Summary
Police say they’re issuing 20 fines over No 10 lockdown parties, but will this put the PM under renewed political pressure? Adam is joined by Laura and the BBC’s Daniel Sandford to chew over what we know so far.
Also… Will Smith’s Oscars slap apology is deconstructed by Lux Alptraum, who has studied the art of saying sorry.
And a report says Jackie Weaver did NOT actually have the authority. We get her reaction.
This edition of Newscast was made by Tim Walklate with John Murphy and Ben Cooper. The technical producer was Emma Crowe.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts Hello, do you remember where you were when this |
| 0:07.8 | parish council meeting in Cheshire went disastrously wrong? |
| 0:11.7 | Oh, you're welcome. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm seeing Jackie Weaver. |
| 0:14.2 | Did this rough this meeting? |
| 0:16.2 | I will have to remove you from it. |
| 0:18.6 | You can't. |
| 0:19.6 | It's only the chairman who can remove people from a meeting. |
| 0:23.5 | And of course, it spawned one of the catchphrases of last year. |
| 0:27.8 | You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver. |
| 0:30.2 | No authority at all. |
| 0:32.1 | Well, it turns out Jackie Weaver did not have the authority to mute and kick out members |
| 0:39.6 | from that meeting, according to a report by the Cheshire Association of Local Cancels, |
| 0:45.2 | which came out today, which means we must put these findings to Jackie Weaver herself. |
| 0:50.0 | Hello, Jackie. |
| 0:51.0 | Hello there. |
| 0:52.0 | So, how do you feel about this assessment of whether you have the authority or not? |
| 0:56.5 | I guess I feel okay about it. |
| 0:59.4 | I mean, I think the time, because it's such a long time ago, we forget that Zoom meetings, |
| 1:06.5 | virtual meetings were new to all of us. |
| 1:08.9 | And there wasn't any firm guidance about how you actually conduct them anyway. |
| 1:13.1 | Oh, I see. |
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