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Paul Waugh of the Huffington Post looks back at a sombre week in Westminster, dominated by the coronavirus crisis. He is joined by senior MPs Robert Halfon and Margaret Beckett to discuss the government's handling of events, including the changes to public advice and the emergency legislation presented to parliament. Historian and author Sir Anthony Seldon discusses the scale of the challenge facing the British state with Alex Thomas from the Institute for Government. And biographer Andrew Gimson and Sophie Pedder of the Economist discuss the different styles of leadership of Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron in the face of the crisis. Editor: Leala Padmanabhan
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