i saw that and thought, yes, there is good news among the bad, that s for sure. but does this come back to, though, people don t feel that, it doesn t matter? yeah. i mean, i don t fault ron klain for spinning, but that is what this is is spin. i mean, this has been not a great not just week but several weeks. i mean, the reality of the testing crisis became clear in december. and they are still weeks away from making a dent in that problem. the inflation crisis has been here for quite some time. so, look, the good things are happening, but i think the overall sentiment, not just among the american public, but even among democrats in washington, people who are allies of this administration is that this is a really bad period for the biden administration, and they need to get a hold of the covid situation first and foremost. they may not be able to do much about inflation at this point. it s a challenging period. i think pretty much everyone i
experiencing. food banks. the conservative party conference has been in manchester this week. have you heard anything from your contacts in government? no, we have not. and i think if there was a time for us to be in, you know, in tandem, now is probably the time. i go back to when the covid situation first started. it was something that nobody in the country was prepared for, we didn t know how bad it was going to be, we didn t know how long it was going to be. and we are still in that situation. so whether or not there s going to be a spike in covid, it is going to affect people, people that have been helped by what we have been doing recently. it s massively important because it could be the most difficult period that we have had so far. we can speak now to our political
there and they need their meals, and especially going into winter. i know in the past you ve had conversations with the prime minister, haven t you? with boris johnson about the situation, and it s been the conservative party conference in manchester this week. have you heard anything from your contacts in government? no, we ve not, and i think if there was a time for us to be in. you know, in tandem, then now is probably the time. i go back to when the covid situation first started, it was something that nobody in the country was prepared for we didn t know how bad it was going to be, we didn t know how long it was going to be and we re still in that situation. so whether or not there s going to be a spike in covid, it s going to affect people that are. you know, people that have been helped by what we ve been doing in the recent year. i think it s. it s massively important because it
covid situation first started. it was something that nobody in the country was prepared for, didn t know how bad it was going to be, we didn t know how bad along it was going to be. and we are still in that situation. so whether or not there s going to be a spike in covid, it is going to affect people, people that have been helped by what we have been doing recently. it s massively important because it could be the most difficult period that we have had so far. we can speak now to our political correspondent helen catt. morning, helen. marcus rashford there are spelling outjust how difficult it can be for families and how important financial support is. has there been a reaction from downing street? yeah, there has. there reaction from downing street? yeah, there has. there is reaction from downing street? yeah, there has. there is a reaction from downing street? yeah, there has. there is a lot reaction from downing street? yeah, there has. there is a lot of reaction from