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It鈥檚 been an explosive week of evidence at the Covid inquiry. Government by WhatsApp and chaotic scenes at Downing Street.

Amol and Nick discuss how badly the UK handled Covid and whether a different approach would have fundamentally altered the response and outcomes of the pandemic.

Joining them in The Today Podcast studio is Louise Casey, who spent nearly 20 years in the civil service and who has run a range of inquiries, . She tells Amol and Nick what she made of her time working with the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

And Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, emeritus professor of statistics at Cambridge University, takes us through the data. Just how badly did Britain really do?

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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of 大象传媒 Radio 4鈥檚 Today programme, the UK鈥檚 most influential radio news programme. Amol was the 大象传媒鈥檚 media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he鈥檚 also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the 大象传媒鈥檚 political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV鈥檚 political editor.

The producers are Tom Smithard and Stephanie Mitcalf. The editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Studio direction from Mike Regaard.

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