{"id":1102791,"date":"2021-12-09T13:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T18:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1102791"},"modified":"2021-12-09T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T18:58:40","slug":"conservatives-rebel-over-bojos-vax-mandate-political-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-rebel-over-bojos-vax-mandate-political-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives Rebel Over BoJo&#039;s Vax Mandate &#039;Political Suicide&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237098227-e1639053175919-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rebellion is brewing within the UK Conservatives after Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinted at the possibility of mandatory vaccination, a move that has been called \u201cpolitical suicide\u201d by the chairman of the country\u2019s oldest conservative think tank and which comes at the same time as a major and growing scandal surrounding lockdown-busting Christmas parties allegedly held at the PM\u2019s official residence.<\/p>\n<p>British Conservatives are on a war footing after Borish Johnson announced the implementation of Covid passes in England, as well as appearing to suggest that mandatory vaccination should be considered within the UK. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/dead-cat-boris-distracts-nation-from-party-scandal-with-fresh-lockdown-threats\/\">Some have alleged<\/a> the announcement was a cynical ploy by No.10 to deflect attention from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/boris-press-spox-allegra-stratton-resigns-from-govt-role-amid-swirling-lockdown-party-claims\/\">growing scandal<\/a> over alleged Covid rule-breaking parties in Downing Street last Christmas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The new restrictions, colloquially known as \u201cPlan B\u201d, include an expansion of the mask mandate in England to most public indoor settings, a work from home order which comes into force on Monday, and the implementation of an internal Covid pass system for nightclubs and other large events.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time COVID passes are in use internally within England, with passes already in effect in Scotland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/12\/vaccine-passport-regime-imposed-on-wales-after-law-passed-by-just-one-vote\/\">Wales<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/18\/england-to-be-last-remaining-uk-nation-without-covid-passports\/\">Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s now the proportionate and responsible thing to move to \u2018Plan B\u2019 in England,\u201d the prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/covid-1984-boris-locks-down-britain-before-christmas\/\">said<\/a> during a press conference on Wednesday, going on to claim there was a need to \u201cslow the spread of the virus\u201d and \u201cbuy ourselves the time to get more boosters into arms and especially in the older and more vulnerable people\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson also asked for a \u201cnational conversation\u201d to be had regarding mandatory vaccination, saying that he didn\u2019t believe \u201cwe can keep going indefinitely with non-pharmaceutical interventions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The announcements have prompted outcry from conservatives across Britain, both inside and outside parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Commentators have lambasted the move, with Ben Harris-Quinney, chairman of the UK\u2019s oldest conservative think tank The Bow Group, calling it \u201cpolitical suicide\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Conservative MPs are up in arms, with some outright demanding a vote against their own government.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.348314606742\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From the Paterson case to the Christmas parties\u2026the credibility of those at the very top has been seriously damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Why should people listen to the Prime Minister\u2019s instructions to follow the rules when people inside Number 10 Downing Street don\u2019t do so?<\/p>\n<p>No to Plan B \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N0si6b1kCC\">pic.twitter.com\/N0si6b1kCC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Harper (@Mark_J_Harper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_J_Harper\/status\/1468665550570246146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhy should people listen to the Prime Minister\u2019s instructions to follow the rules when people inside Number 10 Downing Street don\u2019t do so?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mark_j_harper\/status\/1468665550570246146?s=11\">asked<\/a>&nbsp;Mark Harper MP, the chairman of the Conservative lockdown-sceptic Covid Recovery Group in parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe the evidence supports Plan B and I will not vote for it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBradley_Mans\/status\/1468692513133412355?s=20\">wrote<\/a> Conservative MP Ben Bradley regarding the new restrictions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is vital that the maximum number of Conservative MPs vote against Plan B, whatever our useless Opposition do,\u201d Steve Baker, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevebakerhw\/status\/1468709759511674885?s=11\">another<\/a> backbench Conservative MP, stated. \u201cThis is now about the kind of future we are creating. Our choices could scarcely be more important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaccine passports are divisive &amp; discriminatory. They do not stop the spread of Covid,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonjamesjupp\/status\/1468653247917436940?s=11\">said<\/a> Conservative MP Simon Jupp. \u201cI won\u2019t vote for these measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say categorically that compulsory vaccinations are a step too far,\u201d Angela Richardson, another Conservative MP, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJRichardsonMP\/status\/1468660635902820367\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThat is my contribution to a national conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.332236842105\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270aIt is vital that the maximum number of Conservative MPs vote against Plan B, whatever our useless Opposition do. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddfdThis is now about the kind of future we are creating. Our choices could scarcely be more important \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RSeqGWHoTx\">https:\/\/t.co\/RSeqGWHoTx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Baker MP FRSA (@SteveBakerHW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveBakerHW\/status\/1468709759511674885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Health Secretary Savid Javid rejected the idea of mandatory vaccination in the UK in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xv1dRa3EME4\">interview<\/a> with Sky News, however only expressed his personal objections while making no firm statement that he would refuse to support the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got no interest in mandatory vaccination,\u201d Javid said. \u201cI think ethically it\u2019s wrong, but also at a very practical level, it just wouldn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of The Bow Group Ben Harris-Quinney came out strongly against the suggested measures, lambasting the hypocrisy of the Johnson government regarding the alleged breaching of lockdown restrictions in No 10 last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not only never seen people of all walks of life and all political persuasions so angry, I have never seen such an utter farce in politics as this,\u201d Mr Harris-Quinney told Breitbart London. \u201cIt is political suicide for Boris Johnson, and that is up to him, but we can\u2019t allow him to take the country down with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Harris-Quinney continued: \u201cIt is deeply worrying to hear a British prime minister even discuss the possibility of using force against the public to make them have a medical treatment they do not want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our Government do mandate forced vaccines, the situation moves into a very dark and dangerous place, and I think at that point it becomes morally justifiable as citizens to cease to recognise this Government or agents of this Government as a legitimate authority in our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage also threw his hat into the ring over Johnson\u2019s suggestion regarding forced vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am absolutely astonished by that,\u201d Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/farage-slams-boris-for-calls-to-have-national-conversation-on-mandatory-vaccination\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on Wednesday night. \u201cI am not surprised the Germans, the Austrians, the European Union are going down that path. But I never, ever, believed in my life I would hear such a thing from a British prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, Mr. Johnson, I\u2019m not listening anymore, I don\u2019t believe you have the moral authority to lead this country,\u201d Farage \u2014 who orchestrated the demise of both of the previous British prime ministers \u2014 continued. \u201cI\u2019ve no intention of abiding by anything you\u2019ve asked me to do this evening, and I think that sentiment is one that is being much more widely shared around this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.225352112676\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018I am absolutely astonished\u2026 I never believed I would hear such a thing from a British Prime Minister\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Farage responds to Boris Johnson\u2019s calls for a \u2018national conversation\u2019 on mandatory vaccinations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gUVIKVXrpO\">pic.twitter.com\/gUVIKVXrpO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB News (@GBNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GBNEWS\/status\/1468662194988634123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s sudden implementation of heavy restrictions in England comes in direct response to the proliferation of the Omicron variant of Covid within the UK. This is despite the British government admitting in its own press conference that it knows little about how the new variant will impact the country.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, however, has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2021\/dec\/08\/covid-coronavirus-uk-boris-johnson-christmas-party-uk-politics-live?page=with:block-61b091738f0819fcb698ae4f#block-61b091738f0819fcb698ae4f\">accused<\/a> of trying to distract the public&nbsp;with the rather abrupt timing of the announcement, which appears to coincide with a rapid increase in pressure on the prime minister over alleged illegal gatherings which are said to have taken place in No 1o last year.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/boris-denies-2020-lockdown-breaking-christmas-party-despite-video-leak-of-no-10-staff-joking-about-it\/\">events<\/a>, should they have occurred, happened during a period of intense lockdown in England, with a number of MPs and political commentators claiming that they constitute a breach of restrictions in place at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebellion is brewing within the UK Conservatives after Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinted at the possibility of mandatory vaccination, a move that has been called \u201cpolitical suicide\u201d by the chairman &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}