Hello, in the week Dominic Cummings published text messages revealing the Prime Minister

called the Health Secretary Matt Hancock, totally flipping hopeless, or words to that effect,

we thought it only right in the interest of complete transparency that we published the text messages between Shehab, Robert, and I, as we figured out what to do at the height of the pandemic last year. So here goes.

Robert, what time are we recording the podcast tomorrow? Shehab, don't mind, I'm easy. Dan, I can do the morning.

Robert, afternoon is better for me. Shehab, sounds good.

Dan, great.

Robert, okay, speak tomorrow.

Shehab, fine.

Pretty explosive stuff I know, but in the interest of transparency, we thought it's only right.

Robert, your thoughts on that?

So where's the bit where I said, you know, you are the most wonderful colleagues in the history of colleagues?

And we, you know, we just did the opposite of obviously the way this government behaves of just mutually reinforcing each other, supporting each other,

and just working into the kind of team that Boris Johnson would just love to have around it.

I don't think I'm in that WhatsApp group.

That might have been to you and she have.

I haven't seen those messages.

Listen, it's only a matter of time to you're part of the elite group.

Don't worry about it.

Welcome to the podcast. I'm Daniel Hewitt.

This week is all about the F word.

No, not that one.

Freedom.

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