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After ten weeks of lockdown, James Butler asks: what have we learned?

Plus, a little announcement on the future of this show.

Ash Sarkar goes to the Black Lives Matter protest in London, and talks to the protestors on the new front line of antiracist struggle in the UK.

As the UK death toll passes 50,000 and Black Lives Matter protests continue in the US, James Butler asks: who gets to matter in politics?

James Butler asks what the government ease-off in regulations is really about – should we expect a second wave?

Plus, as teachers are pressed back to work, we hear from one teacher and trade unionist – Nik from the Requires Improvement podcast – about what’s really going on in schools.

Cummings survives: but what’s the wreckage?

Lockdown eases, but R is high: so why?

Plus, James Butler wonders about political hope in difficult times.

James Butler on Dominic Cummings: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/28/dominic-cummings-democracy-laws-truth-consequences

Huw Lemmey on hecklers: https://huw.substack.com/p/what-have-you-got-to-say-to-that

Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate

As we enter day six of The Dominic Cummings Scandal, Ash Sarkar examines the evidence and breaks down Boris Johnson’s first appearance at the Commons liaison committee. Plus the dangers of false negatives.