who is it that is ultimately to lane forthat? for that? boris johnson will say he is to blame. for that? boris johnson will say he is to blame, his for that? boris johnson will say he is to blame, his advisers, - for that? boris johnson will say he is to blame, his advisers, he - for that? boris johnson will say he is to blame, his advisers, he hires and fires and hires, that s hisjob. it s a question of bandwidth. this pandemic is a once in a century test on any government. they are trying to do their own thing, they have been trying to talk about crime all week, haven t they command justice in the community, because of the needs of the pm out and about in a prison, orwearing needs of the pm out and about in a prison, or wearing a beanie hat on a drugs raid on monday or tuesday, but very quickly it s been taken over by other events. you can t really shape government. they are trying to bring it back to what they want to talk about and it goes off into a different direction. it nee
mean, put himself in a special category. i mean, obviously, he s got to go abroad mean, obviously, he s got to go abroad. that s hisjob, everyone understands that what he is also part of understands that what he is also part of the team which is designing all the part of the team which is designing all the restrictions that we have been all the restrictions that we have been living under, including travel rules been living under, including travel rules for been living under, including travel rules for other countries, and i think rules for other countries, and i think that rules for other countries, and i think that he should be leading by exampie think that he should be leading by example and doing things that other poiiticians example and doing things that other politicians do, keir starmer does it, politicians do, keir starmer does it. he politicians do, keir starmer does it, he stays politicians do, keir starmer does it, he stays at home when he gets pinged
of these athletes and the medals that everyone s winning this is massive, and i think this is going to have a really good effect on mental health discussions, notjust in sport, but in society which i think is fantastic. professor steve peters, i m interested by something helen just said there, there will be stress. historically, as you ll know better than me, managing extreme stress has been a highlight, a bedrock of sport i can think of cathy freeman in the 2000 olympics having the weight of a nation on her shoulders as she ran the 400 metres, pele just now opening up in a documentary about the pressure on him in the 1970 world cup. if we took away all that, wouldn t we also take away most of the sporting events of the past? yeah, i think it s very important, as helen was alluding to there, that we distinguish between what s mental illness and psychological distress or performance issues. because i think the performance
onto the pitch and didn t perform that well. you ve had been in that situation before. a team final for the most important event. would that situation with ronaldo in 1998 be different now? yeah, i do remember that, and i remember everyone watching on and going, what s going on? it s so strange. i remember the late 90s, early 2000s and how we looked at psychologists as athletes, kind of thinking, what are you doing here? stop watching me! that developed and has changed so much, and psychologists are part and parcel of an athlete s life. now we are starting to introduce the well being and mental health element, as well. i don t think that would ve happened, that would not happen now. we saw that with simone biles, the fact that her team mates and, thankfully, the coaching staff and the association rallied around, and they knew what they needed to do in that moment, was to just support simone