With cases rising sharply across the country, the Prime Minister was forced to cede to scientific advice and call for a second lockdown today. A second lockdown was left as a last resort but the Government, who until today, had remained adamant their three-tier system would still be used was forced to call a four-week lockdown in England. Due to the Prime Minister seemingly going against the Government’s previous claims, the ITV star lashed out Mr Johnson and termed his leadership as “rudderless”.
Following the announcement, Piers said: “As in March, we’re too late to lockdown.
“How many lives will Johnson’s latest dithering cost?”
In a scathing attack on the Prime Minister, Piers claimed it was now time for Mr Johnson to leave his position.
Prior to the announcement, he had also delivered a brutal evaluation of the Prime Minister.
Piers said: “Boris Johnson has to go.
“Britain can’t endure any more of his rudderless leadership.
“U-turn after U-turn, mixed message after mixed message, failure after failure.
“He’s been an absolute shambles in this pandemic & we desperately need a PM we can trust & who knows how to lead.”
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Although the Government had insisted a second lockdown would be avoided, documents seen by the BBC stated deaths could reach more than 4,000 a day.
Under the new lockdown measures, pubs and bars will be forced to close, while non-essential shops would be shut.
Travel within England would also be discouraged and international outbound travel would be banned.
These restrictions will last until December 2 with the public then allowed to see family members following the date.
This comes as the UK surpassed one million cases today following a daily rise of 21,915 in the last 24 hours.
Deaths also increased by 326 to 46,555 in the last 24 hours.
