22 min
Playing The Long Game (with Alistair Carmichael MP) Bloomberg UK Politics
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The deputy chief medical officer says social distancing measures could be in place for six months or more. Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, talks to Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing and Sebastian Salek about how Britain's remote communities are dealing with the lockdown. He also explains how Parliament could return on 21 April without 650 MPs descending on Westminster.
Plus, Hannah Couchman from human rights group Liberty tells us why the government's coronavirus legislation is the biggest restriction on our freedom in a generation. And Bloomberg's Stuart Biggs joins to talk about plans to roll out testing kits.
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The deputy chief medical officer says social distancing measures could be in place for six months or more. Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, talks to Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing and Sebastian Salek about how Britain's remote communities are dealing with the lockdown. He also explains how Parliament could return on 21 April without 650 MPs descending on Westminster.
Plus, Hannah Couchman from human rights group Liberty tells us why the government's coronavirus legislation is the biggest restriction on our freedom in a generation. And Bloomberg's Stuart Biggs joins to talk about plans to roll out testing kits.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
22 min