Boris Johnson is facing a backbench revolt as his own MPs turn on the prime minister for introducing an array of coronavirus offences without consulting Parliament.
The new restrictions including penalties of £4,000 for “reckless” refusal to self-isolate, and a ban on pubs playing music too loudly – “prompting comparisons with George Orwell’s 1984 from leading Tory rebels”, The Times says.
Graham Brady, chair of the influential 1922 Committee, has the backing of up to 80 Tories for an amendment that would “give Parliament the final say on new coronavirus restrictions”, the newspaper reports. So has Johnson gone too far with his Covid rules?
Locked down and out: the case against restrictions
Brady and his band of Tory rebels argue that Johnson sidestepped parliament with the introduction of new coronavirus restrictions.
