had gotten the appropriate visa and exemption in order to get into the country and play in the tournament. but the federal government had different ideas. there s been a lot of miscommunication, jim. we re used to this a bit, aren t we, in our country with miscommunication, different rules, goalposts moving when it comes to what exactly are the rules and regulations when it comes to covid. this is exactly what happened here since djokovic released an instagram post saying he had received an exemption, he was on his way to australia. this created a political firestorm in australia. the political crowd got involved. vaccination becomes an issue, and that s where the federal government said you may have gotten a visa to get into the country that worked with the state of victoria where the tournament is played in
public inquiry in the spring. as you say, we are the seventh country to pass this milestone, but if you look at the number of deaths compared to the size of population, we are kind of doing not as well as quite a lot of european countries, aren t we? we ve lost a bigger proportion of people to it, and that is the sort of thing presumably that the inquirty will want to ask, why is that? yeah, the handling of the pandemic, the decisions that were made. you know, the government has always said it s prioritised, you know, it brought in ppe, you know, it fast tracked vaccines, drugs, things like that, it will always say it s done its best, but there are the critics that say more could be done. at the moment, there are those who call for tighter interesting to see the evidence, the data that is brought up. interestingly, this country has decided not to bring in fourth doses. we have seen elsewhere in the world, israel for example, starting
people to come forward to still get your first and second doses, and very importantly, to get the boosterjab. campaigners say lessons need to be learned about the handling of the pandemic, and the government has said it is committed to a full public inquiry in the spring. as you say, we are the seventh country to pass this milestone, but if you look at the number of deaths compared to the size of population, we are kind of doing not as well as quite a lot of european countries, aren t we? we ve lost a bigger proportion of people to it, and that is the sort of thing presumably that the inquiry will want to ask, why is that? yeah, the handling of the pandemic, the decisions that were made. you know, the government has always said it s prioritised, you know, it brought in ppe, you know, it fast tracked vaccines, drugs, things like that, it will always say it s done its best, but there are the critics that say more could be done. at the moment, there are those who call for tighter restrict
shropshire loss. also, the chancellor here is aware that these restrictions are quite unpopular with many backbench mps on the conservative side, so therefore he is thinking he may need therefore he is thinking he may need the support of these mps in the future. ~ . ., ., ~ the support of these mps in the future. ~ . . ., ~ ., future. we are at that kind of uncertain future. we are at that kind of uncertain phase, future. we are at that kind of uncertain phase, aren t - future. we are at that kind of uncertain phase, aren t we, | future. we are at that kind of| uncertain phase, aren t we, in future. we are at that kind of - uncertain phase, aren t we, in prime ministerial politics? a prime minister s key quality, which is their ability to reach through to their ability to reach through to the electorate and therefore deliver votes, is indeed or has been overtaken by events. i am thinking of theresa may, calling that snap election and throwing away a majority she did not need to do,
going to be that quick either. we are still waiting for it, aren t we? are still waiting for it, aren t we? tom, you were in the house of commons to watch this extraordinary day unfold. i think we were all with the speaker of the house, when he could be heard muttering at the of the session, what a day. you were there to hear keir starmer repeating, why do we have to wait for an official report for the prime minister to know whether he broke covid rules or not? is this report really as important as it is being touted by some? really as important as it is being touted by some? really as important as it is being toutedb some? ., ., touted by some? yeah, look, we don t know, is touted by some? yeah, look, we don t know. is the touted by some? yeah, look, we don t know. is the gods touted by some? yeah, look, we don t know, is the gods honest touted by some? yeah, look, we don t know, is the gods honest truth, - touted by some? yeah, look, we don t know, is the gods honest truth,