with me to discuss all this are polly toynbee of the guardian and portuguese writer eunice goes.nd here in the studio my colleague, clive myrie. lovely to see you all, thanks very much forjoining us. it feels like another pivotal moment on the covid front. as infections rise again everyone is asking what is the government strategy and will it act fast enough this time? will tighter restrictions come in just as the furlough scheme is due to end? will the furlough scheme therefore have to be extended? a lot of questions ahead at a crunch moment. polly toynbee, it has been quite a week and quite a dramatic change in tone from the government in the last couple of days. it certainly has. i think people feel that they have been on a roller—coaster with this government, changing their mind and their advice all the time. it is quite understandable in a way because obviously from day to day, the situation changes how fast the infection rises, but we always knew, the government always knew and said and warned that a second wave would come. we always could see across the channel that in fra