{"id":1112611,"date":"2021-12-12T19:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T00:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112611"},"modified":"2021-12-12T19:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T00:58:35","slug":"veiled-threat-boris-tells-public-to-get-booster-jab-to-save-freedoms-and-way-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veiled-threat-boris-tells-public-to-get-booster-jab-to-save-freedoms-and-way-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Veiled Threat? Boris Tells Public to Get Booster Jab to Save &#039;Freedoms and Way of Life&#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\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fveiled-threat-boris-tells-public-to-get-booster-jab-to-save-freedoms-and-way-of-life%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112611&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share 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-1166069861-e1639349905306-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Boris Johnson appeared to issue a veiled threat to citizens that failing to \u201cget boosted\u201d as a matter of urgency could see their \u201cfreedoms\u201d and \u201cway of life\u201d taken away in an address to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister\u2019s tone throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1470121094589865987\">speech<\/a> was more cajoling than threatening, and he stopped well short of announcing any new restrictions \u2014 beyond those already imposed via the implementation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/12\/boris-johnson-faces-party-mutiny-covid-restrictions\/\">\u2018Plan B\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 but comes against a backdrop of many allusions to serious curbs of people\u2019s personal liberty being under consideration, with Johnson even suggesting it is time for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/farage-slams-boris-for-calls-to-have-national-conversation-on-mandatory-vaccination\/\">\u201cnational conversation\u201d<\/a> about making vaccination compulsory.&nbsp; He also closed with what appeared to be a clear threat that, if people do not heed his urgings to \u201cget boosted\u201d in record time in the coming days and weeks, there will be consequences for civil liberties, saying: \u201cGet boosted now for yourself, for your friends and your family; get boosted now to protect jobs and livelihoods across this country; get boosted now to protect our NHS, our freedoms and our way of life.\u201d<\/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 last of these, in particular, would not make any sense without the looming threat of the state depriving people of their \u201cfreedoms and way of life\u201d if booster uptake is not to the government\u2019s satisfaction, while the allusion to getting boosted \u201cto protect jobs and livelihoods\u201d may be an allusion to the likely impact of more job-destroying lockdowns on the economy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.757225433526\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are a great country. We have the vaccines to protect our people.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s do it. Let\u2019s Get Boosted Now.<\/p>\n<p>Get Boosted Now for yourself, for your friends and your family.<\/p>\n<p>Get Boosted Now to protect our NHS, our freedoms and our way of life.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I3YTZWggJb\">https:\/\/t.co\/I3YTZWggJb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JbWPGFrvma\">pic.twitter.com\/JbWPGFrvma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1470135191935111178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prime Minister Johnson began his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1470121094589865987\">speech<\/a> by saying that \u201cvaccination is the key to beating Covid\u201d and asserting that Britain \u201cwas the first country in the world to administer a vaccine,\u201d delivered \u201cthe fastest roll-out in Europe,\u201d and has \u201cbegun the fastest booster campaign too\u201d \u2014 but claimed that this may not be enough to stop the Omicron variant of the coronavirus from overwhelming the country\u2019s socialised National Health Service (NHS).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am afraid we are now facing an emergency in our battle with the new variant, Omicron, and we must urgently reinforce our wall of vaccine protection to keep our friends and loved ones safe,\u201d the Tory leader \u2014 currently mired in <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\/\">allegations of Christmas lockdown-breaking<\/a> at Downing Street last year \u2014 insisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier today, the UK\u2019s four Chief Medical Officers raised the Covid Alert level to 4, its second-highest level, because of the evidence that Omicron is doubling here in the UK every two to three days\u2026 No-one should be in any doubt: there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming,\u201d he said, echoing claims by Scotland\u2019s left-separatist First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, that the country faces an Omicron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-59610582\">\u201ctsunami\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there will be some people watching who will be asking whether Omicron is less severe than previous variants, and whether we really need to go out and get that booster, and the answer is yes we do,\u201d Johnson went on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not make the mistake of thinking Omicron can\u2019t hurt you; can\u2019t make you and your loved ones seriously ill. We\u2019ve already seen hospitalisations doubling in a week in South Africa, and we have patients with Omicron in hospital here in the UK right now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9352941176471\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage Slams Boris for Calls to Have \u2018National Conversation\u2019 on Mandatory Vaccination <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zOEWbJMdYo\">https:\/\/t.co\/zOEWbJMdYo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1468694375161028618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\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>Boris Johnson appeared to issue a veiled threat to citizens that failing to \u201cget boosted\u201d as a matter of urgency could see their \u201cfreedoms\u201d and \u201cway of life\u201d taken away &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"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-1112611","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\/1112611","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\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112611\/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=1112611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}