{"id":8112,"date":"2020-07-31T14:24:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T14:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10151\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2020-08-14T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:27:03","slug":"london-evening-standards-the-leader-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jp.umww.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/london-evening-standards-the-leader-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"London Evening Standard&#8217;s The Leader Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"player-title\">What&#8217;s going on with the UK&#8217;s coronavirus restrictions? And, how big tech made a fortune during the pandemic lockdown.<\/h4>\n<p>Boris Johnson has\u00a0cancelled major moves out of lockdown including the reopening of wedding parties and casinos in response to a rise in coronavirus cases.\u00a0The Prime Minister called a press conference to announce that he was \u201csqueezing the brake\u201d on the reopening of the economy and society in order \u201cto protect those we love\u201d. It follows the health secretary imposing lockdown on parts of the north, saying people weren&#8217;t following social distancing. Our political reporter Sophia Sleigh tells us how the move came as a shock, with just three hours notice.\u00a0 Also, Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple have revealed their financial results, showing all of them made big money during the pandemic lockdowns across the globe. The figures come after bosses from the tech firms appeared before the US congress, where they were grilling on their size and influence. We speak to New York-based tech expert Joshua Lowcock, who says the industry needs a regulator.<\/p>\n<p>Listen To Podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/podfollow.com\/1480398327\/episode\/30c0d013ce50a9fe61d0ac98869f9ed1d7f0865b\/view?fbclid=IwAR30XdwYlmsSjIDQGRtcYgjwz_Zpt777UU6pfi0dSQHVcO_H8ClPJRXUZlM\">Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s going on with the UK&#8217;s coronavirus restrictions? And, how big tech made a fortune during the pandemic lockdown. Boris Johnson has\u00a0cancelled major moves out of lockdown including the reopening of wedding parties and casinos in response to a rise in coronavirus cases.\u00a0The Prime Minister called a press conference to announce that he was \u201csqueezing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thought-leadership","category-um-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>London Evening Standard&#039;s The Leader Podcast - UM JAPAN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jp.umww.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/london-evening-standards-the-leader-podcast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"London Evening Standard&#039;s The Leader Podcast - UM JAPAN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What&#8217;s going on with the UK&#8217;s coronavirus restrictions? 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