{"id":941260,"date":"2021-10-30T10:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=941260"},"modified":"2021-10-30T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T14:59:04","slug":"londons-khan-calls-for-return-of-mandatory-masks-on-public-transport-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/londons-khan-calls-for-return-of-mandatory-masks-on-public-transport-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"London&#039;s Khan Calls for Return of Mandatory Masks on Public Transport in UK"},"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\">26<\/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%2Flondons-khan-calls-for-return-of-mandatory-masks-on-public-transport-in-uk%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=941260&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\/10\/Sadiq-Khan-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">London\u2019s left-wing mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the government to make mask-wearing mandatory on public transport across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Labour\u2019s Khan has already&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/07\/14\/freedom-day-mandatory-vaccines-for-carers-khans-mask-mandate-and-vax-passports\/\">made<\/a> wearing masks a condition of carriage on Transport for London (TfL) controlled public transit, despite the law being lifted in England in the summer.<\/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>In a statement published by the mayor\u2019s office on Friday, Khan urged all Londoners to be vaccinated against both influenza and Covid-19 and continue wearing masks as Winter approaches, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/press-releases\/mayoral\/mayor-urges-londoners-to-get-covid-19-vaccinations\">adding<\/a> that he is&nbsp;\u201ccalling on the government to put simple and effective steps, such as mandatory face coverings on public transport, in place to halt the spread of the virus now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The return of the mask mandate remains an option under the Conservative government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/14\/uks-plan-b-for-coronavirus-wave-confirmed-to-include-vaccine-passports-mask-mandates\/\">\u2018Plan B\u2019 strategy<\/a> should Chinese virus hospitalisations increase over the Winter. However, the government has been facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/21\/minister-denies-stricter-plan-c-to-ban-households-mixing-at-christmas-if-covid-numbers-rise\/\">pressure<\/a> from the doctors\u2019 union the British Medical Association and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/20\/yeah-sure-uk-govt-minister-claims-no-winter-lockdown-on-the-horizon-as-nhs-pushes-plan-b\/\">NHS Confederation<\/a>, which represents organisations that deliver NHS services, to implement Plan B now.<\/p>\n<p>Khan had expressed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/07\/19\/londons-khan-disappointed-govt-didnt-mandate-continued-mask-wearing-public-transport\/\">disappointment<\/a> when in July the government did not continue to force people in England to wear masks on public transport, instituting his own London mask mandate and in August going as far as lobbying the government for a by-law making not covering your face on TfL services a criminal offence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Currently, London enforcement officers can refuse service on public transport to those not wearing masks, but as it is not a law they cannot issue fines. Khan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/08\/05\/leftist-mayor-sadiq-khan-not-wearing-a-mask-on-london-transport-should-be-a-crime\/\">said<\/a> at the time he had been \u201ctrying to lobby the government to allow us to bring in a by-law so it will be the law again, so we can issue fixed penalty notices and we can use the police service and BTP [British Transport Police], as well, to enforce this\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Khan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/20\/londons-khan-we-may-need-vaccine-passports\/\">claimed<\/a> that the UK needed to introduce domestic vaccine passports \u2014&nbsp; a move that Prime Minister Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/13\/another-vaccine-passport-u-turn-havent-been-ruled-out-forever-says-govt-minister\/\">postponed<\/a> from September but that remains an option under Plan B strategies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we may need vaccine passports. I think we\u2019re not there yet, but we may need them,\u201d Khan said last month, adding:&nbsp;\u201cWe\u2019re not there yet. In principle, I\u2019m not against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9942857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hillary Clinton Insists It\u2019s \u2018Imperative\u2019 Boris Johnson Mandates Vaccine Passports in UK <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LUfq1B3fBH\">https:\/\/t.co\/LUfq1B3fBH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1452350680383979521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Labour\u2019s former leader Tony Blair that same day also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/19\/tony-blair-says-govt-should-vaccinate-nursery-age-children-and-impose-vax-passes\/\">claimed<\/a> that the government should enforce vaccine passports and reintroduce mask-wearing, claiming it would prevent another lockdown, writing:&nbsp;\u201cA viable Covid Pass, displaying both rapid testing and vaccine status, would mean that, even with higher case numbers, a person free of the virus would be free to move around in public.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis step, alongside further action on measures like mask-wearing, needs to be taken urgently to give businesses confidence that avoiding further lockdowns is more than an aspiration but is deliverable,\u201d Blair added.<\/p>\n<p>Other leftists have demanded the UK introduce domestic vaccine passports, including two-time failed U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who said last week:&nbsp;\u201cI do think it is imperative that the prime minister do what he can to stop the rise in Covid in the UK. He doesn\u2019t need to shut the society down but he does need to mandate vaccines,\u201d before clarifying mandating vaccine passports which employers must also demand of their staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you have got to make it clear that we are not going to go back into lockdown \u2014 that is not going to happen. But, if you don\u2019t get vaccinated, if you don\u2019t have proof of vaccination if you go into a club or a restaurant, and employers don\u2019t enforce vaccines, we may see some problems, here, in the UK, when the weather gets colder and people are forced back inside again,\u201d Mrs Clinton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/24\/hillary-clinton-insists-boris-johnson-mandates-vaccine-passports\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brexit leader Nigel Farage warned of the danger of a potential two-tiered society, separating the&nbsp;\u201cjabbed\u201d and \u201cjabbed-nots\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to live in a two-tier society, don\u2019t want to live in a society where those who for reasons of conscience or belief don\u2019t choose to be jabbed become effectively social outcasts\u2026 the whole thing is completely and utterly loathsome,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/28\/nigel-farage-warns-western-world-is-dividing-into-the-jabbed-vs-the-jabbed-nots\/\">said<\/a> Farage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.971098265896\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two-Tiered Society: Nigel Farage Warns West Is Dividing Into \u2018Jabbed vs The Jabbed-Nots\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/llVVfYzpwa\">https:\/\/t.co\/llVVfYzpwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1453669872915783680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London\u2019s left-wing mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the government to make mask-wearing mandatory on public transport across the country. 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