315: Very Reliant on the Dover-Calais Crossing

Rob and Tom discuss the ongoing situation touching on Boris’ recovery, missed COBRA meetings and what is happening with Brexit. Followed by a Quick Polls Update on Trump’s approval ratings and what they’ve been watching during the lockdown.

TOPICS

- [0:00] Intro

- [2:21] Main Story: Coronavirus

- [11:59] Boris Missed COBRA Meetings?

- [25:04] Coronavirus Vs. Brexit

- [31:41] Remote PMQs

- [35:58] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

- [36:16] Quick Polls Update: Trump Approval

- [47:52] Lockdown Media Suggestions

- [53:52] Outro

- [55:24] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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SHOWNOTES

- Financial Times: UK coronavirus deaths more than double official figure, according to FT study

- COVID-19 Coronavirus Datapack

- China on the graph

- The Times: Coronavirus: 38 days when Britain sleepwalked into disaster [Paywalled]

- The Guardian: Timeline of UK's coronavirus PPE shortage

- The Guardian: PMQs verdict: a distinct improvement on what came before

- 538: How Popular is Donald Trump?

- BBC: This Country

- Netflix: Inside Bill’s Brain

- Join us on Discord!

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ATTRIBUTION

- Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

- Main Image: Dominic Raab MP by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Govt under CC by ND 2.0