Boris Johnson considering enforcing 'stricter' rules on mandatory face masks in shops

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Boris Johnson has given his strongest hint yet that face coverings may be made mandatory in English shops, saying said he is looking at ways to be “stricter” about their use. More follows…

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God only knows why he doesn’t. We need every way possible to stop the spread of the virus whilst opening the economy.

Considering as in, see if there's a backlash on social media first? You've had the virus, you know what it can do, so man up and make the hard decisions. NZ did it and look how far ahead they are. You dithered at the startbut now you're opening like it's all gone away.

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Copying Nicola Sturgeon as per.

😷

😂 😂 if Nicola surgeon recommended you stick your head in the oven I bet you would do that to 😝 😝

Good job they have invested in PPE.

Just fucking lol us down again, before more die

He knows the people of this country. The majority are sick and tired of covid 19, its not invited and we want it to leave so that we can get back to living our normal lives. We don't want a new normal many are quacking about, we were happy with and just want the old normal back

So it can stifle the comments on Emperor Cummings?

Yeh, right ! Are those like his strict quarantine regulations for passengers arriving at U.K. airports

Would suit him.....

I wonder where he has got that idea from! 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Will that apply to beer shops such as pubs? Try drinking a pint through a mask!

What a genius.. always late to do the bleeding obvious

Looks like it's online shopping for me in future, including food. Because there's no way I'm wearing 'the new tin foil hat'.

BadPutty Deluded English exceptionalism giving way to Welsh and Scottish considered pragmatism? Bloody well hope so.

They don't call him lightning for nothing.

No rush...

Late as usual

BorisJohnson (Capt. U-turn) so again your following scotland NicolaSturgeon and sturgeon has shown how to bring a country out of lock down and boris johnson dose not have any 'common sense' and he 'dithers and delays'.

By the time he makes up his mind and acts 1000 s more will have died

Captain U-TURN

Just do it, what is there to lose? Cost the government nothing and might actually encourage more people to put shopping if they feel safer. This should have mandatory weeks ago.

Such Leadership..”Thinking About” doing things. To her credit FM Sturgeon is an example PMJohnson would do well to follow...

He should have considered it 4 months ago. Another example of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Face masks😷 should have been made mandatory as soon as the lockdown relaxed 3 weeks ago in all public venues especially indoors retail & catering outlets including cinemas,supermarkets,pubs & restaurants!!

He’s just waiting for Cummings to tell him if it’s okay.

Anyone who forces people to wear useless muzzles is guilty of a Nazi hate crime and will ultimately face severe consequences

Always behind the curve...

Mandatory wearing of face masks should have been enforced weeks ago but as usual, weeks too late, it's now only an idea to be considered 🤦‍♂️😡 ToryShambles BorisJohnsonMustGo

Always reactive, not proactive. coronavirusuk

Surely the time for face masks- if they were ever needed- was back in March/April when the virus was rife.

BoJo doesn’t have to work hard...he can just copy what Scotland are doing and that alone would be pretty damn good for the country.

Yes do it . Make a decision man . stop dithering

BorisJohnson still fumbling for headlines instead of tackling covid19, expected to call realDonaldTrump for advice shortly

As with everything with Coronavirus English government reaction is so slow with making masks mandatory

Following a real leader - Scotland!

I’m fed up with this pathetic Prime Minister “considering”. A leader needs to take decisive action, not delaying until he knows whether or not it will be popular or until there’s no other choice. It didn’t take him this long to consider keeping Dominic Cummings in his job.

Thought he might!

forever dithering

doesn't matter what type of mask you are wearing you WILL catch it if you come within 20 metres of someone. It's carried on the wind and can live in your clothes indefinitely. It infects the air in a.closed room for days.

Why’s that then? He told us they weren’t any use at all when the outbreak happened. He is such a waste of time

At last.

Or 'Boris copies Nicola again'.

Nooooo ffs

He's waiting to hear back from Cummings

T O O L A T E T O D E C I D E O N T H E M

Good.

Then shops will go out of business. Is that the plan?

Never needed them for supermarkets never been an issue, Looks like online for me.

Are you Jamaican 🤔

Where Sturgeon goes Johnson follows

About bloody time.

I’ve made my wife wear one for months now.. nothing to do with the virus she is just really ugly

then i will just shop on line

He must have a mate in the mask making Industry now.

Good, people are a ting like idiots

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