Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

For Those About To Unlock


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Boris Johnson’s finger is hovering over the Unlock button. How can the Government reopen the economy without allowing the virus a second wind? What if the different Nations of the UK want very different approaches? Why Nicola Sturgeon is the most experienced leader on pandemics in Britain… and maybe Britain’s most experienced leader full stop. Guests Torcuil Crichton, Westminster Editor of the Daily Record, and IfG Fellow Nicholas Timmins of the King’s Fund join Bronwen Maddox, Jill Rutter and Akash Paun to discuss a women of truth for Britain’s health and economy. 


  • “Parliament has gone from Plague Ship to Ghost Ship… And of course SNP MPs would be happy not to be in Westminster at all.” – Torcuil Crichton
  • “For decades the Scots have defined their health service as ‘Not England’.” – Nick Timmins
  • “Fear rules everything. Nobody wants to be the politician who gets this wrong.” – Torcuil Crichton

  • Presented by Bronwen Maddox. Audio production by Alex Rees. 


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