BORIS Johnson is being urged by Tory MPs to “hold firm” with plans to bin most Covid restrictions next week – in the face of warnings from gloomy scientists. But lockdown-hating b…
BORIS Johnson is being urged by Tory MPs to "hold firm" with plans to bin most Covid restrictions next week - in the face of warnings from gloomy scientists.
He is expected to confirm that legal restrictions on mask-wearing, gatherings and social distancing will all be scrapped. Yet senior Tories are telling the PM not to buckle and are holding his feet to the fire ahead of tonight's decision.MPs, told LBC: "We need to hear that the Prime Minister is going to hold firm, that we are going to move ahead and that we are going to see this overdue shift to trusting people - letting people make decisions for themselves."beyond Freedom Day.
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