LABOUR chief Sir Keir Starmer has at this time known as for a nationwide lockdown to return into power throughout the subsequent 24 hours – urging Boris Johnson to “do it now”.
He instructed the Prime Minister to usher in the powerful restrictions urgently and added that the closure of extra faculties is “inevitable”.
⚠️ Learn our coronavirus live blog for the most recent information & updates
Sir Keir Starmer has at this time known as for a nationwide lockdownCredit score: PA:Press Affiliation
Boris Johnson was pictured leaving The Andrew Marr Present this morning Credit score: Reuters
Sir Keir mentioned the virus is now “clearly uncontrolled” and urged Mr Johnson to not delay any choices concerning additional restrictions.
Requested if he was calling for a full shutdown throughout England, he instructed Sky Information: “Nationwide lockdown.
“The Prime Minister is hinting that that is going to occur however he is delaying once more and we won’t afford that once more.”
He didn’t explicitly say what his thought of lockdown can be with many of the nation at the moment beneath Tier 4 restrictions.
‘OUT OF CONTROL’
Sir Keir added: “The virus is clearly uncontrolled and the Prime Minister is hinting that there are harder nationwide restrictions to return in two or three weeks.
“That delay has been the supply of so many issues.
“I am saying usher in these restrictions now, nationwide restrictions throughout the subsequent 24 hours, that needs to be step one to controlling the virus.”
He mentioned that it was “inevitable” extra faculties are going to must shut their doorways.
Sir Keir added: “On faculties, I do not need to add to the chaos which might be attributable to having all faculties closed tomorrow. Many will probably be closed.
“It’s inevitable extra faculties are going to have to shut and the Authorities must plan for kids’s studying and in addition for working dad and mom.
We won’t enable the Prime Minister to make use of up the subsequent two or three weeks after which deliver within the nationwide lockdown that’s inevitable. Do it now.”
Sir Keir Starmer
“So it’s inevitable extra faculties are going to shut.
“However the extra essential factor in a means is the nationwide restrictions that want to return in within the subsequent 24 hours.
“Let’s not have the PM saying ‘I will do it however not but’. That is the issue he is made so many occasions.
“We won’t enable the Prime Minister to make use of up the subsequent two or three weeks after which deliver within the nationwide lockdown that’s inevitable. Do it now.”
It comes after Boris Johnson today refused to rule out a “Tier 5” lockdown.
The Prime Minister warned he could must introduce harder coronavirus restrictions “within the subsequent few weeks”.
He mentioned we should be “practical” in regards to the tempo of which the new mutant Covid variant is spreading throughout the nation.
‘TOUGHER MEASURES’
Mr Johnson mentioned new “harder” measures could should be utilized in “many components of the nation” in a determined bid to scale back the variety of coronavirus circumstances.
Talking on The Andrew Marr Present, he mentioned “sure” when requested whether or not it might be crucial to usher in new harder restrictions.
The PM couldn’t rule out curfews, return to single hour train a day and a ban on family mixing or a complete nationwide lockdown.
Requested if a “Tier 5” was on the way in which he mentioned the restrictive system is “in all probability about to get harder.”
He added: “It might be that we have to do issues within the subsequent few weeks that will probably be harder in lots of components of the nation.
“I am totally reconciled to that, I wager the individuals of this nation are reconciled to that till the vaccine comes on stream in a large means, we’re combating this virus with the identical set of instruments.”
The 56-year-old wouldn’t speculate on the kind of new restrictions however mentioned the nation would pay attention to the issues the federal government might introduce.
He added: “You’ve got spoken about Tier 5, I have not mentioned that. However there are clearly a variety of harder measures that we must contemplate.”
The Prime Minister warned restrictions might get harder Credit score: BBC
Boris Johnson mentioned there are a “vary of restrictions” the federal government must contemplate Credit score: BBC
