One of the questions regularly asked by Tory MPs on the libertarian wing of the party: why isn’t the UK taking the Swedish approach on coronavirus? After the Prime Minister announced this week that the public ought to expect at least six more months of restrictions, Johnson has faced a backlash both within his own party and among certain sections of the scientific community over his strategy of nationwide measures to suppress the virus.
Tegnell was key to Sweden’s decision to avoid a full lockdown
The chair of the 1922 Committee Graham Brady is attempting to amend the government’s emergency powers so MPs have more of a say over coronavirus measures. Speaking this week, Brady suggested the UK could look to Sweden’s strategy, which didn’t involve a formal government mandated lockdown.
But while Johnson has refused to rule out a second national lockdown, these MPs may find cheer in the news that the man behind the Swedish approach recently was called on to give his advice to Downing Street. In
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