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26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca look likely to be pushed onto the Government's "Amber List", just three weeks after they were added to the "Green List", as the holiday plans of Brits continue to face massive disruptions.
The Transport Secretary says new "Green Watchlist" countries could return to the "Amber List" at short notice due to changes that occur "with quite a lot of regularity". He refused to say whether he would book a holiday.
The Government has announced a "cautious" resumption of international travel for people in England from May 17th, with only 12 countries added to the quarantine-free "green list". The list will be reviewed every 3 weeks.
If the NHS app is going to be used as the vaccine passport app, is the NHS Test and Trace app going to be withdrawn, as Matt Hancock promised Harriet Harman?
In January, Grant Shapps said that if the Government did not fully unlock the country by early March, he would stand "on the barricades to get our freedoms back". This date has passed, but Mr Shapps has lost his nerve.
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