Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the government’s decision not to add any new countries to the green list.
Mr Shapps said it was “a difficult decision” and Portugal was downgraded because the government wants to give the UK “the best possible chance of unlocking domestically” on 21 June.
He said the emerging Nepal mutation of the Indian variant was of concern and Portugal’s positivity rate has “nearly doubled since the last review”.
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The guy has always been a liar and that hasn’t changed. A disgrace
Smug liar
Fake….it is false news. There are 12 cases. We should not have hosted the British for the football. Cynical and square minded. Uk is dead for me
My local MP who's supporting me against his own council ! Great story for any reporter. 800 pages of evidence.DM me
Best remember what happened to Mussolini and that Romanian guy.
What load of bollocks what happened it took it a long time to put India on the red list didn't take long to put Portugal on amper and like idiots we take
The government has zero clue what to to amid the new wave engulfing the country. They seem to be reacting minute by minute – wholly incompetent!
Just ‘ Build a wall ‘ !
How nice of him to say it with a smile and laugh
Because of the economic crisis and the rate of unemployment now is the best time to invest and make money 💯
4 people died with covid in Portugal in the past 7 days on record. So the country is unsafe apparently.
It’s possibly not his fault, he can’t control his emotions but that’s tough I’m afraid, a cabinet minister smiling and virtually laughing whilst giving out bad news, I’ve noticed Grant Shapps behave like this more than once, he should either wear a mask when speaking or resign.
They rip the public off at every opportunity
Realise there’s billions of pounds leaving the UK and going to EU countries. Well that won’t do with it? Let’s shut them down
This government loves controlling the public and now it has its claws into them they will never let go. This guy is just another of the puppet masters controlling Britain.
Aka Great Reset
😂😂 clown a complete clown why was the champions league final held in Portugal recently then?
It. s no.t a vax. It.s a de.pop.ul.at.io.n j.ab.
Absolutely agree, at last a bit of common sense. Wait until we have got this place under control before racing ahead.
Civil war is coming and we are coming for sky reporters watch ure backs
Investing in crypto is the only big chance of making money
STOP DISLIKING
Any chance of reporting on the Fauci emails?
What really tugs my nards is this issue of 'safety', what's 'more safe', 'less safe' and 'not safe'.
Schools 'are safe', 'We're trying our best to make the pub safe as possible', 'we're being cautious and more safe'
If it's a virus well no activity is more or less safe than any other activity. No building is more or less safe than any other and no country is more or less safe than any other?
What is going on besides constant propaganda?
In other news Portugal had and average 7 day death rate of 1, case are not sick people!
So if Fauci and the Euan lab in China are responsible for the Virus and to me creating new strains then Fauci should be arrested now and executed and the Euan lab destroyed also the CCP should be taken out. Why aren't they.
Nepal variant???? When the hell did this one arrive? Can anyone tell me, when the outer space variant is due to arrive.
WHO has already said Nepal version does not exist. The whole Tory government are lying to us. Trouble is that none of them are men and a load of cowards. Let us all make our choice.
They have no credibility…even now airports left open…covid came from China and India…into the country… Boris Johnson refused to close airports… safety first my @ss.
Why no US on the green list? We literally have the same percentage of people vaccinated…. This list uses cases as a metric which is completely useless now that we have vaccines. Speaking of that why do fully vaccinated people need to quarantine at all? They don't here in the US they just need a negative COVID test
Do we have a Jewish variant?
he put his list up where the sun dont shine
Your all gonna pay
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Is just a F….. joke football finished move to amber a list people booked a holiday they so F….. idiots