Posted on 07/26/2021 5:38:14 PM PDT by RandFan
Labour leader Keir Starmer said Monday he'd be open to the prospect of government-enforced vaccine passports at large events, but cautioned against their use 'on an every day basis.'
Sir Keir added that vaccines alone are 'not enough' to prevent the spread of Covid at sporting events and other large gatherings and should be accompanied by negative coronavirus tests.
‘I will look carefully at what the government puts forward,' Mr Starmer said after last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson said proof of double vaccination would be a ‘condition of entry' beginning in September for nightclubs and other 'crowded venues.'
'I want to be pragmatic about this, make sure that sports and all sectors are opened as quickly as possible,' Starmer told Nick Ferrari on LBC radio. 'I think that passports on their own are not enough because we know sadly you can be doubled jabbed and get the variant, so it’s got to be passports plus testing.'
Speculation arose last week that Labour could join Liberal Democrats and Conservative rebels in opposing using vaccination proof through the NHS Covid app for access to venues.
‘I don’t want to see vaccine passports used on an everyday basis for access to critical things like health dentistry food etc.' Sir Keir said.
'I don’t want to see people denied health, dentistry, food because they haven’t got a vaccine passport,' he continued.
Labour's support of the passport could save Johnson a defeat in Parliament, as at least 40 Tories plan to vote against their use when the measure reaches the Commons.
Last Monday, the first day nightclubs were allowed to reopen as the UK did away with most of its Covid restrictions, Mr Johnson made the announcement that vaccine passports could be required by the end of the summer.
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If this guy supports it then it'll almost certainly get through.
Pathetic.
Uniparty in action... All over Europe.
Coincidence ?
It’s actually not an irrational idea. But watch how little interest he gets from this proposal. Because it’s about the shot not the disease.
I believe the whole “large gatherings” horse is already out of the barn.
So now those with the miracle vaccine need to wear masks and still get Covid screening tests. This means the vaccine is working.
at least he’s admitting that the vaccines aren’t foolproof.
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