PM suffers biggest revolt as almost 100 MPs reject Plan B rules - but they're still voted in

BORIS Johnson has suffered the biggest revolt of his premiership as nearly 100 MPs rejected Covid passes.

Vaccine passports will be needed for nightclubs and football matches from tomorrow after MPs voted to approve the Prime Minister's Plan B for dealing with the Omicron variant.

But the bruised PM suffered the biggest revolt of his premiership as almost 100 Tories rebelled against his crackdown to fight Omicron.

The scale of the mutiny forced him to rely on Labour support to ram the four new Covid rules through the Commons.

A whopping 98 Tories - wiping out the PM's majority - defied their leader to oppose the controversial measure.

In total some 126 MPs voted against, beaten by 369 giving Mr Johnson a majority of 243.

One senior Tory called the vote a "cry of pain" and another even suggested a challenge to Boris Johnson's leadership could be on the cards.

Charles Walker, the vice-chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee of Tory MPs said: "This was just a bridge too far.

"I think they were putting a marker down. It was a cry of pain from the Conservative Party.”

He described Boris Johnson as being in “a very, very, very difficult position”.

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Boris Johnson suffers biggest revolt as PM after almost 100 MPs reject Covid passes – but Plan B rules still voted in

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[masterm]

This means nothing - The real news is we are back to square one for no reason at all. Yet people are cancelling thier Christmas parties and family gatherings. People are queuing around the block for a booster brain-dead like it's ever going to end? All the while these lawful criminals laugh and have thier parties and enjoy thier family gatherings. Society is pathetic!

[murraycooper]

As much of a meme the sun is, it's important that they still have comments enabled. After dislikes were removed from YouTube, a lot of the news channels just have comments disabled so there is no way at all to gauge public opinion on stories which I think is a disgrace. Utterly disappointed at these covid measures and annoyed with YouTube for yet again taking opinions away from people.

[Wolfways]

The Prime Minister's rules mean nothing if the public don't agree with him.

[PaulusAlone]

Did you know the South African doctors are calling us here in the UK “ neurotic” over the way our government is behaving because of the Omicron?
And they aren’t wrong...

[alexanderwalker]

“If voting made a difference they wouldn't let us do it”

[djeq]

Look to Australia folks, if you think this isn't coming here you're mistaken, they are being a lot more coy here in the UK, implementing things slower, but the end game is the same. DO. NOT. COMPLY.

[simonpayne]

If you didnt watch TV, the average person wouldnt even know there was such as thing as covid.

[yugiboy-uk]

My trust in our political system has well and truly gone. If vaccine passports was put to a vote by the British people there's no chance it would have passed.

[ellisroberts]

Their plan B was always their plan A...

[bazbazzer]

Each day passes I think we are more and more doomed I dont think people have any idea what's coming this is a global regime

[MonsterTrouserSnake]

That seals it in concrete, never voting for tories or Labour again.

[marklewin]

And kier starmer "instructed" his mps to vote with the tories in favour of vaccine passports. Mps should be able to vote on issues of their own free will.

[kevster]

Starmer has just hammered another nail in the Labour coffin by backing bumbling Boris.

[JB-ulfi]

Well we all knew this was going to happen. Fun fact, South Africa is fine - Omicron is doing absolutely nothing.

[disasterpiece]

Even the telegraph paper printed that delta is worse than omicron, and that also a booster isn't needed 😕 we're being toyed with I swear.

[phildoodler]

Biggest rebellion. Obviously not big enough.

[JME]

“No government should ever use fear to persuade its citizens”. Well said, sir.

[jessicasarahliddell]

Proud of the Conservative MPs that went against Boris on this.

[roninhood]

The time may well be coming once again, where good people need to organise and fight fascists.

[danielseaburg]

2 years later, still unvaxxed, still unable to go see my Mrs abroad and get married and bring her over.
if i can hold out. so can you.
Freedom, is the MOST important thing we have.
Yet it's being stripped, relentlessly.
I will never give in. never.