to report on progress we are making. is it relevant to the question we ve ust is it relevant to the question we ve just had? just had? srumo: | just had? - studioz that just had? studio: that brings us to the end of the first prime minister s questions of the new year, which was slightly longer than usual. joining me to discuss what s been said, we have got full skull, who is the minister for small businesses, we ve got pat mcfadden, who is the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, and still with us, isabel hardman from the spectator and sonia sodha from the observer. we ll go into some depth about the main subject of prime minister s questions which was no question of the cost of living a little later. but the prime minister is shortly going to be on his feet addressing parliament about covid restrictions. so, ijust want to get your thoughts on this first, if i may. paul, the prime minister has effectively said we can ride this out without any more restrictions, is that the rig