Newspaper headlines: Tory revolt bruises PM and 1m face festive isolation
Calculations by the Times suggest that more than a million people could be isolating with coronavirus on Christmas Day given the rapid speed with which the Omicron variant is spreading.
The Daily Telegraph calls the Tory revolt a "hammer blow" to the PM's authority, which claims that one MP was heard saying "wow" when the scale of the revolt on Covid passes became clear.The Guardian suggests the scale of the Tory rebellion prompts "questions" over whether the PM would implement tougher Covid restrictions in the coming days "even if they are recommended by the government's scientific advisers".
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