The Tory MP for Leigh James Grundy has said that he will vote against the Government’s lockdown propsals in the House of Commons tomorrow.
Writing on his facebook page he said We must find a better way to deal with this crisis, a method that protects the health of the elderly and vulnerable, but does not reduce ordinary working people to penury and misery at the same time.
He added that unless the targeted financial support put on the table for struggling small businesses and self employed people is significantly improved, and unless there is a clear timetable for the imminent rollout of a vaccine, then I will, with great regret, and great reluctance, be unable to support the government on this issue.
A rolling series of lockdowns might, and I stress, might, hold Covid-19 at bay for a few weeks, or months, as the last one did. Then again, it might not. It certainly will cause absolute devastation to every other part of our society though, and to the health of millions, both physically and mentally.
