Boris Johnson faces revolt over forcing through Covid measures

Amendment calling for votes on new restrictions is winning cross-party supportCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson is facing a massive parliamentary revolt over the way he is imposing Covid-19 restrictions on the British people without first consulting MPs – amid new signs that confidence in his leadership is collapsing in the Conservative party and across the country.An extraordinary cross-party backlash against Johnson’s “rule by diktat” from Downing Street was taking shape on Saturday – ahead of a key vote on Wednesday – as a new poll by Opinium for the Observer showed Labour has overtaken the Tories for the first time since Keir Starmer became leader in April. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/26/boris-johnson-faces-revolt-over-forcing-through-covid-measures #politics #uk_news #boris_johnson #keir_starmer #1922_committee #scottish_national_party_(snp) #liberal_democrats #coronavirus_outbreak #conservatives