Police stretched to breaking point after a month of unrest were given no warning that pubs would be reopening next Saturday, a union claims.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been branded “reckless” for announcing July 4 as “Independence Day” in the latest easing of lockdown measures.
And a Police Federation source said it came out of the blue. He said: “It seems ridiculous the Government hasn’t engaged with the very officers who will have to police pubs at a time when we are already facing pressure from Black Lives Matter protests and mini-riots.” Police Federation chair John Apter has already described easing lockdown as a “countdown to party time” and begged people to behave amid fears that binge-drinking will spark violence.
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