Desmond Swayne: Last News

Covid-19.The Tory backlash to further lockdown restrictions emerged during a lengthy coronavirus debate in the House of Commons.Former minister Sir Desmond Swayne claimed it was a "sacking offence" for Government' scientists to warn how 200 or more people in the UK could die each day by mid-November if the current rate of infection was not halted.He also questioned if the Prime Minister has been "abducted by Dr Strangelove and reprogrammed by the Sage over to the dark side" - a reference to the 1964 comedy centred on Cold War fears of a nuclear war.Former Conservative minister Simon Clarke insisted a return to national lockdown would be "untenable" and "wrong", warning it would have a "stark and serious" toll on the country.While Lucy

A Tory MP echoed Donald Trump's argument that an increase in Covid-19 testing might make the spread of the disease look worse than it is.

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Furious Tory activists are leaving the party after Boris Johnson announced plans make peopel where fask masks when they go shopping.