Boris Johnson has set a date for the official reopening of the UK. July 19th is being marked as ‘Freedom Day’, the day in which life is expected to return to normality over a year after the coronavirus pandemic first began. But what can we expect from the UK’s Freedom Day? And more importantly, can we see it going ahead? To explain further Ciara spoke to Former Political Editor of the Times of London, Philip Webster.

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