Omicron cases continue to rise, but will new travel rules actually stem the tide of infections, or is it too late? Plus, as ‘crime week’ begins, traces of drugs have been found in Parliament toilets. Will the PM’s hard-hitting announcements fall on deaf ears? And the latest on last years Number 10 party, which did break Covid rules, but it was in the past so it doesn’t matter, right Mr Raab?

• “There are so many hurdles to get over in order to travel, this will put a lot of people off.” - Arthur Snell
• “The Science of dealing with pandemics has come on leaps and bounds in the last two years.” - Arthur Snell
• “If you talk about drug use and the Conservatives, you can list a whole host of names who have taken them.” - Arthur Snell
• “My hunch is that Yvette Cooper knows Priti Patel’s brief better than Priti Patel.” - Alex Andreou
• “These attacks on ‘lefty lawyers’ are straight out of the populism playbook.” - Arthur Snell

Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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