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A walker wagged his finger at Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister walked in a park during the coronavirus lockdown.
The walker spoke this morning to the Prime Minister, 55, at St James’ Park in central London.
The man is seen jabbing a finger at Mr. Johnson, who is understood to be walking to work.
It is unclear what the man said, but a woman in the background is seen smiling at the incident.
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Johnson pleaded with the British to remain inside for the final days of the total coronavirus blockade with measures expected to ease in a speech tomorrow night.
“Thank you for all you are doing to protect our NHS and save lives. This holiday weekend, please stay home, so we don’t undo everything we’ve done so far,” he tweeted.
The leader went to St James’ Park and was dressed in a suit and holding a reusable cup of coffee.
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A second tweet today from the official Downing Street account said: “If you are going to leave home this weekend, you must stay two meters away from others.”
Johnson, who was recently in a serious hospital condition with Covid-19, will address the nation with plans on how the blockade will be alleviated.
However, photos taken off the coast of Brighton, East Sussex and Southend, Essex, among other places, show people sunbathing in the sunny weather today.
The Coast Guard has said it had the most calls on Friday since the shutdown began, with 97 incidents, 54 percent more than the average of 63 reported the previous month.
It reflected allegations that the government is sending mixed messages after a series of reports that it is preparing to get rid of its “stay home” slogan. However, speaking at this afternoon’s Downing Street briefing, Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps stressed that the council has not changed and insisted that the guide was for people to stay indoors.
“Only travel when you need to. Be considerate of others and let’s do our part to make Britain move safely when it is,” Shapps said.
“Prevention of overcrowding, which could lead to a second peak and more deaths, will be the responsibility of each and every one of us.
“While it is crucial that we stay at home, when the country returns to work, we should ask those people to continue cycling or walking and to be joined by many other people as well.”
He also introduced a cash increase from the £ 2 billion plan to modernize bike routes.
The minister said that social distancing would mean that space on public transport would be drastically reduced to a tenth of pre-closure levels, since passengers would have to observe the two-meter rule.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has already said that the tube runs at a fifth of its full capacity and that it would take four months to return to normal.
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