12 Jan 2021
A poll has revealed that a plurality of Britons do not think the police are cracking down hard enough on alleged covid rule-breakers, despite recent high-profile stories appearing to show overzealous officers fining women for taking walks or sitting on benches.
YouGov asked respondents on Monday to consider police enforcing coronavirus rules and whether they thought enforcement had been “too strict”, “about right”, or “not strict enough” in a snap poll. Just over one-in-ten (14 per cent) said that police had been too strict, with more than one-quarter (27 per cent) said that enforcement had been “about right”. While the largest proportion (46 per cent) said that police had not been strict enough.
12 Jan 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has threatened that if Britons are not following coronavirus rules “we may have to do more” and impose stricter measures.
Mr Johnson made the remarks on Monday after media reported sources saying that the government was considering enforcing harsher measures, including banning Britons from leaving the house more than once a week.
The prime minister said, according to the
Evening Standard: “We’re going to keep the rules under constant review. Where we have to tighten them, we will.”
He continued: “In supermarkets, people need to be keeping their distance, making sure that they’re wearing masks, doing the right thing.