Boris Johnson is holding talks with his Cabinet today amid reports that there is “close to nil” chance that lockdown will end on June 21st because of fears about the Indian Covid variant. The MailOnline has the story.
Ministers are preparing emergency plans that could see local restrictions used to combat hotspots, or even the next stage of the roadmap delayed.
In an echo of the tiers system brought in last summer, people in the worst-hit areas could be told to stay at home and restaurants and shops forced to close – with stricken businesses handed more grants to keep them afloat.
There are also growing doubts about whether lockdown can be lifted across England on June 21st. Just a week ago Mr Johnson was holding out the prospect of a broad lifting of legal constraints and social distancing, but it now appears that a review of the rules is unlikely to report this month.
One Government source told ITV News that some of the loosening that took effect this week – including “Rule of Six” socialising indoors and in bars and restaurants – might have to be rolled back.
“It is clear some social distancing will have to be retained, not everything we’ve set out for June 21st is likely to happen,” they said.
“But it is also possible some of the easing we’ve done today will have to be reversed.”…
Tory ministers and MPs have been warning the PM against changing course, complaining that curbs must not be extended to protect people who are refusing vaccines – which are believed to be effective against the Indian variant.
One Cabinet minister warned that missing the June 21st milestone could become Mr Johnson’s “Theresa May moment” – a reference to her failed Brexit deadline.
“This freedom date is burned on people’s brains in the same way as her date for leaving the E.U.,” the source said. “When she missed it, she was finished.”
The source said Number 10 had “overreacted to panicked warnings from the usual suspects” in parts of the health establishment.
Worth reading in full.
Stop Press: Boris has said there is not yet “conclusive” evidence that the roadmap will need to be altered and things will be clearer in “days”. MailOnline has more.
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Going to be fun to watch the obedient Covidians get crushed by their cult leaders
“Conspiracy Theorists” have been saying that the “roadmap” was always intended to mislead and that the REAL strategy is lockdown without end.
The plan to force the new classes of “vaccines” (gene therapy products) through the regulatory process despite significant adverse responses depends on the existence of an “emergency”. No emergency = no Emergency Use Authorisations (EUAs).
Likewise, effective treatments for Covid-19 will be ruthlessly suppressed because if there’s an effective treatment, there’s no rationale for EUAs.
The ultimate endgame is a global digital ID linked to digital money and a health status. It enables total suppression of dissent because any “undesirable person” can be made “persona non grata” with a click of a mouse, unable to travel, access money, rent property, get medical treatment, etc.
The ultimate endgame may not be reachable in 2021, but it’s most certainly planned for implementation by 2030.
The UK is closest to Totalitarianism of all the OECD countries. The Online Harms Bill is for total control of the narrative and suppression of all citizen journalism. The Coronavirus Act can be used to round up any dissenters and force-quarantine them in concentration camps. Other legislation is in progress that will make the UK more… Read more »
“effective treatments for Covid-19 will be ruthlessly suppressed” not “will” but “have” – effective treatments have been around for over a year – as presented to the US Senate by Dr Peter McCullough.
There is no valid reason to not open up after June whatever. The evidence is available in Texas, Florida and South Dakota. Anything else is simply nonsense. Hope the sheeple wake up by then. By the way, does anyone know who is getting kick backs on these private COVID tests to travel? They just suddenly appeared out of no where. Why doesn’t the nhs use a little ingenuity and perform these tests for a fee at ALL their little pop up test centres. There are thousands around the country standing BONE IDLE. Just a thought.
Anyone started a book on what the next “variant” is going to be named?
Anyone been to Mars recently? Just asking.
TyrannoSars Rex
What a set of frauds, stuck in a doom loop of their own making. Justice is coming.
We won’t see justice…
I’m so surprised…..not! It’s been obvious from the start that they intend to keep this going indefinitely.
The emergency powers act runs out March 2022. The furlough currently ends September.
You can bet both will run until 2022 come what may.
Got to keep “King Matt” and the Gover in the limelight for as long as possible.
Oh and if Boris goes soon, beware of what you’ll get if Hancock gets PM. He thinks he’s saved the country, when if fact it’s the opposite that’s true.
Something very odd about Johnson. He’s a Marxist, I’m certain of it. He’s pulling ALL the strings. He’s a wicked individual. Some sort of psychological torture is being employed – to break the will of the people (many of whom are already broken). There really does need to be an uprising in this country.
There are over 353,000 mutations according to HART – sadly it gives the little Hitlers plenty of scope
It ends when the public wake up
352,999 aren’t Indian though.
The DT has just reported that Independent SAGE has an adviser, Dr Zubaida Haque, who has no medical or scientific qualifications. She is in fact a ‘race adviser’. Presumably this means she can pontificate on all races living in the UK, including – the ‘white race’! Yet another blow to the credibility of SAGE.
MUST READ. Change by CDC to record Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated differently.
Clear attempt at differentiation by PCR test.
https://off-guardian.org/2021/05/18/how-the-cdc-is-manipulating-data-to-prop-up-vaccine-effectiveness/
All of this messaging about the Indian variant and cabinet meetings has been designed by SPI-B to brutalize the public into accepting the government reneging on their 21st June commitment. We’ll then be subjected to an abysmal summer of local lockdowns and tiers designed to keep the fear going until the autumn when the hospitals start to get busy with seasonal patients. At this point there will be a new frenzy of fear porn pushing for a hard early lockdown to ‘avoid the mistakes of last year’. I don’t think they’ll ever let this go.
Do you think that when Matt Hancock gets home at night his wife says to him. “it’s Ok. You’re home now, you can stop lying for today”?
According to the Telegraph ‘ PM vows ‘draconian’ action against future variants. In other words Draconian action against the British People. So let’s have no more ‘Boris’ . This man is no other than a dictatorial thug! As if we didn’t know!
Here is the link http://m.email3.telegraph.co.uk/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=%40TDW9KmJbHTPnAO3oLQHwIWMHwLhAOaAgky%2BSXKtaa0Q%3D&WT.mc_id=e_DM1424781&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_GHS_New_Daily&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_GHS_New_Daily20210518&utm_campaign=DM1424781
How do you take draconian action against a virus, he sounds as if he’s lost his mind. This gets more ludicrous every day, especially as the lockdown’s are pretend and no one is actually locked down now.
Why is he wearing a mask? Must have something to hide…
They must have something on Johnson, I don’t believe he’s this stupid to believe any of this ?*!*
What makes you think he believes it?
Hostage situation.
Is this like a modern wife swap? Don’t swap wives but variants?
https://mobile.twitter.com/MHilltobe/status/1394636774169890818?s=19
Reconnaissance report from Chester.
A few weeks ago OH and I booked a couple of days in a spa hotel on the outskirts of Chester. We arrived today and the hotel, with over 70 bedrooms, is fully booked. We’ve already spotted a load of retirees like us and some younger folks who were keen to make a break for freedom as soon as we heard the key turning in the lock.
Chester looks a shadow of its former self-so many shops closed for good, The problem of course is that there are very few tourists here-only Brits. They could have fitted the passengers on the park and ride scheme into a minibus. I can’t see the situation improving any time soon.
Pleased to say though that the cafes we used were busy and we even managed a boat trip on the river with a number of shipmates.
Meanwhile, I see that the nudge unit is working overtime.
They are using the scary vary as a means of letting us off the leash slowly and making sure we don’t go mad. We are being treated like naughty children again.
Two, they know time is running out for the vaccine, because once… Read more »
I have no sensible or intellectual points to make. Just fuck the fuck off you bunch of spineless bedwetting shits. And that goes not just for the government but also for the pointless wastes of space who are supporting this immoral, ridiculous, intellectually-empty shitshow. I just hate everybody. Wish there was a fucking variant that would kill a few more people.
Here here. I am heartily sick of the Government, Parliament, the media, and the lockdown loving, trusting foolish people who seem to believe every word that comes out of the mouths of these evil, mendacious, scum.
100% agreed.
Bozo breathes a sigh of relief as his wedding plans are delayed!
My personal lockdown ended months ago, stuff you Mr Johnson and the cult who is advising you
We’re being played for fools, by the King of the Jackanapes and his filthy entourage of bootlickers, diviners, soothsayers, Cassandras and entrail-inspectors.
A pox on the lot of them.
Does anybody else find it all a little bit strange that the last time deaths were above double digits is the 19th of March when 100 people died – that’s two months and almost 9 weeks ago.
In that time we’ve been told it’s “data not dates” and have remained largely locked down with snail-pace easing despite this very positive data.
Now, cases remain in the double digits, there’s no spike in cases, never mind deaths and yet all the talk is of how we’ve basically got no chance of lockdown easing next month.
It makes no difference whether it’s 1 or 10 or 100 or 1000, they’ll still keep up the same fear narrative forever I reckon.
I’m refusing the vaccine and absolutely do not want their stinking ‘protections’ thank you very much.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/18/deaths-now-20-per-cent-five-year-average-england/#comment
so basically it was and always has been a nothing-burger, dry tinder gone (should have been protected) as predicted/known 13 months ago.
The ‘Johnson Regime’. The epitome of lying, deceitfulness, fearmongering and outright evil.
If the penny has not dropped yet with people, then there is no hope for them. For those who wish to remain gaoled and compliant, carrry on. For those who have a heart, courage and a free rational mind, why not just get on with life…
15 months incarceration, for a crime you did not commit, deserves a mass breakout!
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-diabetes-diagnosis-uk-people.html
Lockdown and National Covid Service caused Type 2 diabetes missed or diagnosis delayed for 60,000 UK people in 2020
It makes me absolutely fuming that anyone misses out on medical treatment because of covid. At least this can be diagnosed by a GP though – IF you can get an appointment, and the best option is usually eat better, move more and lose weight!
Technically you can diagnose it yourself by buying a glucometer. This has the advantage that you can use the results to modify your diet (reduce your carbs). I’m surprised they are still available
Dominic Cummings
“In a series of tweets ahead of his appearance before a select committee next week, he said the government’s Covid plan had been “part disaster, part non-existent”.”
actually the pre-2020 pandemic response plan was fine. But if you are going to rip it up and throw it in the bin then rubbishing it is what you would naturally do
Cummings is an idiot and bears a huge responsibility for the catastrophe.
Apposite comment on Twitter:
Many eminent scientists warned that these “vaccines” would cause Antibody-Dependent Enhancement. Could it be that the authorities know this, but have renamed Antibody-Dependent Enhancement “The Indian Variant”?
Yes. I thought that a while ago.