Description

This episode focused on Conservative MPs and Plan B restrictions in the UK features Sam Power

• Sam Power is a Lecturer in Corruption Analysis at the University of Sussex
• He is the author of If Tory MPs want to protect freedom, why are they supporting the Elections Billon Open Democracy
• A previous episode feature Sam can be found at: https://anchor.fm/dr-peter-finn/episodes/The-Post-Nolan-Pandemic-e14o6vk

This episode is the first part of an interview that we have broken in two as it ended up covering two distinct topics. The second part of the interview, which focuses on the Partygate scandal, is the next episode in the podcast feed.

At the start of this episode, there was a plug for the Get Jabbed Ealing! event

Get Jabbed Ealing! panel event is aimed at providing information about the benefits of vaccination against Covid-19 to individuals and their community

• A non-partisan online information event for people living in Ealing and beyond
• Hear advice and information about getting vaccinated against Covid-19 from people across the political spectrum
• Learn about the value of vaccination to you and the community
• Featuring representatives of the Ealing branches of the Conservative Party, the Green Party, the Labour Party, and the Lib Dems

Date: Thurs Feb 10th, 2022, 19:30-20:30

Where:  This Teams meeting

Register: here

The Covid-19 and Democracy Podcast is an output of the Covid-19 and Democracy Project, which is based at Kingston University, London.

The podcast aims to capture in real-time the fervent intellectual debate at the intersections between the Covid-19 pandemic and democratic politics and policy.

Principle Investigator and podcast Presenter and Producer: Pete Finn (p.finn@kingston.ac.uk)

Follow: @C19andDemoProj

Original music by Sovereign Heights