'Terrible': Ministers react to lockdown party video | Michael Gove and Anas Sarwar

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

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🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has called a new leaked partygate video "terrible" - and says the fact the event went ahead is "indefensible".

The footage appears to show Tory staff drinking, dancing and joking about "bending" COVID lockdown rules in December 2020.

On this week's Sophy Ridge On Sunday podcast, hear Mr Gove's reaction to the clip - and the views of Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

They also discuss the mortgage market, Scottish independence and the green transition.

To analyse those interviews, Sophy is joined on the podcast by political correspondent Liz Bates and programme editor Scott Beasley.

Plus, hear Sophy's exclusive broadcast interview with former Tesco boss John Allan, who was forced to step down over misconduct allegations. Speaking to Sky News, he insisted he was "completely innocent", but admitted making an "ill-judged remark".

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0:00.0	The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile.
0:03.5	How can we make sense of it all?
0:04.9	I'm Richard Engelt.
0:05.7	And I'm Yalda Hakim.
0:06.7	And we're the top international correspondents at NBC News and Sky News.
0:10.9	And we present Sky News's latest podcast, The World.
0:14.6	Each week, we'll cut through the noise to guide you through the week's global events
0:18.6	and explain to you why what happens out there
0:22.4	matters to you wherever you are. Listen now to the world with Richard Engel and me Yalda Hakim
0:28.0	wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to the Safeway Ridge on Sunday podcast.
0:34.7	This week I've been speaking to the levelling up secretary Michael Gove and the
0:38.0	Scottish Labour leader, Anna Sawa. We also had an exclusive interview with John Allen, who
0:43.5	stepped aside as chair of Tesco after allegations of inappropriate behaviour that he denies.
0:50.9	Well, joining us today to unpick all of this is our political correspondent Liz Bates and our program editor Scott Beasley. Hello both.
0:58.0	Hello.
0:59.0	Hi.
1:00.0	Liz, that's actually just coming with Pop-Tarts, which unfortunately Scott is too far away.
1:05.0	I feel like I'm missing out on. Sorry. They're really good. It's my first ever Pop-Tart.
1:09.0	I haven't been paid this advertisement.
1:13.1	Yeah, pretty healthy. Pretty good start to the day. Before we begin with the serious stuff, we'd love it if you subscribe to our podcast. We're here every Sunday with all the politics you need for the week ahead. Well, it was one of those weeks where I was like, I don't want to talk about Boris Johnson, please, again.
1:28.6	Let's talk about mortgages is really important.
1:31.1	It's going to decide the next election.
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