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Boosterish Boris still hopes he will be viewed as the nation’s saviour
The PM is determined his optimism will allow him to turn the page on Britain’s world-beating death toll
23 February 2021 • 9:30pm
Let’s cast our minds back a year. As the coronavirus began to creep ever closer to these shores, the mitigation proposed to stop its advance was still something of a joke. On February 28, when the first UK fatality was reported of an elderly passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise ship moored in Japan, Boris Johnson offered the nation some counsel: people should wash their hands thoroughly for the length of time it took to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.
UK holidays could be back on ‘by Easter’ Greg Dickinson, Benjamin Parker
UK holidays could be back on by Easter, as the Government prepares to finalise the roadmap out of lockdown on Monday.
A gradual loosening of lockdown could mean holiday lets and larger hotels will be able to reopen by Easter, according to the Daily Mail. Dining rooms will remain closed until a later date, according to their industry source, when bars and restaurants reopen.
This comes as the travel and tourism industry has launched a campaign for international holidays to resume by May.
Nearly 500 companies have joined the campaign urging the public to ignore ministers and book their summer holidays now.