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Tories slam Matt Hancock for demeaning his office with overblown threats of 10 YEARS in jail for red list travellers who lie on forms as it emerges the law WONT be changed and experts vow to eat a face mask if anyone ever gets the full punishment Travellers who lie about visiting red list country face a 10-year prison sentence  Former Supreme Court justice Lord  Sumption says term is extraordinarily high Lord Sumption suggested ministers were unfit to hold office over the decision  Arrivals ...

Draconian policies intended to send a signal have set a dangerous precedent The threat of ten years in prison for dodging quarantine, instituted with minimal oversight, is a worrying sign 10 February 2021 • 12:05pm When politicians are under pressure and need to get a big message over to the public, a favoured technique is to announce a measure with a top line so out of the ordinary that it cannot be ignored. For example, back in 2007 when the Conservatives were desperate to scare Gordon Brow...

The London Economic | Tories to bypass parliament with "draconian" 10-year sentences for fibbing holidaymakers | Politics

Summer holidays abroad will be lost, warns travel industry Hazel Plush Travel industry leaders have spoken out in warning that summer holidays will be lost again this year, if ministers prohibit international leisure travel until the entire population is vaccinated.  This morning, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps suggested that international leisure travel may not be permitted until autumn 2021, the deadline by which the Government aims to have offered the vaccine to every UK ...

The British public expects "strong action", Grant Shapps says, amid criticism of the new penalty.

THIS week the government announced plans to jail people for up to 10 years if they are caught lying about their movements in a fresh bid to tackle…

MPs’ quarantine fury as 10-year sentence for breaching Covid travel rules longer than child sex offences Updated: 10 Feb 2021, 11:13 TORY MPs have blasted new Covid rules which will see Brits who lie about their holiday destinations caged for up to ten years - longer than the maximum sentence for some child sex offences. Matt Hancock said yesterday that travellers who dupe border authorities when coming back from Covid “red” countries would face a £10,000 fine or a lengthy spell behind b...

I enjoyed reading Christopher Snowdon's critique of lockdown sceptics ("Rise of the Coronavirus Cranks"). Chris is a lively and entertaining writer and he does a great line in withering scorn ("There is no shortage of stupidity on Twitter, but...

Legislation was enacted by the coalition government in 2011 to protect the minority Liberal Democrats from an early tactical dissolution by the Conservatives.The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

In the Second World War, he was a valiant soldier, spending much of the conflict in the unforgiving Burma campaign against Japan, confronted by hostile conditions and an implacable foe. Another kind of valour motivated him after the outbreak of Covid-19 last year. Having almost died after a serious fall at his Bedfordshire home in 2018, the 99-year-old veteran decided to embark on a fundraising daily walk for the NHS to repay the dedication of the hospital staff who had cared for him.  His mis...