appropriately, from the artificial intelligence summit at bletchley park. the other big story this week, though, has been the quite eye popping testimony at the public inquiry into how the government handled various phases of the covid epidemic. and, i mean, it has massively, massively taken me back to those scary, uncertain days in early spring 2020. and i spent a lot of those days sat in this very studio and the person sat across from me and being very reassuring at all times was laura k, who s back in the studio. not in the studio. no, i m not. but i m logistically distanced today, not socially distanced. and i m very pleased to hear that i was reassuring back in those early days of march 2020. you were one of the only people i saw! well, i m pleased. well, it was very nice. we were a tiny little band of people, carrying on, trying to do ourjobs as everybody wondered what on earth was going on. and it s been a very strange experience watching this, hasn t it? because i was
and what that then meant for public confidence in the rules. confidence in the rules. it is due to resume confidence in the rules. it is due to resume again confidence in the rules. it is due to resume again shortly. - confidence in the rules. it is due to resume again shortly. can - confidence in the rules. it is due| to resume again shortly. can you tell us, we are expecting to hear from helen mcnamara this morning. who is expecting to give evidence this afternoon? we who is expecting to give evidence this afternoon? who is expecting to give evidence this afternoon? ~ ., ., ., ., this afternoon? we are going to hear from a specialist this afternoon? we are going to hear from a specialist who this afternoon? we are going to hear from a specialist who was this afternoon? we are going to hear from a specialist who was looking - this afternoon? we are going to hear from a specialist who was looking at| from a specialist who was looking at behavioural science whose n
of what lee kane said earlier, through the problem. 13:1 in light of what lee kane said earlier, can you make plain that it doesn t appearas you make plain that it doesn t appear as if any decision was made during the course of the weekend for a long time, there was a change in the strategic approach of the government, there was a realisation that they had to be a change of approach and much more stringent measures were likely to be required, but no actual decision was made to impose a lockdown? but no actual decision was made to impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we had - impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we had a - i would describe it was we had a conversation with the pm on the saturday