>> No, as it's not a national lockdown. Each of the four regions have acted independently.
It's intended to have legal force so will require legislation. Not a full blown act, just a Statutory Instrument. We're now told there will be vote but not until January.....
The reality must be that the 'new variant' was already known to government well before yesterday. If the PM read his briefs and had any grasp of detail he would have been aware of the issue before he tried to tear Starmer a new one for suggesting at PMQ's on Wednesday that the five day relaxation was, perhaps, a misjudgement.
The more honourable members of the Tory party are saying that openly and suggesting Boris deliberately delayed an announcement of restrictions until parliament was in recess and couldn't argue.
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