On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the positive news coming out of the Oxford trial looking at a coronavirus vaccine. Then, in You Ask Us, they examine the counterfactual looking at whether the Lib Dems' decision to support a 2019 General Election backfired.

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