Inside Politics – Coronavirus special: Dominic Raab points to positive signs in battle against virus

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If you have time for a good cry this morning, it’s worth catching up with actor Idris Elba’s recording of Edgar Albert Guest’s Don’t Quit – a poem put to a montage of scenes from NHS hospitals by the BBC. “Stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit” is a message Dominic Raab is keen to get across too. The foreign secretary says the nation is now going through the peak of the virus, urging everyone to stick with social distancing “and we will get through this crisis together”. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing during the coronavirus outbreak.

Inside the bubble

Our chief political commentator John Rentoul on what to look out for today: