{"id":1110460,"date":"2021-12-12T00:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T05:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1110460"},"modified":"2021-12-12T00:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T05:43:41","slug":"england-mask-mandate-sees-major-expansion-as-restrictions-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/england-mask-mandate-sees-major-expansion-as-restrictions-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"England Mask Mandate Sees Major Expansion as Restrictions Mount"},"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\">18<\/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-1236928875-e1639134451195-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The mask mandate in England has been massively expanded today as part of a range of new restrictions announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The newly expanded mandate, which was announced by an embattled Boris Johnson on Wednesday, is part of new \u2018Plan B\u2019 restrictions put in place in England to combat the rise in Covid cases.<\/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>Rules regarding face coverings in retail settings and on public transport had already been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/27\/boris-johnson-covid-omicron-return-mask-mandates-shops-transport\/\">implemented<\/a> last month, with the new rules set to massively expand on those requirements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-59602664\">According<\/a> to the BBC, masks will now also be mandatory in cinemas, theatres, indoor stadiums, museums, and places of worship.<\/p>\n<p>Exemptions are in place for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/08\/covid-1984-boris-locks-down-britain-before-christmas\/\">eating and singing<\/a>, however, with masks remaining optional in restaurants, pubs, and bars.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Additional \u2018Plan B\u2019 measures that are to be implemented include work from home guidance as well as the implementation of domestic Covid passports for certain events in England.<\/p>\n<p>Covid passes have already been imposed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/site-information\/glossary\/devolution\/\">devolved<\/a> governments in the United Kingdom\u2019s other Home Nations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.92\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">Conservatives Rebel Over BoJo\u2019s Vax Mandate \u2018Political Suicide\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2OW0OfcjhO\">https:\/\/t.co\/2OW0OfcjhO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1469012720921894912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the government has claimed that the new restrictions have been implemented to further combat the new Omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus, others have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/08\/dead-cat-boris-distracts-nation-from-party-scandal-with-fresh-lockdown-threats\/\">accused<\/a> Boris Johnson of using Covid measures to distract from recent controversies.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister\u2019s former chief advisor, Dominic Cummings, had accused him of using so-called \u201cdead cat\u201d tactics to distract from an ongoing Christmas party scandal, centred on gatherings that allegedly occurred in Downing Street last winter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>These gatherings, which are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/09\/uk-now-investigating-three-alleged-lockdown-busting-downing-street-christmas-parties\/\">alleged<\/a> to include at least one Christmas party, may have broken the government\u2019s own strict lockdown rules that were in place at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Using a \u201cdead cat\u201d involves dropping a proverbial bombshell in order to displace an undesirable narrative, with Cummings accusing Johnson of using the restrictions to move attention away from the alleged gatherings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAny Cabinet Minister who supports [Johnson announcing] Plan B today in *lunatic* attempt to dead cat the parties is defending the indefensible [sic],\u201d Cummings wrote online.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8727272727273\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Now Investigating Three Alleged Lockdown-Busting Downing Street Christmas Parties <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2B2e0ZCm7N\">https:\/\/t.co\/2B2e0ZCm7N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1469015545139933193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, many Conservative backbenchers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/09\/conservatives-rebel-over-bojos-vax-mandate-political-suicide\/\">rebelled<\/a> against the government&nbsp;over the restrictions, with former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell telling the BBC that the current mood in the party is \u201csulphurous\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" 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 asked Mark Harper MP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is vital that the maximum number of Conservative MPs vote against Plan B, whatever our useless Opposition do,\u201d another Tory backbencher, Steve Baker, posted online.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also caused significant outrage by suggesting the possibility of forced vaccination in Britain, with the prime minister saying that there needed to be a \u201cnational conversation\u201d regarding vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the suggestion, Brexit leader Nigel Farage said that he was \u201castonished\u201d by Johnson\u2019s suggestion, and questioned the prime minister\u2019s authority to govern.<\/p>\n<p>\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 Farage \u2014 the man who arguably orchestrated the downfall of the last two British prime ministers \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/farage-slams-boris-for-calls-to-have-national-conversation-on-mandatory-vaccination\/\">said<\/a>.<\/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<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9827586206897\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch: PM Boris Encouraged Tory Activists to \u2018Exchange Bodily Fluids\u2019 Just Two Months Ago <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2CdZWixjDo\">https:\/\/t.co\/2CdZWixjDo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1468997370000117762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mask mandate in England has been massively expanded today as part of a range of new restrictions announced on Wednesday. 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