157: Sorry, not sorry
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Britain’s coronavirus lockdown is extended for at least a further three weeks, and it’s far from clear that will be the end of it. As Boris Johnson recovers from his own tangle with the pandemic, we look at the problems still facing the government’s response, including the growing crisis in Britain’s care homes. Plus the other great plague — the non-apology apology as practiced by Priti Patel, and Simon Marks joins us from Washington DC to terrify us with Donald Trump’s mis-handling of the crisis.
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