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Recorded before this week’s reshuffle was finalised. For full analysis, listen to our Emergency Pod!
As Boris Johnson kicks Gavin Williamson out from the cabinet, the issues of trade with the EU, especially in Northern Ireland, have been kicked into the long grass once again. Independent MLA Claire Sugden joins the panel for the view from across the Irish Sea.
Plus, as the chess pieces move around him, Health Sec Sajid Javid announces the government’s plan to tackle Covid in England over the winter.
And, a year since Ian’s book was released, he reflects on Covid’s effect on liberalism and what it means to be free in a world where freedoms are being suppressed across the world…
"Liberalism demands of you to imagine what life is like for others." - Ian Dunt
"How can it be five years, and we're still talking about Percy Pigs at the border?" - Ian Dunt
"Our government has got its eyes on lowering food standards." - Naomi Smith
"I'm less concerned about when the Northern Ireland administration collapses, and more what happens afterwards." - Claire Sugden
How to be a Liberal is out in paperback now with an exclusive chapter at Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-be-a-liberal/ian-dunt/2928377065010
Presented by Alex Andreou with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Alex Rees. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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