#BorisJohnson announces #Covid19 #PlanB – but does he really think anyone is listening?
Breaking: the look on Johnson’s face shows how desperately he’s hoping that this will distract us all from the fact that he’s a serial liar who inflicts stupid rules on us and ignores them himself. No such luck, bullsh*t boy!
Nobody in England is even slightly interested in what Boris Johnson had to say in his Covid-19 press conference at 6pm today.
Commons Speaker Lyndsay Hoyle would have been, if the prime minister – for now – had held the event without bringing the proposals to Parliament – but the information was provided by Health Secretary Sajid Javid, as the broadcast went ahead.
As for everybody else – well, people are being urged to work from home wherever possible, starting on Monday, so that’ll be vetoed by bosses.
Face masks will be required in public settings like theatres and cinemas – except when eating, drinking, exercising or singing – from Friday. People will just walk away and do their own thing. I understand a lot of farmyard barns may be empty this winter, due to Brexit, so perhaps people will party it up there instead of anywhere someone will be checking up on them.
And Covid passports will be required for entry into large entertainment venues. Again, people are more likely to stay away and do their own thing.
Alternatively, the operators may simply refuse to enforce Johnson’s new rules.
Why?
Because nobody has any reason to pay attention to Boris Johnson any more.
As the prime minister’s former colleague, former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, says: trust in Johnson has eroded beyond redemption:
"It's so difficult to extrapolate where truth lies, because trust is completely broken down"
Ex-attorney general Dominic Grieve asks if Tory MPs will keep putting up with a PM "not fit for office"
Boris Johnson has apologised for video about No 10 partyhttps://t.co/r5U4b7mOKX pic.twitter.com/qnYBcFgxar
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) December 8, 2021
This means the biggest danger to public health in the UK at the moment is Boris Johnson, not Covid-19 or any of its variants including Omicron.
The measures he has announced today may be sensible, for all anybody knows, but that doesn’t matter.
People will ignore them because he is the one who says they’re necessary, and he’s a liar who just says whatever comes into his head to get him out of trouble like the Downing Street party scandal.
Why else do you think he’s announcing them now?
Have YOU donated to my crowdfunding appeal, raising funds to fight false libel claims by TV celebrities who should know better? These court cases cost a lot of money so every penny will help ensure that wealth doesn’t beat justice.
Vox Political needs your help!
If you want to support this site
(but don’t want to give your money to advertisers)
you can make a one-off donation here:
Here are four ways to be sure you’re among the first to know what’s going on.
1) Register with us by clicking on ‘Subscribe’ (in the left margin). You can then receive notifications of every new article that is posted here.
2) Follow VP on Twitter @VoxPolitical
3) Like the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/VoxPolitical/
Join the Vox Political Facebook page.
4) You could even make Vox Political your homepage at http://voxpoliticalonline.com
And do share with your family and friends – so they don’t miss out!
If you have appreciated this article, don’t forget to share it using the buttons at the bottom of this page. Politics is about everybody – so let’s try to get everybody involved!
Buy Vox Political books so we can continue
fighting for the facts.
The Livingstone Presumption is now available
in either print or eBook format here:
Health Warning: Government! is now available
in either print or eBook format here:
The first collection, Strong Words and Hard Times,
is still available in either print or eBook format here:
Nothing will change for me around covid. I’ve had my booster, not because I was told to, but because I believe even the least effective vaccine is safer than none. I’ll still be housebound, only going shopping with a support worker one a week, in my wheelchair.
Only thing I expect to change in the near future is that I expect to lose my PIP after the telephone assessment by Capita, and to have to appeal. Covid just means my closest friends can’t visit, because I choose not to put myself at risk.