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Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

Holidays and pubs - what are the chances for 2021? Plus vaccines and variants

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

Government, Politics, News

4.2177 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Everyone is well overdue a holiday, but will we be able to have one this year?

Robert and Shehab discuss whether people will be able to go abroad in summer, amid the ever-present threat of new coronavirus variants.

They also discuss Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown, whether it will include the reopening of pubs, and when we'll get more of our freedom back.

Special guest this week is Professor Linda Bauld, a public health expert at University of Edinburgh, who talks to us about vaccines and variants.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

To holiday or not to holiday? That's the question the calling Peston team are asking,

0:11.4

as we plan our annual group trip to a Greek party island. I'm your host Shehab Khan, and

0:16.4

while the government says it's too early to book a trip abroad this summer, like the rest of

0:20.2

the country, I'm eager for a much needed this summer, like the rest of the country,

0:20.9

I'm eager for a much-needed getaway. If the image of the Calling Peston team wearing matching

0:25.6

t-shirts on a Greek island isn't enough for you, we'll be calling ITV's political editor

0:30.1

Robert Peston to talk through some of the major stories of the week. We'll also be joined

0:34.3

by Professor Linda Bald, an expert in public health from the University of Edinburgh.

0:38.8

But first, Lewis, it's just you and I, and it's been rather snowy.

0:43.3

How are you dealing with the snow?

0:44.3

I'm dealing with the snow fine, actually. I love the snow.

0:47.3

It's like I wake up on a morning, look out the window, see that blanket of snow, and it's like I'm a child again.

0:53.3

I just want to go out and have a

0:54.4

snowball fight. But can't do that. How about you? I'm not a fan. I don't know if this is a

0:59.5

north-south divide. It is. It definitely is. My girlfriend, she can't stand the snow. I can't stand

1:05.9

it either. She's just been texting us there. Have you got a scarf I can wear? Have you got a jacket? I can wear it. Go out in the snowing.

1:11.6

And I go out every morning, literally just in my shirt and tie, and a light jacket.

1:16.6

And she says, she says I'm mental, but I bet you're the same as her.

1:21.6

I am. Again, I mean, your girlfriend is from London, which is where I'm from. And I'm not a fan of the snow.

1:28.3

I'm not a fan of the cold either.

1:30.3

And I've not really been enjoying the snow.

1:34.3

I don't mind watching the snow.

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