Inside Politics: Rishi Sunak wages economic war on coronavirus

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It’s Covid-19’s world. We just live in it. The last group of human beings in blissful ignorance of the coronavirus – 14 Big Brother contestants in Germany – were finally told last night what’s going on outside. The last time the BB bubble was burst this way was 9/11. Boris Johnson may dearly wish to return to a pre-virus state of innocence, but our painful reality show continues. The PM has put his government on wartime footing, promising to do whatever it takes to get the economy through the worst. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

Inside the bubble

Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for at Westminster today: