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Sajid Javid Has “Worsened” Prospect of All Freedoms Being Returned on July 19th, Says Steve Baker

by Michael Curzon
29 June 2021 4:00 PM

Allies of Sajid Javid are keen to point out that he will be much less “nanny state-ish” as Health Secretary than Matt Hancock has been over the past 15 months. But Javid failed his first test by ruling out unlocking the nation on July 5th and he is now accused of being unclear about whether all restrictions will be removed when ‘Freedom Day’ finally arrives.

Conservative MP Steve Baker has told Sky News that Javid has actually “worsened” the prospect of all restrictions being lifted on July 19th by being ambiguous over whether or not guidelines on social distancing and testing will end at this time.

NEW: Getting rid of Step 4 restrictions in England on July 19 is not enough warns CRG head Steve Baker @stevebakerhw

He is worried the Social Distancing Review – overseen by more pro-intervention Michael Gove – may keep restrictions in place pic.twitter.com/KXMmaxknRo

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) June 29, 2021

Baker’s comments on the likelihood of Test and Trace continuing to play a large role after July 19th are particularly fitting, given that the Government has just awarded Serco and Mitie new testing contracts – worth up to £687 million collectively – to support this system. These contracts could run for up to 18 months.

The Deputy Chair of the Covid Recovery Group says that maintaining some restrictions after Step Four of the lockdown “roadmap” would risk creating a “hollow and haunted society”. Sky News has more.

Asked by Sky’s Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates whether he welcomed the fact Mr Javid described July 19th as “irreversible”, Mr Baker said the claim did not go far enough.

He said: “I am very pleased he doubled down on it, but I would just observe he has doubled down on the existing Government line to take. In fact, in a sense, he has worsened the position.

“The impression which Matt [Hancock] was happy to create in the Commons was that once we got to Step Four there would not be regulations – freedom from regulations – now that’s difficult to reconcile with what’s now going on with events with Covid certification being trialled, with social distancing and test and trace – what actually is the world going to look like when we get our freedom back?”

Mr Baker said guidance on face masks and the one-metre rule should all be removed next month to ensure businesses do not feel pressured to follow them by default…

“I’m very conscious that even voluntary measures will be interpreted by the Health and Safety Executive and businesses and could effectively be compulsory. So until the Government stops recommending these things, too many businesses will become unviable.”

Worth reading in full.

Tags: Freedom DayGuidelinesMasksRoadmapSajid JavidSocial distancingSteve BakerUnlock

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Art Simtotic
Art Simtotic
1 month ago

State-sponsored censorship masquerading as online-safety knows exactly what it’s doing. Straight out of the CCP playbook. Nanny knows worst.

Last edited 1 month ago by Art Simtotic
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JXB
JXB
1 month ago
Reply to  Art Simtotic

Not restrict – shut it down.

The aim is no free, independent information sources, just Government controlled lie machine.

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Tyrbiter
Tyrbiter
1 month ago

Ofcom could do with a salvo of precision guided munitions.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
1 month ago
Reply to  Tyrbiter

I’d be happy to administer any sort of percussive attack, including a well aimed bunch of fives on each of their noses.

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Sepulchrave
Sepulchrave
1 month ago

Oh no, I’ll have to use a USA VPN server to access it.

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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
1 month ago
Reply to  Sepulchrave

Or non-UK (and non-EU?) – ie mpst of the world outside openly authoritarian ones.

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 month ago
Reply to  EppingBlogger

I think Oz is well down the censorship track too.

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 month ago
Reply to  Sepulchrave

Yes. But we need most people in UK or EU to learn how to do that and to regard it as normal.

Last edited 1 month ago by soundofreason
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JXB
JXB
1 month ago
Reply to  soundofreason

There is nothing much to learn except which services are available (there are plenty, and widely advertised ), how they are rated (numerous on-line reviews).

But… the best ones are not free.

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RichardTechnik
RichardTechnik
1 month ago
Reply to  Sepulchrave

I already do

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For a fist full of roubles
For a fist full of roubles
1 month ago
Reply to  Sepulchrave

For those who don’t have a VPN there are plently of free versions available. The free Nord VPN is only available with a US server, which simplifies things.

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allanplaskett
allanplaskett
1 month ago
Reply to  Sepulchrave

How do you do that, please?

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Sepulchrave
Sepulchrave
1 month ago
Reply to  allanplaskett

I use NordVPN, other free options include: Proton, Privado, Windscribe, Hotspot, Hide.me Free and Opera browser has a built-in free VPN.

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JXB
JXB
1 month ago
Reply to  allanplaskett

Type: VPN or which VPNs are best in the address bar of your browser and your search engine will give you appropriate results.

Or try: ExpressVPN.com

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Roy Everett
Roy Everett
1 month ago

IIRC much of the footage of the anti-Lockdown marches, the “US doctors against Lockdown” and other lockdown-sceptical or vaccine-sceptical videos were hosted on BitChute, because FB, YT tended to delete them and the Guardian/BBC complex (and most local newspaper sites) removed links to them because of “community guidelines”. I don’t like where there is going.

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 month ago

B-b-but Mr Starmer assured Trump and Vance to their faces that free speech is alive and well in the UK.🙄🤐🤥

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Gezza England
Gezza England
1 month ago
Reply to  Mogwai

There is always the possibility that Two Tier lied….

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Marque1
Marque1
1 month ago
Reply to  Gezza England

Noooo! Say it isn’t so; please, say it isn’t so.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 month ago
Reply to  Gezza England

😀😀😀

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Heretic
Heretic
1 month ago

This is terrible news! No one can blame BitChute for trying to protect themselves from these new Stalinist laws. These new laws are so like China, which blocks any Chinese person from accessing YouTube from inside China, and has done for years, so they cannot view any content at all, cutting them off from the rest of the world.

Are the British Isles about to disappear behind a new Berlin Wall?

Last edited 1 month ago by Heretic
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hogsbreath
hogsbreath
1 month ago

Social Media in Britain and Europe is well on the way to becoming one huge globalist echo chamber.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
1 month ago

BBC Licence Fee….

NordVPN subscription…

BBC Licence Fee…

NordVPN subscription…

SUCH difficult choices.

Let me fire up my TOR Browser.

Last edited 1 month ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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RichardTechnik
RichardTechnik
1 month ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

Well,……… I can tell you which is the best value

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
1 month ago
Reply to  RichardTechnik

TOR browser, correct.

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Jackthegripper
Jackthegripper
1 month ago

The the laws are working just as the state wanted.
This is just the beginning.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 month ago

Well Reform had better put something out denouncing this and PDQ.

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allanplaskett
allanplaskett
1 month ago

I understand an option exists to access Bitchute by way of a USA VPN server. Does anyone know how to do this, please?

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DickieA
DickieA
1 month ago
Reply to  allanplaskett

I pay for a VPN service from a company called Nord. There are many companies that offer one – Proton VPN, for example, is considered one of the best.

There are also some free VPN services – so I would start by using one of those. A quick search has come up with this company: https://signup.privadovpn.com/
They have a free plan (it is greyed out as they try to persuade people to use a paid one), but if you persist with the free option, it appears to work.

To use a VPN service, you need to download “the client” software – there should be options for Windows download, Apple download or Android download. Once downloaded, you would need to click on the VPN client and run the service. Most will give you a choice of servers in different countries to which you can connect. If you choose a server in the US, then all your web browser traffic will be routed through that server located in the U.S.

Once your VPN is active and connected to a US server, Bitchute will think you are located in America and websites such as Amazon will be the U.S one – with prices in dollars. Hope this helps.

Last edited 1 month ago by DickieA
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Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk
1 month ago

Never forget, it was the “Conservative” government that started the Orwellian fascist-control-state ball rolling, with never a squeak of protest from the other politicians. Welcome to 1984 folks. In Germany they are jailing for free speech, now they are going after Russell Brand; in fact, where anyone dares to stand up against the regime – they are to be crushed.

To see what their plans are, just watch “Total Trust”:

https://old.bitchute.com/search/?query=total%20trust%20surveillance%20state&kind=video&sort=new

Oh dear, this riveting documentary on China’s 1984 state is only available on Bitchute.

Another view of China: the repression of Falun Gong. Still on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g3c2n_yocw

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Jabby Mcstiff
Jabby Mcstiff
1 month ago

Proton offers a free VPN. Just search for it. Takes about two minutes to set up. It doesn’t have to be routed to an American IP address. It is important to maintain access to Bitchute. Just remember to turn the VPN off for normal internet usage as it can lead to problems like triggering security concerns if you try to log into a banking app from a different location.

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Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk
1 month ago

I’ve been running Opera as one of my browsers for over a year now, but never used the VPN which is built in. So I just gave it a go today, and it’s so simple.

1) At the “Menu” menu, top left, choose “Open Private Menu”
2) This produces a private browsing tab (ie no tracking, no history)
3) Switch on “VPN” at the bottom.
4) To exit VPN mode, just close the tab, all your other tabs are still there.
5) And off you go!

See the two screens below. The first shows the private browsing tab; second shows Bitchute’s home page.
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Hardliner
Hardliner
1 month ago
Reply to  Sparrowhawk

Moderator here: see below for corrections to this helpful advice

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Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk
1 month ago
Reply to  Hardliner

Thanks, but can you be more specific? I cannot find the information.

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Richard
Richard
1 month ago

What ever happened to UK? Never thought I’d live to see the day we, the country that stood up against oppression and championed free speech would come under the yoke of state sponsored censorship. My parents will be spinning in their graves wondering why they bothered to fight the last world war, only to see those hard won freedoms lost eighty years later.

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Hardliner
Hardliner
1 month ago

Moderator here: if you want to submit a new Comment containing the corrections, I’ll delete the old ones in due course

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