Labour leader Keir Starmer lashed out at UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying he “too weak” to lead the UK through the Omicron crisis.
The government’s reliance on Labour votes to pass new Covid measures showed the PM had lost authority with his own MPs, Starmer charged.
In a final prime minister’s questions before Christmas, the Labour leader pointed to the rebellion by 99 Conservative MPs on Tuesday evening over Covid certificates, which meant that without opposition support the government would have been defeated in the Commons vote.
Labour “stood up and showed the leadership the prime minister can’t,” Starmer told a noisy Commons. “The prime minister is so weak that without Labour help last night, vital public health measures wouldn’t have got through.
“We can’t go on with a prime minister who’s too weak to lead. So will the prime minister take time this Christmas to look in the mirror and ask himself whether he has the trust and authority to lead this country?”
Starmer said that while he disagreed with the Tory rebels, he understood their doubts about heeding Johnson’s call for tougher Covid rules given multiple reports about lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street last winter.
Thousands of Covid Deaths For Years in UK
Britain faces the prospect of thousands of annual Covid deaths for years to come, scientists have warned.
Scientists said that the UK might learn to live with thousands of Covid-related deaths for years to come.
The Covid-19 vaccines don’t seem to be a long term solution for the health crisis as new variants emerge. People will have to live with it.
Seasonal waves of the virus will sweep the country every winter. It will join other seasonal viruses, including influenza. However, it will kill those with underlying conditions with the provided vaccines.
The numbers of Covid cases seem to establish through this summer, but it will rise again. A fourth wave is to occur this autumn. This is expected to occur yearly for a while.
