Introducing Stories of our times; Has the government done enough?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

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🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Today an edition of our new daily podcast - Stories of our times. Our new free daily news podcast takes you to the heart of the stories that matter, with exclusive access and reporting. Published for the start of your day, it is hosted by Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch.

If you want to hear more please search for Stories of our times and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Today; What's going on behind the scenes at Number 10 to tackle coronavirus? And is the government moving fast enough to prevent the spread of covid-19 across the UK?

Guests:

Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor at The Times.

David McCoy, professor of Global Public Health at Queen Mary University in London.

Host: Manveen Rana

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome this is Matt Chorley but this isn't the Red Box
0:03.8	podcast well not quite we're giving you something special today
0:06.6	an extra edition of the new daily podcast from the Times it's called
0:10.8	Stories of our Times is presented by Mann Vrain Rana,
0:13.7	and it comes out every day and focuses on just one story.
0:17.4	We hope that you like it.
0:18.2	If you do, then subscribe to Stories of Our Times
0:20.4	whether you get your podcast from and rate it as well. Have a listen and let us know what you think.
0:27.2	The government's coronavirus advice has continued to change.
0:30.8	Suddenly seismic political juggernaut political decisions are being
0:35.2	taken on a daily basis and Downing Street is operating on the edge. But why are so many
0:40.0	doctors still concerned about the strategy.
0:43.0	What's very clear is that if we have an uncontrolled epidemic,
0:48.0	we will get a situation where the health system will be simply overwhelmed by the number of sick people.
0:54.9	This is stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times.
0:59.3	I'm Manveen Rana.
1:01.0	Today, has the government done enough? The behind-the-scene story of the government's
1:06.2	attempts to tackle the virus. Friday night just two hours after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, made an unprecedented announcement.
1:26.9	We are collectively telling cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants to close.
1:35.0	Tonight, as soon as they reasonably can.
1:38.0	And I head out in a cab to see if the public is heeding the request.
1:47.0	Ben Bardis is my Uber driver. Like everyone, he's shocked.
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