with the government. but other tories couldn't be persuaded. with a heavy heart, i'm afraid to say to the minister that i cannot support the government this evening because i cannot find a way to explain to my constituents why the things they are looking forward to getting back to doing have to wait. the government has set a disastrous precedent in terms of the future of liberty in these islands. now, i could understand it if we were a communist party, but this is the party that inherited the true wisdom of the whig tradition. sir desmond swayne. the easing of covid—i9 restrictions has been delayed in scotland too. the whole country was due to move to the lowest level zero of its five—tier system from the 28th ofjune. but the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said that this was likely to be delayed by three weeks so that more people can be