"And the biggest mistake we could make now would be to slacken our resolve at a critical moment"
"we must continue to do everything possible, right now to bring the R down."
"At the present time, they are no substitute for the national restrictions, the social distancing, hand hygiene and all the rest. So now it’s more important than ever to follow the rules."
"Remember the basics, then hands, face, space, and follow the rules. And that’s how together we can protect the NHS, save lives and get the virus back in its box."
"It’s more vital than ever now that we follow the basics,"
"The simplest thing I can do is just repeat what I’ve said, before. The more we comply, the more scrupulously we follow the guidance and the rules right now, the better all of our chances of having a Christmas that’s as close to normal as possible."
"the point that you make, does show that human agency, collective action, all of us pulling together really can work"
" I’m acutely conscious that no other peace time prime minister has asked so much of the British people and just as our country has risen to every previous trial, so it has responded this time and I am deeply grateful"
" But what we don’t want is to throw caution to the winds and allow the virus to flare up again, forcing us all back into lockdown in January. "
"But this virus obviously is not going to grant a Christmas truce. I"
"Mr. Speaker, 2020 has been in many ways a tragic year, when so many have lost loved ones and faced financial ruin, and this will be still a hard winter. Christmas cannot be normal and there’s a long road to spring, but we have turned a corner and the escape route is in sight."
"everyone can help speed up the arrival of that moment by continuing to follow the rules, getting tested and self isolating when instructed, remembering hands, stay, space, and pulling together for one final push to the spring"
"we must first navigate a hard winter, when the burden on our NHS is heaviest and the cold weather favors the virus. "
"If we ease off now, we risk losing control of this virus all over again, casting aside our hard won gains and forcing us back into a new year national lockdown, with all the damage that would meet.
"I’m sorry to confirm that from Wednesday, most of England will be in the top two tiers with the toughest measures. "
"And I know that this will bring a great deal of heartache and frustration, especially for our vital hospitality sector, our pubs, our restaurants, our hotels. In so many ways, the soul of our communities, and which continue to bear a disproportionate share of the burden. "
"But there’s no doubt that the restrictions in all tiers are tough. And I’m sorry about that. While the data is beginning to improve, the virus is still prevalent and the faster we drive it down, the faster we can lift restrictions. "
"So your tier is not your destiny. Every area has the means of escape. And I have no doubt that together, we can get through this winter, suppress the virus until vaccines come to our aid, and then we can reclaim our lives and all the things that we love."
"But what we want to avoid is relaxing now too much, taking our foot off the throat of the beast now when we’ve got it pretty much in a much, much better place than it was before the autumn measures came in."
"You’ve also got to make sure that you’re following the guidance and doing all the right things, as the people of Liverpool were, and indeed people are doing across the country. "
"it depends, I think as Chris and Patrick have really tried to stress in this session, on all of us being commonsensical, and doing the right thing. "
cc: @LiamThorpECHO this was in response to your question
"I think it’d be probably fair to say that it wasn’t just the testing that was a success in Liverpool. It was the way everybody seemed to pull together to do the right thing, and to get the virus down."
"I think the police have done an amazing job of enforcement, light touch enforcement. They’ve handed out lots of FPNs, fifth penalty notices, for breaches of the rules, but they’ve also helped to keep people overwhelmingly in line with what they need to do. "
"The bulk of the population take this incredibly seriously get it right and they’ll continue to do so."
I don't know where you go at normalising a Prime Minister such as Boris Johnson
But if you can normalise so so much
Then once you are so far invested
I can understand how difficult it is to pull back
So I would ask a more simple question
Not to Boris Johnson
Although every single attendee at his christmas partIES should face the same
Why did you not follow the rules?
Did you think because it was a party at the Prime Minister's bequest this was ok?
M Thatcher
"My Britain is one where the rule of law is upheld, impartially even against the most powerful bodies in our community and where those entrusted with upholding the law, whether policemen or judges, are given respect, support and encouragement. "
A reminder of Barnard Castle
I am fascinated
Not at the Conservative MPs who came out with excuses and deflections
“They want leadership. They’re so thirsty for it they’ll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there’s no water, they’ll drink the sand.”
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I thought as a counterpoint to "UNLEASHED"
I would do a quick run through of my "favourite" threads on Boris Johnson I have written over the years