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professor dame angela mclean made the comment in a whatsapp exchange in september 2020 — while mr sunak this is the eat outto help out scheme designed by rishi sunak when he was the chancellor in 2020 to get people to eat out in restaurants to help the economy —— eat out to help out. asked about that, the expert said he was still angered by that because of the link it had to direct infections. he said it was really the message it sent out to the public about behaviour, more than the actual link to a spike in infections. the message convened —— meeting convened in 2020 by boris johnson, with experts, some in favour of lockdown, some against, deciding what to do next at the time, and that included professor edmund, dame maclean and the inquiry was shown whatsapp messages between them in which she referred to doctor death the chancellor and she was asked, was that referring to eat out to help out? he said he couldn't remember but he thought it might be and of course dame angela is a the chief scientific adviser worshipping with the sunak administration. thank ou ve with the sunak administr

. >> dame angela eagle accused the prime minister of gaslighting the country by claiming he was beingder gaslighting or greenlighting gaslighting or greenlighting gaslighting gaslighting emphasis on gas, not green but greenhouse gases. on gas, not green but greenhouse gases . that's gases and lights. gases. that's gases and lights. ehm conservative are on the romans and sections of the press have in inverted commas, given the green light for transgender people to be attacked on the streets . and this these are the streets. and this these are the words of dame angela eagle also people are claiming that this speech he did was similar to the thatcher speech , which back in thatcher speech, which back in the 80s where i think she said something about, she found it alarming . something about, she found it alarming. i'm something about, she found it alarming . i'm paraphrasing here alarming. i'm paraphrasing here that children felt they had the inalienable right in which to be 93v- inalienable right in which to be gay. so there are parallels that are being drawn , you know, about are being

and this was dame angela mclean.fer to the eat out to help out scheme. and there were there were , it turns there were there were, it turns out it could have been that she wasn't absolutely certain because it was a long time ago. but but message the but but the message the reference was dr. death the chancellor and the assumption was it was probably the out was it was probably the eat out to out, is a pity to help out, which is a pity because was perfectly because that was a perfectly good course, good scheme. but of course, if you're with infectious good scheme. but of course, if you're modellingiith infectious good scheme. but of course, if you're modelling like nfectious good scheme. but of course, if you're modelling like this:ious good scheme. but of course, if you're modelling like this guy disease modelling like this guy john edmonds, was also very john edmonds, who was also very against, actions , against, against sunak actions, then of course you don't care if you care about the you don't care about the econ

. >> that's, of course, when he was chancellor, when he was chancellor, dame angela mcqueen. >> essentially . the eat out to help out scheme. people might remember that when you get 50% off your food , you could get 50% off your food, that was at the time. i mean, it's so long ago now to remember rishi sunak was the most popular politician in the country. we all thought it was a great idea. >> i thought by that time we had all been bored of being locked up. >> we needed something to make us be social again. so i think it's quite cruel that they've labelled doctor death. it's quite cruel that they've lab andi doctor death. it's quite cruel that they've lab and i doctor death. it's quite cruel that they've lab and i agree)ctor death. it's quite cruel that they've lab and i agree it.or death. it's quite cruel that they've lab and i agree it was eath. it's quite cruel that they've lab and i agree it was in.h. it's quite cruel that they've lab and i agree it was in a bid >> and i agree it was in a bid to try and revive the hospitality. >> exactly. the hospitality industry been shut for industry

does dame angela mclean have a point as well? >> i think she probably does.et people back into the habit of going out to eat. i mean, don't know it mean, i don't know if it actually worked in that respect because i know that i went to places eat out to places during the eat out to help which i've been help out, which i've never been back to since because i can't afford was easier to afford to. it was easier to afford to. it was easier to afford then, but but yeah, afford it then, but but yeah, i mean it was it was such a difficult balance wasn't it, to, to please everybody to to, please everybody and you couldn't i think they were couldn't and i think they were making they went along. making it up as they went along. >> i mean, quite it's quite >> i mean, it's quite it's quite remarkable how there wasn't any emphasis eating as emphasis on eating outdoors as we the pandemic, we saw in later in the pandemic, which know so much which we know was so much better. know that like better. we know that like ventilation such an ventilation was such an important just wa