the agenda. |
| 1:10.9 | We're also going to take a look at somewhat overlooked political event, |
| 1:14.9 | the departure of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader this weekend. |
| 1:23.9 | Let's start with coronavirus. |
| 1:36.8 | And first of all, Kate, it's been a bumpy week for the government. How are we really doing in this country in dealing with the virus? |
| 1:44.4 | It has, Adam. It's been a bit of a difficult week, not least because both Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock, the Prime Minister and Health Secretary, and Chris Whitty, the chief scientific advisor, have all been self-isolating because they've actually |
| 1:48.8 | caught the virus. So in terms of actually being able to see the Prime Minister out and about |
| 1:52.7 | and on your TV screens, it's been a bit of a difficult week for him. And that might explain, |
| 1:57.1 | or might go some way to explaining why the messaging out of government this week |
| 2:01.1 | has not been perhaps quite as good as it was the week before. We're also now into a difficult |
| 2:06.1 | period in terms of how the virus is progressing. Clearly, people are into the second week of |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sky News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Sky News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.