Boris all but ruled out another lockdown in the House of Commons earlier and held out the prospect of a return “closer to normality” within weeks, hinting at the abandonment of ‘Plan B’ by February. MailOnline has more.
As the U.K. recorded another 194,747 cases – up 6.4% on a week ago – the PM cautioned that the growth is “the fastest we have ever known” and older, more vulnerable people are now being affected.
However, he said bluntly that the government “does not believe we need to shut down our country again”. Instead Cabinet has agreed to stick to the existing “balanced and proportionate” Plan B restrictions in England that are “taking the edge off” the Omicron wave.
The obligation to work from home where possible, as well as wear masks in many settings and use Covid passes at large events and nightclubs will be reviewed again before they expire on January 26th – but Mr. Johnson hinted strongly that they will not be renewed.
The premier was congratulated by senior Tories including Jeremy Hunt and Theresa May for holding his nerve despite pressure to clamp down before Christmas. In another boost, Nicola Sturgeon has U-turned by following England and cutting the self-isolation period in Scotland from 10 days to seven.
Challenged by another Conservative former minister, Steve Baker, in the House, Mr Johnson said he hoped that once Omicron “blows through” the country “life will return to something much, much closer to normality” and the current restrictions will “not be necessary”.
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I don’t think that the tyrannical Johnson’s definition of ‘normal’ equates with that held by most of the readers of and contributors to this site!
I’ll believe it when the threat of mandatory jabs and Green Passports – your guarantee of health, Lol, disappear.
Worldwide digital ID is the endgame.
Clown World will not stop until this is achieved.
So, don’t be fooled and don’t let these evil bastards get you down.
Hold the Line.
“Back to normal by February” sounds like my builder who is always starting my job on Monday!
Why does the ignorant, arrogant Johnson think he’s being impressive by using this silly patronising language?
How has Boris et al not understood yet that these ‘measures’ have ZERO effect but actually damage people!? Masks especially, do nothing (with the aerosol borne virus being smaller than the cloth weave and the majority of air escaping around the edges) – there is NO actual scientific support for them and a vast swathe of evidence showing no benefit.
Folk should watch this interview with Dr Peter McCullough: https://t.me/PeterMcCullough/249
It’s an hour of your day, but blows the whole govt response out of the water. Literally everything govt are doing is very very wrong, even deadly. If I get time, I’ll try and summarize it.
Until the unvaxxed are left alone, no longer discriminated against, things will never be back to normal.
Build back better, infers a destruction of something. Would that be all the humans who were injected with an experimental biologic which has injured and killled people, and will continue to weaken the immune system one jab at a time of those who have survived?
it does not bear thinking that governments around the world have been bought. Country leaders who said no thanks, are gone, literally, they are dead.
Pardon me for not jumping for joy with the idea of a return to “near normality” in February. We have long conceded the rule that whenever our wasteful, inefficient and money absorbing NHS claims it is at risk of being “overwhelmed” , the country must jump to attention and make totally unreasonable sacrifices. This is a very heavy price to pay for the Tory election slogan, “the NHS is safe in our hands”. How about the rest of us? We have Government by health and environmental pressure groups. They are in charge and things can only get worse (not better) from now on.
Well done to the 100 Conservative Rebels; Lord Frost and the voters of Shropshire. Johnson knows it’s over: his days of dictating to us are coming to an end.
What a disaster he was allowed to destroy the economy and the lives of millions before he was stopped.
Burn the heresiarch.
Nothing could surely go wrong now…. unless there’s a new variant requiring a new booster!!!!!!
Depends on what you class as “normal”
Back to normal. Not if vax passports and eternal testing and resultant farcical false positives carries on.
The fox promises not to kill chickens.
The current restrictions are not necessary now, they were never necessary, you great fat communist fraud.
Bollocks.
The fact that he can’t or won’t rule out lockdown permanently is evil. He has learned nothing and clearly approves of lockdown, assuming he can get away with it, getting away with it is his standard of measurement.
The most dangerous man in the West at the moment is the Franco-Canadian fascist globalist and former ski instructor, Justin Trudeau. He has used rhetoric about whether or not society should ‘tolerate’ people who choose not to have unnecessary gene therapy doses, which is as close to Hitler’s language as I have heard any politician using since WWII. He has only one step after this until he starts talking about relocating people to camps. The leaders of the US, NZ and most continental countries are also now totally unhinged and openly citing hate against undosed citizens. Never again will these bastards be listened to when they prattle about hate crimes, having now committed the worst ever hate crimes themselves for all to see.
By comparison, some British and Australian leaders (some, not all) have looked measured and calm and sensible. Boris Johnson is one of the better ones, but sadly his track record cannot be ignored. Even if he does the right thing now and returns society to what it was before Operation Global ID kicked off in the summer of 2019, he is still guilty of crimes against humanity, specifically in the form of lockdowns, denial of healthcare services… Read more »
With tests at over 2 million per day is anyone expecting numbers to go down?
Getting Covid tested, irrespective of the result is a clear sign of mental illness.
He’ll certainly go down in history…
Johnson doesn’t believe in the Old Normal – he is a child of Davos. This is just yet another ‘false dawn’ to keep the plebs quiet as he plots how to tighten the screws.
Yeadon and others predict big health problems for many as the damaged immune systems of the vaccinated fail after struggling against the billions of spike proteins manufactured in their cells.
Is the real crisis about to happen?
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I reckon about another 12 months, defo if they go for jab number four.
Boris……
What is normal?
And why is Boris suggesting everyone gets boosted so they can travel?
He has his ‘targets’ set by Gates to meet for his “bonus”
Pfizer’s own 6 month report data on its COVID-19 inoculation shows that greater illness and death in the inoculation arm than the placebo arm. Plus, poor trial design, missing data, underpowered studies, passive surveillance and more – https://rumble.com/vqx3kb-the-pfizer-inoculations-do-more-harm-than-good.html
Very curious times. I expected most western countries to remain in-step on this. Happy to be proved wrong…
Italy has announced mandatory boosters today for over 50s. Mussolini would be proud!
Did Mussolini hate the Italian people?
He did when they gutted him and hung him upside down
Oh yes….
In other words, not normality.
OK, this is code for a false flag planned disaster “within weeks”.
Sudden surge of deaths due to immune system collapse blamed on Omicron?
They are due to switch on C-Band 5G around US airports on the 19th Jan. very interesting how flu type illnesses tend to spike when new spectrums are introduced.
I posted earlier that I believe something is going to happen in March.
Novak, please hold fast. Please.
They’ve cancelled his visa according to the Beeb: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59889522
I would tell them to shove the whole thing up their arse. I would also hold a press conference and let rip exactly what I thought of them.
They want him on his knees in abject surrender, being vaxxed with a smile on his face like some pornographic fantasy. It’s vital he tells them to go fuck themselves.
Agreed, Jo, and I hope to God he does. He needs to use his huge fanbase to get the word out that these people are psychopaths.
He’s lost the chance, they’re kicking him out.
As I said a couple of days ago, if he was standing on principle then he should never have gone.
I’m keeping everything crossed that he holds firm, and does indeed tell them to go fuck themselves.
But I’d wait until I was in mid air at least, if not on the safer ground of Serbia before I’d hold it!!
If I were him I would sue the Australian totalitarian government for restraint of trade.
A virus VARIANT that works its way through the population going UP through the ages?
WHAT A CROCK OF SHITE!
It’s been that long, those that started the pandemic at 40 are now 65…
Seriously though, I wonder what’s different about the bodies of primarily the oldest 3rd today than before Omicon?
“blows through” sounds an awful lot like being “let rip”
He means ‘blows off’ of course – must be on his mind.
No way the media will let this end without one he’ll of a fight.
Nor… the left, Teachers, GPs, The NHS, Big Pharma, WEF, eco lobbies etc etc