Heavenly responses to Brexiter Steve Baker’s claim that mask mandate is hell

Do you like wearing a mask? Well, if it keeps people alive then yes, is the response of most people.

And now it’s winter it keeps the old lower face area a bit warmer, so double bubble!

Anyway, there are also a lot of people who believe that wearing a mask is a sign of an authoritarian country trying to control you.

It isn’t just civilians who think this. Some of our elected representatives think the same.

So-called Brexit hardman Steve Baker was amongst 19 Tory who voted against new mask regulations.

“This is a fundamental choice between heading towards heaven and heading towards hell”, he told the House.

“If we continue to react to these fears and uncertainties by taking the authoritarian course… then we are embarked on that downward course.”

It comes as Boris Johnson insisted he had already put in place a package of “balanced and proportionate measures” in response to the threat posed by the new variant as cases of Omicron reached 22 in the UK.

The mandatory wearing of face coverings in shops and on public transport came into force in England on Tuesday, along with tighter testing requirements for international travel and the return of self-isolation for contacts of confirmed Omicron cases, even if they have been fully vaccinated.

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There were a lot of people who thought this religious fervour was simply too much, from a bunch of MPs who have already said some ridiculous things about mask-wearing and the pandemic.

Here are some of the most heavenly responses…