are going to pay for the covid recovery are going to pay for the covid recovery and some of these very, very ambitious schemes that boris johnson very ambitious schemes that boris johnson announces, obviously thinking johnson announces, obviously thinking he will get fantastic headlines from them.- thinking he will get fantastic headlines from them. joe? what i felt was headlines from them. up- what i felt was interesting in this story felt was interesting in this story is the discussion around the triple lock for pensions. it seems that is probably the area where we might see the government to move on a previous data position and relax that provision for as we know, the current commitment is that painters will always rise by the highest of 2.5%, inflation or pay increases which has seen significant increases for pensioners when many people are going to hardship and the article suggests that that is where a rishi sunak will safe we need to change that where boris does not want to
alleviate this problem. briefly on this story. alleviate this problem. briefly on this story, sian, alleviate this problem. briefly on this story, sian, something - alleviate this problem. briefly on this story, sian, something has i alleviate this problem. briefly on | this story, sian, something has to give because people cannot meet these bills. ., give because people cannot meet these bills- these bills. no, they absolutely cannot and these bills. no, they absolutely cannot and the these bills. no, they absolutely cannot and the sunday - these bills. no, they absolutely cannot and the sunday times i these bills. no, they absolutely i cannot and the sunday times has these bills. no, they absolutely - cannot and the sunday times has been cannot and the sunday times has been running cannot and the sunday times has been running quite a campaign about this and if running quite a campaign about this and if you running quite a campaign about this and if you look at that fron
how, court should have the final say on how. you court should have the final say on how, you know, the lot of our land is interpreted and it shouldn t be overruled is interpreted and it shouldn t be overruled from strasbourg. it will be interesting to see how this plays out, but be interesting to see how this plays out, but this is something the conservatives have wanted for a long time and conservatives have wanted for a long time and it conservatives have wanted for a long time and it has rankled with them that human rights rulings are so influential that human rights rulings are so influential from strasbourg, sol think influential from strasbourg, sol think the influential from strasbourg, sol think the other parties, labour and liberal think the other parties, labour and liberal democrats, do not agree with the conservatives, so it remains to be seen the conservatives, so it remains to be seen how the conservatives, so it remains to be seen how this will play ou
the purse keen on keeping a very tight hold on the purse strings and not spending our way the purse strings and not spending our way out of the covid crisis that we are our way out of the covid crisis that we are in our way out of the covid crisis that we are in. g ., our way out of the covid crisis that we are in l our way out of the covid crisis that we are in. joe? ithink our way out of the covid crisis that we are in. joe? i think there our way out of the covid crisis that we are in. joe? ithink there is we are in. joe? i think there is sliuht we are in. joe? i think there is slight perhaps we are in. joe? i think there is slight perhaps floor we are in. up- ithink there is slight perhaps floor you might see slight perhaps floor you might see in this argument is that does voting for the liberal democrats send the message that we want to have more fiscal discipline because my car to see that. i think the local issues had a very strong factor particularly around plannin
on the oprah winfrey show. so, let s begin. joe, you will kick us off, please. the front of the telegraph concerning the health secretary. yes, it s another negative story relating to the health secretary saying that he sat on this data which showed, you know, strong efficacy of the vaccines against the delta variant and that this information, so the story says, was only given to the prime minister and his team moments before a crucial meeting when the final decision was made about lengthening the coronavirus restrictions, so the claim here is that he was perhaps trying to bounce borisjohnson into doing that to in the department of health the story denies that claim, but it is another, essentially, kind of attack on matt hancock a week when we had whatsapp messages published by dominic cummings showing that the prime minister had