PM and chancellor U-turn: They now say they will isolate after uproar over 'stupid' plan to avoid staying home

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'This Conservative Government is in chaos.' Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says the prime minister and chancellor 'have been busted again' for thinking 'the rules that we are all following don't apply to them'. Read more:

Mr Sunak tweeted:"Whilst the test and trace pilot is fairly restrictive, allowing only essential government business, I recognise that even the sense that the rules aren't the same for everyone is wrong.A quarantine dodge by Boris Johnson would unleash a massive 'do as I say, not as I do' row

"The way the prime minister conducts himself creates chaos, makes for bad government and has deadly consequences for the British public." That means that there is a legal obligation to self-isolate, whereas being pinged by the app is only guidance.as coronavirus cases rise.Referring to the increasing numbers of people being told to self-isolate, and around two hours before Downing Street's latest U-turn, Mr Jenrick said:"I do appreciate that this is proving to be very challenging.

It's running in conjunction with a general daily contact testing study, open to anyone identified as a close contact of a positive case.by taking part in a similar scheme.

 

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Keir_Starmer not everybody is following the rules 🙄

warrenmorgan They have more work and responsibilities than many but should be able to cope in these Zoom days.

As Labour are a minority, Keir wouldn't understand what it takes to lead or run a country. All he has is childish politics via Sky that clearly people aren't bothered with. He needs to resign before to party collapses. Latest voting intention: CON: 43% (+2) LAB: 32% (-3)

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