{"id":1118581,"date":"2021-12-14T15:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118581"},"modified":"2021-12-14T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:43:53","slug":"farage-conservative-mps-must-rebel-against-dangerous-covid-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farage-conservative-mps-must-rebel-against-dangerous-covid-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Farage: Conservative MPs &#039;Must Rebel&#039; Against &#039;Dangerous&#039; Covid Passes"},"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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffarage-conservative-mps-must-rebel-against-dangerous-covid-passes%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=1118581&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-1204060717-e1639501114995-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage has declared that Conservative MPs must rebel against the government during the Tuesday vote on Covid passes.<\/p>\n<p>Brexit-architect Nigel Farage has urged Conservative representatives in the UK\u2019s House of Commons to rebel against their government regarding the implementation of Covid passes.<\/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 former Reform UK leader has been an outspoken critic of government restrictions in the past, even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/farage-slams-boris-for-calls-to-have-national-conversation-on-mandatory-vaccination\/\">questioning<\/a> Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s \u201cmoral authority\u201d to rule after he suggested that there should be a \u201cnational conversation\u201d on mandatory vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pH18csFMgX4\">video<\/a> posted on Tuesday, Farage admits that many, including the prime minister, are in favour of \u201cvaccine passports\u201d, but claims that Conservative MPs should regardless vote against the measure, as those who support it are \u201call wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This is because, Farage argues, a system of COVID passes creates a \u201cfalse sense of security\u201d, leading to further infection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tory MPs must rebel.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pH18csFMgX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving the vaccine does not mean you can\u2019t catch Covid or indeed carry Covid and spread Covid,\u201d Farage claimed. \u201cWhereas if you\u2019re unvaccinated and you have to have a lateral flow test done that day to get into a stadium or to a nightclub, you\u2019re actually much safer than the person who was vaccinated six months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farage also asserted that the passes could actually lead to super-spreader events, under his logic that that vaccinated people are less likely to show symptoms of Covid, but could be just as likely to spread it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if we\u2019re serious about stopping the spread at big gatherings of people, we should make everyone take a lateral flow test on that day,\u201d Farage continues. \u201cThe vaccine passport you may as well tear up and throw in the bin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brexit campaigner also raised concerns over the authoritarian nature of the system, saying that all the passes do is \u201cempower the authorities in this country to effectively stop you in the street and say papers please\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOnce again the political class have got it completely and utterly wrong,\u201d Farage went on to say. \u201cThey\u2019re taking more power to the centre more power for themselves for something with absolutely zero&nbsp;health benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, it\u2019s a minus, because actually, I think vaccine passports are dangerous and help this disease to spread,\u201d Farage concluded. \u201cSo I hope as many backbench Tory MPs as possible rebel tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7777777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Health Secretary: Covid Passes Will Be Cancelled Unless You Get a Booster Jab <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UCiGJ5I8mi\">https:\/\/t.co\/UCiGJ5I8mi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1470450695979552785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Farage has come out against the passes, those in government have expressed the desire to not only keep using the measure, but to further narrow who is eligible for a pass.<\/p>\n<p>According to the health secretary, Sajid Javid, the government wishes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/13\/uk-health-secretary-covid-passes-will-be-cancelled-unless-you-get-a-booster-jab\/\">cancel<\/a> the passes of those who did not receive a booster vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>Javid said those people, who were once considered fully vaccinated, would lose their certificates at some point after \u201call adults have had a reasonable chance to get their booster jab\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage has declared that Conservative MPs must rebel against the government during the Tuesday vote on Covid passes. 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