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317: Cummings and Goings
Unparliamentary Language
English - May 27, 2020 08:49 - 51 minutes - 36.8 MBNews Government Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Rob and Tom discuss the lockdown breaking government advisor Dominic Cummings, the government response and the effect this has had on Boris’ popularity.
TOPICS
- [0:00] Intro
- [2:13] Main Story: Dominic Cummings
- [18:50] The First Press Conference
- [27:49] The Second Press Conference
- [39:20] What Has This Cost Boris?
- [41:41] Ad: Hat Of Many Things
- [42:15] Quick Polls Update
- [50:23] Outro
- [51:09] Bonus: Sung Intro Practice
SUPPORT
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SHOWNOTES
- ITV: Timeline: How the Dominic Cummings controversy unfolded
- Bishop: ‘Sack Cummings, or the Church of England will no longer work with Government’
- Tomorrow’s Papers Today: Daily Mail Headline
- BBC: Boris Johnson backs key aide Dominic Cummings in lockdown row
- Channel 4 News: Dominic Cummings explains lockdown trip - press conference by PM's senior adviser
- BBC: Dominic Cummings: Minister Douglas Ross quits over senior aide's lockdown actions
- Twitter: Boris Approval
- Savanta: Coronavirus Data Tracker
DISCUSS
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).
- Dominic Cummings by Trending Topics 2019 used under CC by 2.0