Hello and welcome to westminster in review. A lot is Parliament Strong in the corona crisis. Boris johnson got the job he always wanted, but the Job Description had changed. I must level with you and level with the British Public. Losefamilies are going to loved ones before their time. The Prime Minister was almost one of them as the Global Pandemic landed too close to home. It left him with questions to answer. The Prime Minister welcomed challenge that could save lives instead of complaining about it. Crisis that overturned centuries of traditions to change the way westminster works with unexpected results. Why apologize. Why are you not doing this . On a wednesday afternoon in late january, the house minister was summoned to answer a question and what was described as the wu hand Novel Coronavirus wuhan Novel Coronavirus threat to citizens. It was the first threat of what was to be come just become a Global Pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide. The minister Lady Blackw
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Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are uk trade and economics correspondent for politico, anna isaac, and Chief Executive of the think tank new Economics Foundation and former labour adviser, miatta fahnbulleh. Tomorrows front pages start with the metro. A National Treasure is how the metro describes captain sir tom moore, whos died in hospital at the age of 100. Hed been battling both pneumonia and coronavirus. The i describes the Second World War veteran as the best of us he was knighted by the queen last year after raising more than £30 million for the nhs by walking laps of his garden. Under its large image of a smiling captain sir tom, the telegraph reports on the results of a study which has found just one dose of the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is successful in cutting Virus Transmission rates a key factor in tackling the pandemic. That encouraging news about the oxford jab is also the main story for the mail, describing
Disgraceful. The responsible. From news from uk british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. The uk Health Minister has also tested positive at the self quarantine. Prime minister johnson spoke briefly about his own medical condition. Hi, folks i want to bring up just the whistle debited which ive developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus. Thats to say a temperature of and a persistent cough. And on the advice of the chief medical officer i have taken a test. That has come up positive. So why am working from home. Im self isolating, thats entirely the right thing to do. But be in no doubt i can continue thanks to the wizardry of modern technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against coronavirus and i want to thank everybody whos in fall. What you think above all our amazing nhs staff. It was very moving last night to join in that National Craft for the nhs. Its not just nhs. Its polic
To do. But be in no doubt i can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against coronavirus. So i want to thank everybody whos involved. What you think above all our amazing nhs staff. It was very moving last night to join in that National Craft for the nhs. But its not just nhs. Its police, social care workers, teachers can everybody who works in schools, dwp staff. Amazing National Effort by public services, but also by every member of the British Public whos volunteering. Incredible response. 600,000 people have volunteered to take part in a great National Effort to protect people from the consequences of coronavirus. I want to thank you. I would thank everybody whos working to keep our country going through this epidemic. And we will get through it. And the way we will get through it is of course by applying the measures that you have heard so much about. And the more effectively we all comply with t