After ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's wade into Britain's migrant debate Dan asks if you will be boycotting them. Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage gives us an update on the migrant boat situation, New Zealand's Deputy PM Winston Peters tells Dan what he thinks New Zealand's future holds and Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds responds to the news the UK is now in recession after being hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic.

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As New Zealand locks down its largest city, Auckland, amid new Coronavirus cases Dan asks how important herd immunity is in dealing with the pandemic. The subject is debated between NHS Consultant Dr Ron Daniels and Visiting Professor of Public Health at Bristol University Dr Gabriel Scally and Chair of the Defence Committee Tobias Ellwood gives his latest thoughts on dealing with the migrant boat crossings from France.

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As the conversation over safely reopening schools rolls on Dan asks whether we should be sacrificing open pubs to get kids back, Susan Michie, Director of UCL centre for behaviour change and member of alternative SAGE talks about the risks of reopening schools without an effective test and trace system and there's debate between political commentators Femi Oluwole and Esther Krakue over Labour MP Dawn Butler being stopped in a car by the metropolitan police.

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In a very busy show Dan asks whether the government was right to extend quarantine times from 7 to 10 days for returning travellers, Dennis Reed of Silver Voice talks about his plans to kickback against the introduction of TV licences for the over 75s and Conservative MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith gives his thoughts on the danger of a second wave of Coronavirus and how we should be balancing the risks involved.

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New government proposals surrounding city centres would see delivery vans banned and extra space given to cyclists, Dan gives us his thoughts then debates the issue with transport journalist Christian Wolmar. After Enfield council announces they plan to remove meat from any events Mo Metcalf-Fisher of the Countryside Alliance and Donnachadh McCarthy of The Independent discuss.

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Dan asks whether travelling abroad in the midst of a pandemic is irresponsible, Conservative MP Dr Andrew Murrrison and Organisational Psychologist Professor Sir Cary Cooper gives differing views on whether we should be returning to the office and Minister for Crime and Policing Kit Malthouse gives details on new funding aimed at making our streets safer.

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As extracts from Finding Freedom, the new book about Harry and Meghan are revealed Dan asks whether they should be stripped of their royal and public funding. Royal historian Dr Tessa Dunlop & royal commentator Ashley Pearson debate it and Douglas Murray responds to the video of a Black Lives Matter protester likening the British police to the KKK.

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Dan once again addresses BBC bias and the decision to scrap free TV licences for the over 75s. Journalist and author Mick Hume delves deeper into the public broadcaster's bias and there's brilliant debate over the decision to allow Shamima Begum back into the country to appeal her citizenship after it was withdrawn for joining Islamic State from CEO of the Ramadhan Foundation Mohammed Shafiq and Director of The Forum on Integration, Democracy and Extremism at Civitas Emma Webb.

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The day after the government's decision to remove Huawei from the UK's 5G infrastructure Dan tells us why this is a good thing. Comment on the issue also comes from the Chair of the Defence Committee Tobias Ellwood and Deputy Editor of The Spectator Douglas Murray.

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Dan thinks that the media fawning over Nicola Sturgeon and her handling of the pandemic is not warranted, especially with the rumoured quarantining of other UK citizens when entering Scotland, journalists Henry Hill and Michael Gray debate the issue and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens tells us why the government telling us to wear masks is more like a muzzle.

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