Health Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed that the Government is going ahead with the fourth and final stage of its ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown on July 19th, saying there will “never be a perfect time” to end restrictions: “If not now, then when?”
It has, however, become quite clear why ministers have decided to “tone down Freedom Day rhetoric“, as large indoor venues in England have been urged to tell customers to show vaccine passports before being granted entry this summer. The day we were told would be the “terminus date” for restrictions in England will instead be a partial easing of restrictions that in all likelihood will return in winter. The Guardian has more.
Speaking to MPs, the Health Secretary confirmed the Government’s plan on July 19th to lift almost all the remaining legal restrictions put in place during the pandemic, including those covering mask-wearing and the size of social gatherings.
But his tone was noticeably more downbeat than a week ago, when he told MPs, “freedom is in our sights once again”.
The vaccine certification plan, in which venues will be “supported and encouraged” by Government to use the NHS app to check up on their customers, was the most concrete sign of a change of tack.
A review of Covid certification had been carried out by the Cabinet Office, under Michael Gove, but ministers had concluded previously that the scheme would not be immediately necessary, and should be held in reserve for the autumn.
Instead, with only a week to go until mass events will be allowed to go ahead, and venues such as nightclubs can reopen, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the Government would be in touch with businesses to encourage them to implement Covid checks at the door.
He suggested customers could either show that they have been double-vaccinated, or had a positive PCR test within the past six months – or could carry out a lateral flow test and show the email they received after reporting a negative result.
Javid said the Government was acting “in a measured way,” and had only proceeded because its four tests – on vaccines, hospitalisations, NHS capacity and new variants – have been met.
He said July 19th would be, “a major milestone for this country, taking us another step closer to the lives we used to lead”.
He conceded that infection rates are likely to get worse before they get better – potentially hitting 100,000 a day – but said the vaccination programme had “severely weakened” the link between infections, hospitalisations and deaths. …
He said moving now offered, “the best possible chance of a return to normal life”.
The events industry is likely to respond with exasperation at being given such short notice to implement the scheme. The PM’s spokesman stressed it was already “up and running” because it had been tried at a series of pilot events.
Ministers have also underlined the continued importance of mask-wearing in all indoor, crowded spaces in recent days, despite the decision to lift legal restrictions.
And employers are being encouraged to act cautiously when it comes to ordering office staff back to the workplace.
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I don’t have to prove that I have been vaccinated against, for example, measles, mumps, TB and flu. But I may have to prove that I have been inoculated against a virus so serious that you have to take a test to find out whether or not you have it. I haven’t by the way and won’t be doing so.
In any event, my medical history is no business of any jobsworth on a pub door or at the entrance to any other venue.
There have been some pretty inept governments during my lifetime, but none of them have practiced evil on such a scale as this one. They should all be ashamed of themselves for ruining people’s lives on an unprecedented scale.
Is that the same Michael Gove who didn’t have to quarantine because he was part of a Control Group?
“Freedom Day” – what a complete nonsense. Will this become a public holiday in years to come? The day when the brave Sir Boris of Johnson finally slaughtered the beastly COVID dragon only to say:
“Beware! Other dragons might be hiding in the undergrowth or waiting to pounce on you from the backseat of your car or lurking with ill intent in parks but be ye not afraid of huge stadiums where balls are involved…the dragons are frightened of balls. And beaches. Especially Cornish beaches. Otherwise, remain on high alert. But of course you are free but in a sort of locked down sort of way. The New Normal demands the New Freedom”….etc etc etc… Like I say, nonsense.
Feifdom day is upon us! They promise hope for months, and dash it days before their promise.
We do need people to stop voting for this government in future. Do they expect to “go early” in 2023 after another autumn/winter/spring of this garbage?
This is So evil. Who are these people in reality? a bunch of sell outs, betraying the very public who voted for them. This will not end well & THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF IT. Treacherous. Playing MIND GAMES. They are creating / encouraging to Create a Fascist state whilst putting the Blame & the bourdon of SOCIAL responsibility/Engineering on teh very Businesses that they do NOT give a good God man about…. AND shifting the Lawsuits on to others….. Forked Tongues SNAKES. shame on you lot. I have lived in England for 45 years & I always thought our country was one of the safest places to live but NOT whilst these technocratic sell outs & Pharmaceutical salesmen disguised as Politicians are in charge. The lot of them Tories, Labour , Greens & the Commies on SAGE. We have had ENOUGH.
The Global Lockstep plan continues. In France, they will demand vax passports for bars, restos, commercial centres, trains…
Welcome to the New World Order
He said moving now offered, “the best possible chance of a return to normal life”.
Yes, I agree, but where can we move to?
Hasn’t Sajid seen that the case numbers in the vaxed are RISING, whereas the numbers in the unvaxed are FALLING!?? So who exactly is in danger here (if anyone except the very few inherently vulnerable)?
Here in Scotland – stand to be corrected – but there is no NHS App. There is the idiotic Trace and Protect, but nothing on a national scale for logging into your NHS details etc. I’m sure it will come, but life will be interesting when we are in England!
How can the Labour Party still be campaigning against voter ID, and at the same time fully ok with Vaxx passports? They will surely discriminate against the poor and immigrants far more than voter ID
Just act ‘free’, take your power back.
Emergency powers were LENT, not granted.
Time to boycott every pub, restaurant and shop that enforces vaccine passports, social distancing or masks from 19th July.
Starve them of business. Let them whither and die.
Absolutely- never in my life will I wear a face covering or show a piece of paper just to comply with the idea of ‘being kind and making others feel safe’, and believe me it’s going to cause me some grief at family get togethers and the like as most are OK with it, but for me this is the line in the sand.
CUNTS!!! Sorry but that’s the only word I have for these contemptible shites.
Watch this, it will blow your mind. It exposes who and what is behind this nightmare called a ‘pandemic’. Class action lawsuits bound to follow this. It’s a criminal conspiracy of massive proportions.
https://brandnewtube.com/watch/dr-david-martin-dr-reiner-fuellmich-july-9-2021_RlmKScwsMf6ATEG.html
You do have to wonder if this gov’t has any idea what they are talking about. Vaccines are not foolproof, not even close. They never required anyone
to have a full set of injections to get into Wembley or Wimbledon but now they are now asking others to implement a vaccine requirement to access a venue. Honestly, it is a mess. A shambles, just like everything this gov’t touches.
All predictable and predicted. Hospitality and stadia at first, then non-essential retail, then supermarkets to Save Our Christmas.
You do want to Save Our Christmas, don’t you, citizen? [Digital pen poises over Social Credit Score]
Expect checks at the doors in Tesco’s soon…
Time for pitchforks and flaming torches outside Parliament and Downing Street!
The best way to stop the vaccines is to somehow associate them with Trump. It was Trump, not Biden, that set up operation Warp Speed so it has to be his fault that there are so many problems with them right? So, we just need to convince CNN, MSNBC, etc., that the deaths from vaccine are his fault.
Ultimately the Covid panic will recede – I expect in 12 months, when hopefully we have been through a relatively undramatic flu season. Fingers crossed – not that hard to think of some other nightmare scenarios but I’m not going to be that guy. Anyway, a few years down the line something similar could come along and I worry what would happen then. I tell myself that I’d be a fool to stay put when the UK has so comprehensively failed this test.
British institutions are not strong enough to protect us from our politicians and neighbours, and certainly most British people themselves don’t have fight in them. I’ve come to despise that certain type of Brit – you know who I mean. Parts of the US excepted, the rest of the English speaking world are the same as here or worse. Canzuk indeed – no thank you.
Despite all the problems they have in the US (and many blogs I frequent have commenters talk about how they want to emigrate, invariably to Eastern Europe), there are at least 80m people like us there – also easy to disappear. Although other countries in Europe have gone fascist at the speed… Read more »
Just like France, Portugal. Maybe even Ireland soon.
The world is closing in
They are scared of the implications of the Nuremburg code. They clearly want to outsource the coercion which is why they are taking this approach.
They would have to introduce an amendment to the equalities Act 2010 to permit medical discrimination.
I don’t believe so.
According to the Guardian ”Minutes published by the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) also highlighted the threat of a new vaccine-resistant variant emerging in the UK, which they warned would pose a risk to the whole world.”
So we know what’s going to happen next then. More, different jabs made compulsary.
A further ‘nugget’ from France, by September people who had their first jab in Feb will be ‘offered’ a booster and so on a rolling basis the jabs will continue ad infinitum.
I think their psy ops is beginning to be seen through.
Slightly off-topic, but we now live in the fully fledged fascist state of France. Macron has announced the full apartheid of vaxed and nonvaxed phased in over the summer. No entry to bars, cafes, restaurants, hospitals(!) , trains, buses etc etc etc without ‘health pass’.
Could well be bringing forward the trip to Florida and trying to make it permanent.
Yep I just commented on it, I’m speechless. Ok so they’ve threatened it here, but it’s actually happening there. Can’t even get on a fucking train without a jab or a test.
I sincerely hope that this is the last desperate throw of the dice. The rate of first vaccinations has slowed from 400k to just over 150k and about 48% are still unvax. France is not vax friendly. So will the streets of Paris explode? Will the 40% or so just shrug their shoulders and ignore the instructions? We can only hope.
Unfortunately they have dug such a hole now I can’t see them ever being able to retreat from it, even saying they wanted to, which I doubt. This is where it was all heading . What’s next ? Supermarkets, doctors?
Usually I would say the French are happier to protest than we are, but on this issue I haven’t heard of anything comparable to the London marches? I hope I’m wrong and they burn the bloody Elysee down.
Not surprising, demonstations are just not reported except in places like FranceSoir.
However you are right there has yet to be anything on the scale of the yellow vest demos.
Perhaps now? He has of course timed this with the French holidays, quite deliberately, so nothing much might happen until its too late.
Also up to now the French have assumed their right to decide has not been under threat. With quite open and heavy discrimination, that assumption is threatened, so it remains to be seen what will happen.
That is an old tradition in France. .Ages ago somebody assured me that unpopular measures were always brought in during the grandes vacances, when it was hardest to organise protests.
Wednesday is July 14th. Macron needs to read up on King Louis XVI
Wow. He has created a pariah class. Let us embrace that status.
Vive la revolution!!
We need to fight this with all the fury we can muster. This is truly a hill to die on.
without any proper notice the Govt. intends to rush through Parliament tomorrow (13th July) approval so by secondary legislation covid vaccines are made compulsory for care home workers. whatever ones views on the safety and efficacy of vaccines are, it is iniquitous that such an important issue for civil liberties and human rights should be rushed through without any proper debate. So please as a matter of urgency tell your MP to vote against this. for more info go the Big Brother Watch website.
I second that. https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/2021/07/write-to-your-mp-to-ask-them-to-vote-against-mandatory-vaccines/
They don’t give a fuck, the cunts would vote anything through with debate or none as long as their snouts are in the swill ££££
Written to my M.P. Probably fallen on stony ground, but at least he knows that’s at least one constituent who isn’t buying this crap.
Meanwhile, in France they’re taking it one step further. Used to love my climbing trips to Chamonix.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9780733/Covid-France-Three-days-opening-nightclubs-President-Macron-announce-new-rules.html
OK, so one thing I really cant figure out, is why all of this is happening? We are talking about policies that are being carried in across the globe, by governments of all sorts. We can count on one hand the number of places who are not buying this bullshit, so how is all this happening?
That is highly up for dispute. The co-ordination though of executing the exact same plans, just slightly differently at slightly different times is a massive red flag though.
Some of the results are:
Many have special interests here. The above are facts, what is next remains to be seen.
So who is coordinating this at a supra-national level? It’s insane to think all governments are somehow complicit. Or just useful idiots?
Or is this all actually much WORSE to than we are being told?
Either it’s worse and we’re being lied to so there isn’t anarchy, or it’s all a big scam for some other unknown reason…
That is the biggest surprise to me. It’s one thing to say they all followed each other in panic, quite another for so many different governments around the world to still be pushing the same failed people and economy destroying polices 15 months later.
Perhaps my comment below is a hint – they’re all so scientifically illiterate that they actually believe they’re doing the right thing.
So what do you think is going on?
I’ve got no idea. There’s plenty of theories on here, of course, which would make sense if it were just a few countries gone mad but for most of them?
One thing that has always stumped me was, do you remember at the start of the pandemic when there were videos coming out of China showing people just dropping dead? They were everywhere and people were really scared as this thing was getting closer and closer. Who the hell was creating fake videos?
Follow the money… and the power…The ‘green’ agenda = depopulation. These psychopaths actually believe that they are doing good ( at least for themselves).
Global Groupthink?
The same “governments of all sorts” who are also implementing insane green policies that will also destroy their economies?
FINO.
Freedom in name only.
Ultimate objective: 100% state surveillance via covid ‘passport’.
They’ve got some bare face cheek i’ll give the sociopaths that much.
Supermarkets and shops by Christmas and then off to the nearest holiday camp next summer. It’s for our own good after all.
I think the ‘excluded’ need to stop paying their council tax for a start. If we’re not allowed to exist in wider society then why should we help to fund it?