the prime minister there saying it was the only way to make sure that hospitals wouldn't be overwhelmed. again, just because of the rate at which this variant spreads. here in the uk, as you mentioned, andrea, there's a real political issue when it comes to imposing more restrictions. scientists have been pushing for them. boris johnson, the prime minister met with his cabinet this afternoon. so far no announcement on a fresh lockdown. he would have a really, really tough time selling that to his party, andrea. >> yeah, and as i was just alluding to, they had an election a couple of days ago, which is the equivalent of one of our special elections in a congressional district, a district that has not gone against the conservatives in 200 years, went for the lib dems which is, you know, shocking to boris johnson, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. the fact that he lost this election, his party lost this