Sunbathing sadness | Matt Hancock & Alan Johnson

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

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Politics, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Health Secretary Matt Hancock says that sunbathing is against the social distancing rules the government has brought in to tackle coronavirus. He also gives an update on the Prime Minister's health. Former Health Secretary Alan Johnson says he is "absolutely amazed" the government was not better prepared for the pandemic. And he gives a blunt assessment of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party.

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0:38.0	After he returned from self-isolation and announced an ambitious new target to ramp up testing for coronavirus,
0:43.8	we were joined by the health secretary, Matt Hancock.
0:46.4	Plus, Alan Johnson, the former Labor Health Secretary, was on the show too.
1:03.5	Thank you. We're joined as usual on the podcast by Matt Hancock.
1:05.8	No, it's a different Matt.
1:07.4	There are a lot of us around.
1:08.4	A lot of us.
1:09.5	Matt Lavender.
1:10.3	I'm Matt Lavender.
1:12.2	I'm not the health secretary, which is good news for everybody. How are you, Matt? I'm not too bad. Thanks. Yeah, not too bad. It's been
1:19.6	another kind of quite bizarre week with us all in lockdown. But yeah, I'm okay. I'm okay. How are you? Yeah, I'm all right as well.
1:31.0	It's difficult, isn't it? I feel for people who are, don't have outside space, who are in small
1:37.2	accommodation, people who don't feel safe at home in particular, those who might be victims of
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