Going back to stage 2 restrictions would be utterly unacceptable.

This would ban all indoor hospitality and limit outdoor hospitality to rule of 6 and forced table service. It would close nightclubs and reduce weddings and wakes to a maximum of 15 people.

It cannot be allowed.
If the Prime Minister were to implement this Tory MPs would be right to send in their letters and bring him down.

I get the feeling that he won't do it. Whoever is briefing this might be trying to roll the pitch to make lesser restrictions sound less bad by comparison.
That is not to say Omicron poses no risk, it does.
Government communications must be focussed on avoiding a national super spreading, vulnerable infecting, NHS breaking weekend.
My own view is that formal restrictions are not necessary if guidance can be issued aimed at squashing Xmas peak.

Vulnerable should be issued shielding advice and extra bank holiday in January created to provide option of alternate family gathering date.
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