Tory Backbenchers Say They Have Enough Votes To Block New UK Lockdown | Eastern NC Now

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    Boris Johnson is running into a major roadblock in calling a new Wuhan coronavirus lockdown in the UK, rebel Parliamentary backbenchers of his own party who want no part of another lockdown. The leader of the anti-lockdown rebellion, Conservative MP Steve Baker has told SkyNews that the rebels have enough votes in Parliament to block a new lockdown.

    https://news.sky.com/story/culture-secretary-oliver-dowden-to-be-quizzed-on-sky-news-as-pm-faces-tory-rebellion-12083151

    Meanwhile, thousands of British citizens marched in London yesterday in opposition to a new lockdown.