Boris Johnson outlines Covid-19 restrictions in TV address as cases rise in the UK – watch live

Boris Johnson is expected to hold a a briefing on coronavirus with the chief medical officer professor Chris Whitty and chief scientific officer Sir Patrick Vallance.

[ash]

I'm done with this garbage, there's no way I'm sticking to any of the trash they hoist on us when adding in exceptions for themselves.

[chrimrgan]

At this point, I’d rather the coronavirus gave us a briefing on how it is going to protect us from this government.

[FlyByNick]

It hasn't even started but I know whatever comes out of his pie hole I disagree with.

[fmjjjjn]

Covid19 cases: *decrease*
Boris: wEll thATS loVELY lETs reOPEn SChooLS!¡
covid19 cases: *increase*
Boris: D:

[narcisscocapital]

This creature is sick with power. Gollum.

[mikesully]

Is it not funny how these cases started shooting back up right when Schools re-opened? yet we are told schools and children have nothing to do with it? Children don't show symptoms so they are fine apparently. But surely that makes it worse, because they can unknowingly spread the virus to all of their family and friends?
Schools are being asked to follow the 2 metre rule, yet that is impossible for a school because they still have to cram 35 kids into a classroom right as before? And new schools are tiny - our school is so small, kids were crammed right in right when it opened. Small coridoors, small classrooms, 35 kids to a classroom, kids having to share devices and computers, and they think it won't spread in schools??

[alistermunro]

Has anyone ever walked in to the barbers and asked for a Boris?

This is the choice of the little Englander. Well done.

[kellypaws]

The mask should be over his eyes and ears, to better reflect his abilities to communicate.

[dieselkj]

I will never vote for the Conservatives, I will remember the restrictions you have put on life & the tyrannical nature you have gone about it.

[thisishowwedoit]

Just sodding go out and get on with life and stop worrying about something not that deadly gees

[GloUp]

Schools need to be shut but then parents will have to stay at home and not work which will cause more money to be printed to provide more benefits! 🤦‍♂️

[Stardust_Truth_Seeker]

who's going to be on the wrong side of history and get their karma when they face the day of judgement. Nobody can escape the Divine justice! Nobody!

[scottiedont]

CDC infection fatality rate:
0-19 years: 0.00003
20-49 years: 0.0002
50-69 years: 0.005
70+ years: 0.054

[arisfilos-ratsikas]

"We did in March and April". Well, in March and April there was a general lockdown. "Local lockdowns". Where are these happening exactly? I live in Liverpool, which is probably the worst place in England in terms of cases/population, and there is no lockdown.

[correspondencecommittee]

Monty Python has nothing on Boris the Buffoon when it comes to farce. The main drawback with Johnson is that he's for real.

[TheGardeneruk]

HOW MANY ARE DIEING FROM COVID-19 IN 7 DAYS, CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS ???

[JAYoung-ezmg]

It would have been nice to see the slides.

[johnlawrence]

Now that Boris’s Pa’s in the stocks
HMS Boris veers close to the rocks
If he doesn’t start stopping
Not masking when shopping
He’ll get electrical therapy shocks

[LaerrusUK]

Is it really the year 2020? Because it feels like 1984.

[Originaljelly]

I read this as “this lie event has not yet started”