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iain duncan smith, isaid delivery period as well. out ppe, one of the issues has been distribution, why do you think, and should the government have been taking up more offers soonerfrom uk companies who say they can manufacture that ppe? well, there are manufacture that ppe? well, there a re two manufacture that ppe? well, there are two points to make on this, the first is that not every company that says they can do it can actually do it. but many more say they have contact the government, tried to contact the government, tried to contact the government and have been turned down, even those who can make it to scale. look, there are two points, not every company is capable of getting the right level of standards to be able to supply the nhs and the point that was made by dominic raab today is a big one which is other countries that have done away with some of those standard testing, have actually ended up having to pull all that equipment back and start again from scratch. but is there a criticism that could more complete are brought
iain duncan smith, isaid delivery period as well. out ppe, one of the issues has been distribution, why do you think, and should the government have been taking up more offers soonerfrom uk companies who say they can manufacture that ppe? well, there are manufacture that ppe? well, there a re two manufacture that ppe? well, there are two points to make on this, the first is that not every company that says they can do it can actually do it. but many more say they have contact the government,...
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former conservative party leader iain duncan smith joining us on the phone. h -- st. thomas's hospital to find out what the current situation is with prime minister johnson. what can you tell us? iain: good morning. as we understand, boris johnson is stable. he was taken into intensive care because he was having some breathing problems and had not been able to shake off the covid-19 outbreak. -- he isa ventilator receiving oxygen, not on a ventilator. that means he is drawing oxygen through his own rather than being sedated on a ventilator. he is able to communicate and able to understand how he is. he is in the intensive care unit in case anything should deteriorate. he will then be able to go on to a ventilator quickly, but that is a precaution. i understand he doesn't, they decided he does not have pneumonia, which is an important discovery because that would add an enormous amount of worry. he is stable and that is an important feature. times, aormal government can crews through a couple of weeks without making any big decisions when we don't have a leader
former conservative party leader iain duncan smith joining us on the phone. h -- st. thomas's hospital to find out what the current situation is with prime minister johnson. what can you tell us? iain: good morning. as we understand, boris johnson is stable. he was taken into intensive care because he was having some breathing problems and had not been able to shake off the covid-19 outbreak. -- he isa ventilator receiving oxygen, not on a ventilator. that means he is drawing oxygen through his...
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and so they turned to people like iain duncan smith, david davis and keir starmer on the other side toings moving. we are going to look at the sunday telegraph now. the headline, johnson start to take back control. this is rather interesting. i might be wrong but i seem term ember and a headline a few weeks ago, johnson taking control of testing —— i seem to remember. this issue of personal protective equipment, it's rather interesting, one of the men who ran the london olympics, jo tanner, is being called in to try to take charge of the effort to supply ppe to medics. yeah. they are bringing in paul dayton, who was involved, he was involved in the organising committee i think it was for the 2012 olympics and they brought him into head up the effort because there are concerns about how this is working and lots of mixed reports of the ppe availability in the distribution. it was something that hancock himself had said he was taking charge of and that they made a helpline for anybody having difficulties. the army and other forces have been brought into assist, but it clearly still is a m
and so they turned to people like iain duncan smith, david davis and keir starmer on the other side toings moving. we are going to look at the sunday telegraph now. the headline, johnson start to take back control. this is rather interesting. i might be wrong but i seem term ember and a headline a few weeks ago, johnson taking control of testing —— i seem to remember. this issue of personal protective equipment, it's rather interesting, one of the men who ran the london olympics, jo tanner,...
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iain duncan smith, thank you forjoining us. pleasure.ourth day running. the spanish health ministry says 637 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours, the lowest number for nearly two weeks. spain is now planning to widen its coronavirus testing, to include people without symptoms. it's seen as a first step to easing a lockdown in the country, which has had the second highest number of deaths after italy. for the latest on the situation, here's guy hedgecoe, in madrid. 637 deaths over the last 24 hours. obviously, still a high number, but so much better than what we were seeing just a few days ago. in the middle of last week, there were 950 people at one point dying over the course of 24 hours. so, the fact that that figure has come down and it seems to be on a downward trend, is very encouraging. and as we saw there, the government believes that that's a direct result of the measures it's been taking. also, the government has been saying for some days that if you look closely at the number of new infections, those have been increa
iain duncan smith, thank you forjoining us. pleasure.ourth day running. the spanish health ministry says 637 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours, the lowest number for nearly two weeks. spain is now planning to widen its coronavirus testing, to include people without symptoms. it's seen as a first step to easing a lockdown in the country, which has had the second highest number of deaths after italy. for the latest on the situation, here's guy hedgecoe, in madrid. 637 deaths over the...
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we can cross over now to speak to iain duncan smith whojoins us on now to speak to iain duncan smith initial reaction is that the british prime minister is in intensive care? i'm shocked, i suspect, like anyone else. he's a friend, and as prime minister, it is a bad moment, in a sense. i'm deeply saddened, really, that it should come to this. he's obviously worked like mad to try to get through this, but it has not been enough so far. but that does not mean necessarily that he will not pull through this, because they may have put him in intensive care because they couldn't treat him and he may have a secondary infection, a serious chest infection which will stabilise until they can get after it and get him through this and out the other side much quicker and in a more stable way. so let us hope and pray that boris is in the best of hands and will pull through. sir ian duncan smith, we don't know the exact position he's in, we haven't had that much detail. earlier today the prime minister tweeted that he had gone in, was admitted to hospital last night for routine tests. we don't know
we can cross over now to speak to iain duncan smith whojoins us on now to speak to iain duncan smith initial reaction is that the british prime minister is in intensive care? i'm shocked, i suspect, like anyone else. he's a friend, and as prime minister, it is a bad moment, in a sense. i'm deeply saddened, really, that it should come to this. he's obviously worked like mad to try to get through this, but it has not been enough so far. but that does not mean necessarily that he will not pull...
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speak to thank you very much and we will speakto iain thank you very much and we will speak to iain duncan smithrts of guests coming. a heart surgeon at wales' largest hospital has died from coronavirus. jitendra rathod was an associate specialist in cardiothoracic surgery at the university hospital of wales. in a tribute posted on its website, cardiff and vale university health board said he was an "incredibly dedicated surgeon who cared deeply for his patients." 439 people died in hospital from the effects of coronavirus on monday. overall there are 51,608 confirmed cases in the uk and the total number of people to die from the virus has reached 5,373. this number does not account for people who have died in the community or in a care home. the coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 50,000 lives across europe. however, new infections have fallen in spain and italy in recent days. the death toll in italy remains the highest in the world, standing at 16,523. our correspondent jean mackenzie is in rome. good morning. isuppose good morning. i suppose the positive news is that there has been a
speak to thank you very much and we will speakto iain thank you very much and we will speak to iain duncan smithrts of guests coming. a heart surgeon at wales' largest hospital has died from coronavirus. jitendra rathod was an associate specialist in cardiothoracic surgery at the university hospital of wales. in a tribute posted on its website, cardiff and vale university health board said he was an "incredibly dedicated surgeon who cared deeply for his patients." 439 people died in...
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let‘s speak now to the former conservative leader iain duncan smith, mp.eed to start thinking about an exit strategy? yes. i think the real issue here is not whether, it is when. and of course, absolutely, the government has been right so far, completely right about the lockdown and i also believe they are right to see this through properly by extending the lockdown. there is no issue about that. i think the real issue is the government having to do two things. first is absolutely plan as to how we will bring the economy out of lockdown and secondly, to, i think, bring the british people into his confidence over this because i think the british people have shown already a remarkable level of common sense. they have gone into the lockdown, they have confounded, actually, many of the predictions made that this would not hold in quite the same way and that means, i think, that it has effectively arrived earlier than epidemiologists thought and that means they have done what they were asked and they‘ve done it with good humour and sense and they have also acce
let‘s speak now to the former conservative leader iain duncan smith, mp.eed to start thinking about an exit strategy? yes. i think the real issue here is not whether, it is when. and of course, absolutely, the government has been right so far, completely right about the lockdown and i also believe they are right to see this through properly by extending the lockdown. there is no issue about that. i think the real issue is the government having to do two things. first is absolutely plan as to...
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we can speak now to the former conservative leader, iain duncan smith. your response?must have been a terrible time to be suffering from a high temperature and all the symptoms for all this period. while we do hear that it is supposed to be precautionary but he has had a deterioration so far so as far as i understand it he still remains clear and in charge but there is a chain of command beneath him starting with the first secretary dominic raab and the first secretary dominic raab and the cabinets that of course is still functioning in all their departments but i am sorry and i've sent him my very best wishes, i hope and i am he will get better seen with proper treatment, . .. will get better seen with proper treatment,... i'm sure they will find out quite quickly. mr rab will be chairing the government's covid—19 meeting in the morning. in terms of the prime minister himself, might it still be a better idea for him to concentrate on his health lease for two or three days and allow dominic raab to take over more of those meetings? i am not previous to the exact reason
we can speak now to the former conservative leader, iain duncan smith. your response?must have been a terrible time to be suffering from a high temperature and all the symptoms for all this period. while we do hear that it is supposed to be precautionary but he has had a deterioration so far so as far as i understand it he still remains clear and in charge but there is a chain of command beneath him starting with the first secretary dominic raab and the first secretary dominic raab and the...
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being put together of the country's most senior political and business figures and is led by iain duncan smithir starmer and city bosses. i don't think it has been convened, as far as i can see from this piece, but it is obviously going to come together and certainly we have been talking about the possibility of a national government. particularly at a time when we don't have a prime minister in vision and where you have a cabinet that seems scared of making any kind of decision without him there, and probably constitution they are not able to. this is actually the first public, i think, site of some form of national government coalition starting to come together in terms of you know, thinking processes and leadership. so it is coming up, again as part of this traffic light system. that is the story that has obviously been leaked today. and so everybody is tagging different bits of information on that and the nail's ta ke information on that and the nail's take is this cross—party leadership group. —— the nail's case. take is this cross—party leadership group. -- the nail's case. it is interes
being put together of the country's most senior political and business figures and is led by iain duncan smithir starmer and city bosses. i don't think it has been convened, as far as i can see from this piece, but it is obviously going to come together and certainly we have been talking about the possibility of a national government. particularly at a time when we don't have a prime minister in vision and where you have a cabinet that seems scared of making any kind of decision without him...
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tom: good reporting earlier from guy on the state of the prime minister, a conversation with iain duncan smith moments ago. our oninue with a strong the economics of the pandemic -- strong hour on the economics of the pandemic. ministers.u. finance were on an emergency teleconference lasting more than 16 hours. strategynot agree on a to battle the pandemic. e.u. issue joint debt to help economies recover? boris johnson is being monitored in intensive care. a statement says he continues to receive oxygen while being treated for coronavirus. the u.k. coming off its deadliest day yet. in 24 hours, seven hundred 86 people died. in the united states, the president is getting plans to action,economy under involving testing more americans then have been tested. new york, detroit, and new orleans would remain shuttered. producers arel inching toward an unprecedented deal to cut oil output. its production this year following almost 10%. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @quicktake on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am viviana hurtado. this
tom: good reporting earlier from guy on the state of the prime minister, a conversation with iain duncan smith moments ago. our oninue with a strong the economics of the pandemic -- strong hour on the economics of the pandemic. ministers.u. finance were on an emergency teleconference lasting more than 16 hours. strategynot agree on a to battle the pandemic. e.u. issue joint debt to help economies recover? boris johnson is being monitored in intensive care. a statement says he continues to...
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this morning iain duncan smith, himself a former tory leader, said he believed cabinet government would a singular character, ebullient, upbeat, always wanting to give people he meets and the public in general a sense of optimism. that's what he does, it's the way he works and that's what makes him, in a sense, cut through. and so many of the people that would have met him, or manyjust watching on television, will worry about this, but, you know, i honestly genuinely believe that boris couldn't be in better hands right now, this brilliant nhs that we've got, and i had to say that he will fight this through and we are with him on that. but with regard to the country, with regards to the running of the country, i hope i can reassure everybody, having sat at the table myself, the cabinet system of government allows this to happen. it's not a presidential system, we have a prime minister who's, as some have said, first amongst equals. the rest of those equals are still in post and dominic raab is one of them, and he will lead them through this using the same policy positions in the same dec
this morning iain duncan smith, himself a former tory leader, said he believed cabinet government would a singular character, ebullient, upbeat, always wanting to give people he meets and the public in general a sense of optimism. that's what he does, it's the way he works and that's what makes him, in a sense, cut through. and so many of the people that would have met him, or manyjust watching on television, will worry about this, but, you know, i honestly genuinely believe that boris couldn't...
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earlier, iain duncan smith were saying we should not read too much into this, we should stay calm when we hear about the prime minister being moved to intensive care, he is certain that the doctors have done this to make sure that they can stabilise completely, but of course this will be a difficult time for the whole country, we saw her majesty the queen's address last night, now the prime minister in intensive care, it is something that will come as a shock. absolutely, because i think, he is the prime minister, he personifies the national response to this crisis but i think what we are learning this evening rams home to anybody who might have still been relatively complacent about the potential severity of this virus exactly what it can do, because here is a man who is in his mid—sos, who as far as we know doesn't have any significant underlying health concerns who for a period of a week, as is standard for those who develop the symptoms, was under the weather and had a temperature and a persistent cough, clearly u nco mforta ble temperature and a persistent cough, clearly uncomfort
earlier, iain duncan smith were saying we should not read too much into this, we should stay calm when we hear about the prime minister being moved to intensive care, he is certain that the doctors have done this to make sure that they can stabilise completely, but of course this will be a difficult time for the whole country, we saw her majesty the queen's address last night, now the prime minister in intensive care, it is something that will come as a shock. absolutely, because i think, he is...
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the former leader of the conservative party sir iain duncan smith said that we need to treat the publicease prisoners early to help jails in england and wales implement social distancing measures has been suspended after six offenders were freed by mistake. officials say the inmates, who were mistakenly let out of two open prisons in gloucestershire and derbyshire, " returned compliantly when asked to do so". the prison service said it had now strengthened its processes. the time now is seven minutes past nine. we've got a big exclusive for you here on breakfast this morning. you'll know of course that captain tom moore has already raised more than £21 million for the nhs with his sponsored walk, he has done 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday. but he's not done yet. he wants to go even further — this time by releasing a charity single with michael ball — and he's given us the first look at the video. # you'll never walk alone #. # and you'll never walk alone #. # you'll never walk alone #. a shame to interrupt, you need to get to the critic crescendo.” haven't seen the
the former leader of the conservative party sir iain duncan smith said that we need to treat the publicease prisoners early to help jails in england and wales implement social distancing measures has been suspended after six offenders were freed by mistake. officials say the inmates, who were mistakenly let out of two open prisons in gloucestershire and derbyshire, " returned compliantly when asked to do so". the prison service said it had now strengthened its processes. the time now...
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here's the conservative mp, iain duncan smith.ghts are absolutely with boris and carrie and their new baby. iwish them absolutely all the best, as do all my colleagues, who have been pounding into the whatsapp deems saying how fantastic it is. let's cross tojo coburn in westminster. prior to that, we were all speculating whether borisjohnson would be at prime minister's questions today, which is due to start shortly. they were evasive or not the answer, now we know why. absolutely, the explanation is clear. dominic raab has been deputising for borisjohnson, he will once again take his place at the dispatch box rather than the prime minister because of the news of the birth of his baby son. i'm in at the central lobby, it is relatively quiet, all the social distancing rules are being abided by as there are clear markings on the floor around me. let's talk to assistant political editor for the bbc, norman smith, about what we can expect in a chamber from the pm tuesday. norman, what you think keir starmer will focus on?” tuesday. no
here's the conservative mp, iain duncan smith.ghts are absolutely with boris and carrie and their new baby. iwish them absolutely all the best, as do all my colleagues, who have been pounding into the whatsapp deems saying how fantastic it is. let's cross tojo coburn in westminster. prior to that, we were all speculating whether borisjohnson would be at prime minister's questions today, which is due to start shortly. they were evasive or not the answer, now we know why. absolutely, the...
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a quote from iain duncan—smith, we must trust the british public to understand how it will happen, thent with what we set out over a week ago now in terms of their test that need to be met before changes can be made. i welcome the fa ct changes can be made. i welcome the fact this is essentially being done ona uk fact this is essentially being done on a uk wide approach. we had set out the tests that need to be met before we can make changes and the traces it is too early to make changes to social distancing rules safely because the death rate is still too high and are too many new places. we do not want to throw away the good work the public has done in the good work the public has done in the curve because it is clear we are at the peak and it has flattened. we do not want to throw that away and had to see a second peak. we set out the principles. i am glad the scottish government is following very broadly those principles and, of course, we will set out more details when it is appropriate to do so but it is too soon to make changes to the social distancing rules now. is the first mi
a quote from iain duncan—smith, we must trust the british public to understand how it will happen, thent with what we set out over a week ago now in terms of their test that need to be met before changes can be made. i welcome the fa ct changes can be made. i welcome the fact this is essentially being done ona uk fact this is essentially being done on a uk wide approach. we had set out the tests that need to be met before we can make changes and the traces it is too early to make changes to...