Boris Johnson sets out plan to end ‘wretched year’ of lockdown

England’s coronavirus restrictions could finally be lifted by June 21 as part of a four-stage plan, Boris Johnson has announced as he declared “the end really is in sight”.

The Prime Minister told MPs the approach was “cautious but also irreversible”, with the impact of the vaccination programme replacing the need for lockdown measures.

He said a “wretched year would give way to a spring and a summer that will be very different and incomparably better”.

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[JPnielsen]

Here's my plan
Step one - End the Lockdown
That is all

[richaolsen]

Why is Nandy ignoring the fact that now they have a vaccine?
This isn’t last year when there were no vaccines.

[joba]

Brits across the political spectrum must not accept another lockdown full stop, many of us hold different views but we must unite to end this madness

[debbiewilcox]

I can’t work out how the actual death figures from the Office of National Statistics do not reflect the hysteria in any way, shape or form.
A bad flu season at worst.
Madness

[Ligerpride]

Don't trust people with lisps. Also, don't trust people who say "the science".

[martyncuer]

Typical Labour. Highlight all the damage done, sympathise greatly, then vote for longer, harder, stronger and more ridiculous restrictions and chuck buckets of our money at the victims of their policies.

[cynthiastogden]

Not the ' science ' again. What about plain old common sense.

[HandsOfLavinia]

The light at the end of the tunnel is not an illusion. The tunnel is.

[billsticker]

"Swivel-eyed lunatics" I presume he was referring to Whitty, Ferguson and the rest.

[gwd]

Contradicting yourself a bit here Lisa. On one hand, "we can't open too early because blah blah blah" on the other hand, "businesses in my area can't go on much longer". So which is it?

[alexgriffin]

I live in Germany. No light at the end of the tunnel here. Haven’t been to a pub, restaurant or cafe since October.

[JamesBalmforth]

We need a roadmap away from SAGE and Boris asap.

[davidwalters]

He’s not exactly Julia Hartley Brewer is he? He could get a job as a BBC journalist given the incisiveness of his questions

[stevebradbury]

The light at the end of the tunnel is actually another train coming the other way. Guess what happens.

[lairdkilbarchan]

Being desperate enough to Lisa Nandy's opinion about anything much is a new low point in a year comprised of very deep lows. Wouldn't it be interesting if she and her ilk understood the difference between "opposition" and "opportunism"? Lol. NO chance.

[odiedodieuk]

Urgh i don’t know if I can even tolerate watching this one. Yeah she may say reasonable things occasionally but she can still be pretty loopy

[jeremysillito]

I'm still not over first hurdle, the inventor of the test said it should not be used for diagnosis. In law if u use a product contrary to specifications u lose. The government isn't just still using it but uses it on a 45 cycle setting ! SAGE & Government = prison time baby

[matthewsmith]

I don’t think the government want us to go back to normal.

[timsplanet]

Redundancy. 52 years old. My industry has been destroyed. What next?

[mrwilsonwilson]

Science has more than one view on the covid topic, it’s just that one side of the debate has been shut down