07/11/2020
The Week in Westminster - A podcast by BBC Radio 4 - Saturdays
Iain Martin of the Times and guests look back at a dramatic week in UK and world politics with the coronavirus second wave and the US presidential election dominating debate. MPs voted to approve a second national lockdown in England - but with a significant Conservative rebellion. We speak to Hugh Merriman, an MP who opposed his government's new measures, and MP Layla Moran of the Liberal Democrats. We explore the economic fallout of the Covid crisis with the former Conservative chancellor, Ken Clarke and Bloomberg's senior executive editor Stephanie Flanders. And what political lessons can the UK learn from the unexpectedly close, gladiatorial contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden? We ask Matthew McGregor, a former aide to Barack Obama, and Tim Stanley of The Telegraph. Editor: Leala Padmanabhan
