Chris Rea‘s festive observe ‘Driving House For Christmas’ has began trending on-line following information that the UK is introducing new coronavirus restrictions for the vacation interval.

Earlier in the present day (December 19), Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced that his originally planned relaxed coronavirus rules for the Christmas period have now been scrapped. He additionally unveiled a fourth tier of restrictions.

“We can not proceed with Christmas as deliberate,” Johnson mentioned, addressing the nation alongside England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty and the federal government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

The brand new guidelines imply that individuals in Tier 1-3 will be unable to journey right into a Tier 4 space, although assist bubbles stay unaffected as do the exemptions for separated dad and mom and their youngsters.

In Tier 4, folks mustn’t combine with anybody exterior their very own family, aside from assist bubbles. Christmas bubbles for these in Tiers 1-3 will be unable embrace anybody within the newly launched Tier 4.

Following the announcement, plenty of folks have taken to social media to each air their frustrations and make gentle of the brand new restrictions utilizing Rea’s festive favorite.

The track, which was first launched in 1988, opens with the lyrics: “I’m driving dwelling for Christmas/ Oh, I can’t wait to see these faces/ I’m driving dwelling for Christmas, yeah/ Properly, I’m transferring down that line.”

Nevertheless, with the brand new restrictions lots of people received’t be capable of journey to go to their family members over the festive interval.

“I’ve simply seen Chris Rea doing a u-turn on the A1,” Rob Beckett wrote on Twitter. Fellow comic Dom Jolly tweeted: “Chris Rea circled by Covid Marshalls at Tier 4 roadblock on A40.”

I’ve simply seen Chris Rea doing a u-turn on the A1.

— Rob Beckett (@robbeckettcomic) December 19, 2020

Chris Rea circled by Covid Marshalls at Tier 4 roadblock on A40.

— Dom Joly (@domjoly) December 19, 2020

“That’s Chris Rea fucked,” one Twitter consumer wrote, whereas one other identified that “Chris Rea’s Christmas track is now a legal offence.”

That is Chris Rea fucked.

— Previous Holborn® (@Holbornlolz) December 19, 2020

Chris Rea’s Christmas track is now a legal offence.

— #MarcherClaus (@MarcherLord1) December 19, 2020

Others tweeted gifs of vehicles doing u-turns within the snow, coming again on themselves on motorways, and one consumer even tweeted {a photograph} of a line of law enforcement officials guarding a gate with the caption: “Dwell photos from exterior Chris Rea’s London residence.”

See extra tweets about Rea’s ‘Driving House For Christmas’ under:

Dwell photos from exterior Chris Rea’s London residence. pic.twitter.com/gHDI9jIoRj

— Chris West (@ChrisWest179) December 19, 2020

Chris Rea proper now pic.twitter.com/rcUb9C86Gw

— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) December 19, 2020

Chris Rea higher flip again.

— Steve Bugeja (@SteveBugeja) December 19, 2020

In the meantime with Chris Rea. #tier4 pic.twitter.com/E897g4bxzL

— Christopher McGill (@McGillTweet) December 19, 2020

Chris Rea’s full identify is Christmas Rearrangements.

— cluedont (@cluedont) December 19, 2020

Chris Rea: pic.twitter.com/G3DvHC7pRC