OFFICE romantics shouldn’t be “snogging under the mistletoe” at Christmas parties this year, a Covid-cautious Cabinet Minister has decreed. Smooch Scrooge Therese Coffey las…
has already been muddied after top doc Jenny Harries said mixing should be discouraged and Sajid Javid said take a test.by declaring festive parties should go ahead and revellers shouldn't be pulling the plug.
But Work and Pensions Secretary Ms Coffey told ITV's Peston: "I don't think there should be much snogging under the mistletoe! Don't need to do things like that."poll earlier this weekThe PM's spokesman slapped down Ms Coffey and said there are "no restrictions" on snogging at parties.And she did say that "Christmas we should continue to plan for and enjoy, I hope.
However another minister this morning sowed more confusion by announcing he would be having his gettogether on Zoom. Gloomy business minister George Freeman said: "I think Therese Coffey was making the point that we're all going to have to exercise some common sense and I think the British public know that, in the end, it is up to all of us.
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