this christmas, if we're worried about people not being what to afford energy price rises, the government has the tools to do... if we are word about business is going bust, the government has the tools to deal with that, and the right way to deal with that, and the right way to deal with that, and the right way to deal with that is spending but not by enlightening inflation to become entrenched.— become entrenched. professor jonathan portes, _ become entrenched. professor jonathan portes, thank - become entrenched. professor jonathan portes, thank you. i back to covid. sajid javid has been speaking. back to covid. sa'id javid has been s-teakin. . . back to covid. sa'id javid has been s-teakin. ,, . ., back to covid. sa'id javid has been s-teakin, ,, . ., ., speaking. since we learned about this new variant, _ speaking. since we learned about this new variant, omicron, - speaking. since we learned about this new variant, omicron, our. this new variant, 0micron, our strategy has been to assess it and also build our defences, and vaccines still remain our best form of defence. we know now that two doses of the vaccine are not enough against but three doses provide excellent protection and is truly now a national mission, it is a race between the virus and the vaccine, and that is why i was particularly pleased to see yesterday we had our best booster date ever so far, seven