Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and the new health secretary have all been forced into isolation as the UK’s so-called ‘freedom day’ arrived with a bang.
Speaking from his country residence the PM urged caution as he mumbled through an explanation as to why yesterday’s embarrassing u-turn occurred.
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Here are just a couple of the comments made on social media about the cringe-worthy government self-isolation climbdown.
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There are also concerns about how he made it to his country retreat, from Downing Street, when he was supposed to be self-isolating.
Labour MP Chris Bryant tweeted: “Have I missed something? Johnson was told he was a close contact on Friday? It wasn’t till Sunday at Downing St that he announced he was starting the pilot scheme? And then he was driven to chequers, thereby not self isolating at all? Hasn’t he broken the law several times over?”
Boris Johnson has also appealed to people to exercise their new freedoms with caution as most mandatory lockdown restrictions in England are finally lifted.
Social-distancing rules which, in one form or another, have governed people’s lives for over a year finally ended on Monday morning at one minute past midnight.
Face masks are no longer mandatory in shops and on public transport, limits on gathering have gone and the work from home guidance has ended.
However, by loosening the rules many are fearful of a huge increase in covid cases, with many people who have health underlying issues concerned about contracting the virus, in one of its many forms.
With that in mind #ThePurge and #PlagueIsland began to trend on social media.
Is this the beginning or the end?
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Another hashtag that began to trend was #FreedDumbDayUK and #FreeDumbDay, here is a taste of what people were saying about this.
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