The Year The World Stood Still: 2020 In Review
<p>From Barnard Castle to Brussels, from Wuhan to the White House, it has been a year of unprecedented challenges, impossible choices, huge governmental gambles and astonishing mis-steps. Will 2020 prove to be a wild aberration or a turning point for the business of British government? Our crack team of analysts returns from the (virtual) IfG Christmas Party to discuss the successes and failures of a year of crisis, from the pandemic emergency measures to the reform of the Civil service to, yes, Brexit.&nbsp;</p><ul><li><em>“We’ve seen a Prime Minister who struggles to rise to the enormity of what he’s faced with</em>.” – <strong>Jill Rutter</strong></li><li><em>“The Government’s communications have been so poor that they obscured many of their own successes.”</em> – <strong>Alex Thomas</strong></li><li><em>“There is a growing narrative about Keir Starmer sitting on the fence. Labour need to address that next year”</em><strong> – Maddy Thimont-Jack</strong></li><li><em>“A hard rain fell on a lot of civil servants before it fell on Dominic Cummings himself.”</em> – <strong>Bronwen Maddox</strong></li><li><em>“Boris Johnson’s optimism has led him into a cycle of overpromising and under-delivering.”</em> – <strong>Jill Rutter</strong></li><li><em>“To say the peak has passed and you can go out, and then see ANOTHER peak…&nbsp;that could be a blow that a government might not recover from.”</em> – <strong>Alex Thomas</strong></li></ul><p>Hosted by Bronwen Maddox with Jill Rutter, Alex Thomas and Maddy Thimont-Jack. <strong>Audio production by Alex Rees</strong></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
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Show Notes
From Barnard Castle to Brussels, from Wuhan to the White House, it has been a year of unprecedented challenges, impossible choices, huge governmental gambles and astonishing mis-steps. Will 2020 prove to be a wild aberration or a turning point for the business of British government? Our crack team of analysts returns from the (virtual) IfG Christmas Party to discuss the successes and failures of a year of crisis, from the pandemic emergency measures to the reform of the Civil service to, yes, Brexit.
- “We’ve seen a Prime Minister who struggles to rise to the enormity of what he’s faced with.” – Jill Rutter
- “The Government’s communications have been so poor that they obscured many of their own successes.” – Alex Thomas
- “There is a growing narrative about Keir Starmer sitting on the fence. Labour need to address that next year” – Maddy Thimont-Jack
- “A hard rain fell on a lot of civil servants before it fell on Dominic Cummings himself.” – Bronwen Maddox
- “Boris Johnson’s optimism has led him into a cycle of overpromising and under-delivering.” – Jill Rutter
- “To say the peak has passed and you can go out, and then see ANOTHER peak… that could be a blow that a government might not recover from.” – Alex Thomas
Hosted by Bronwen Maddox with Jill Rutter, Alex Thomas and Maddy Thimont-Jack. Audio production by Alex Rees
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