Keir Starmer calls for immediate lockdown in England

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www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/03/keir-starmer-calls-for-immediate-lockdown-in-england-as-covid-cases-soar

As if Boris will just say "oh yes, Keir, why didn't I think of that? Good idea."

Nope.

Boris will definitely say alas a lot

Boris can't do one in the next 24 hours now, god forbid he agree with the opposition, maybe it'll be anounced later next week instead 🙄

He won't listen.
SAGE has been calling for this and they are the scientists. Boris doesn't want to know.

Good.

Press conference later?!

What do you mean, we are in lockdown do you mean all counties tier 4, all schools closed?

Is this the big announcement that was rumoured to be him quitting the leadership?! Bit of an anticlimax.

Labour is run by the unions, did anyone expect a different response?!

news.sky.com/story/covid-19-uk-records-a-further-54-990-coronavirus-cases-and-454-deaths-12178349

As a teacher this scares me.

So we can expect Boris to talk shit to him on Wednesday followed by him promptly locking down on Friday then? What a shower of shite.

@bathsh3ba

Labour is run by the unions, did anyone expect a different response?!

What the hell? Bore off.

So fills behind this call.

*fully

All they means is Boris defo won't do a full national lockdown in the immediate future for fear of aiding with the opposition.

@bitheby

Is this the big announcement that was rumoured to be him quitting the leadership?! Bit of an anticlimax.

He confirmed today on Andrew marr he ain’t quitting.

Stammer is playing politics, it means if it gets worse he gets to say we told you to lock down.

The death numbers are lower than I’d expect to see from this many cases. It would look like they are better at treating it.

Does anybody actually care what that snake of a man thinks? All he cares about is popularity polls.

@Beebityboo

So we can expect Boris to talk shit to him on Wednesday followed by him promptly locking down on Friday then? What a shower of shite.

Seems likely. It won’t be called a lockdown though. It’ll be ‘tier 5’. Just so he doesn’t appear to be doing what Starmer says.

I mean, great swathes of the country are already in lockdown, but go ahead.

They may call it tier 4, but it's lockdown really

@SpnBaby1967

Does anybody actually care what that snake of a man thinks? All he cares about is popularity polls.

Unlike Boris of course, who could never be accused of being populist.

I'll wholeheartedly support a lockdown if we close the border to tourists (in and outbound) and do this properly. Otherwise, NO. Total waste of time.

Same for closing schools - that just means thickies going on ski trips/barbados/package hols and bringing back more (and variant) covid.

Most of us are in lockdown though?

What exactly do the people calling for a full lock down want? Lock us in our houses?

All he cares about is popularity polls

Hilarious - do you mean popularity polls like elections? Yes, I should think he does care about those!

I'm glad Starmer has called for it, Johnson is forever doing things two weeks too late. We've had enough deaths already, tyvm.

No one will be locking anyone in their houses

Yes let's destroy what little jobs are left and people lose their homes and livelihood.

Unbelievable.

Those calling for lockdown hope your happy when you lose you jobs your house your car and everything else you possess.

@Tenyearsgone

Most of us are in lockdown though?

What exactly do the people calling for a full lock down want? Lock us in our houses?

They want us to live like the wonderful country with stellar human rights records that China is!

Locked in our homes and the army on the streets with drones there to chase any errant little old lady who dared to venture outside.