Posted on 09/22/2020 2:53:33 PM PDT by packrat35
BORIS Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas today by warning that extra coronavirus rules could be in place for SIX months.
In a live address in the House of Commons, the PM told MPs that hospital admissions have more than doubled in the last fortnight - and Britain has reached a "perilous turning point" like in France and Spain that forced him to act.
And the PM gave warnings that "significantly greater restrictions" could be slapped on the country "if all our actions fail to bring the R below 1" in the coming weeks.
He stopped short of announcing a two-week circuit break of shutdowns to put a brake on the spread - but said the army could be brought in to help police.
The Prime Minister said: "We should assume that the restrictions I have announced will remain in place for perhaps six months.
"For the time being, this virus is a fact of our lives and I must tell the House and the country that our fight against it will continue."
If the rules are in place for another six months, they would effectively cancel the nation's Christmas celebrations.
It came just hours before Scots leader Nicola Sturgeon announced a complete ban on household mixing north of the border - saying Boris' rules didn't go far enough.
The First Minister said this afternoon the new restrictions on indoor gatherings comes alongside 10pm curfews for pubs - but people can continue to meet each other in outdoor settings.
The PM announced no new restrictions on households meeting up today - but ministers are holding the move in reserve in case the spike in infections continues.
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Ugh. Not this poop from CoronaControl again!
How about mostly peaceful Santa parades?
It seems to me that he might have won with the help of some certain billionaire who made his fortune pushing down currencies.
Yes, Boris has proven to be one of the redder of the Red Tories in this respect.
Okay, I’ll ask. WTF is going on with this jackass?
Stop the Testing and the Madness will stop
B-but the masks!
Unbelievable Boris would win such huge election victories and then blow it like this.
If they’re getting 50000 cases a day what’s the point of locking down oh wait it’s the Fake Test that says everyone is positive
Whether they call themselves Tories or Labour or anything else all European politicians are socialist freaks.
He stopped short of announcing a two-week circuit break of shutdowns to put a brake on the spread - but said the army could be brought in to help police.
Uhmmmm...Meet up on the Green...
That is deKcuF up...
Yeah, too bad they don’t have guns...
So what’s this about Europe having the Chinus under control?
Are people being admitted to the hospital because NHS will pay regardless of whether it was truly necessary? I think that would drive up admissions.
Well, he DID almost die from it. That might bias his opinion of the matter...
What in the world is the matter with that man? And why are Brits supporting this?
Actually, I saw a terrifying Tweet a couple of days ago, a video of an anti-lockdown demonstration in Trafalgar Square. A few (maybe a couple of hundred) people were standing there peacefully holding hand lettered signs, not doing anything aggressive, and suddenly about 50-60 police charged them, running at top speed to arrest these people (it’s apparently illegal in the UK to protest the lockdown or masks or any other repressive action of the state).
These were the same police who stood by quietly or even knelt when the BLM and Antifa loonies were terrorizing pedestrians, destroying monuments, and even attacking the police.
We have to stop that from happening here.
Boris is done. At least he sort of got Brexit accomplished.
BoJo has two problems we don’t: The NHS and the EU. I’m sure both, especially the first, figure into this.
Boris is not the same since he almost died from covid-19. But if brexit is a done deal, then mission’s accomplished.
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