Prit Patel bullying forgotten as prime minister tells Commons about new Covid measures
On a normal Monday the Commons might have been preoccupied with the prime minister’s “unintentional” decision not to sack Priti Patel after she was found guilty of having broken the ministerial code on bullying. Instead, the home secretary’s behaviour was long forgotten as Boris Johnson used the time to announce the new coronavirus measures instead.
Talking via a video link from No 10, where he is still self-isolating, Johnson said we were returning to the tiered system, which worked so well the first time that a second lockdown became a necessity. Though these new tiers would be quite different from the old tiers. In some ways they would be more relaxed, with non-necessary retail and gyms now allowed open in all levels. And in tiers 1 and 2, some outdoor and indoor spectators would be allowed to attend sporting events, while in tier 2 no one one would be allowed into a pub unless they also ordered a substantial meal. Go figure.
