'OUR Freedom Day lasted just 17 hours': Nightclub bosses blast Boris over plan for compulsory vaccine passports - a week after he said revellers would NOT need them
Furious hospitality chiefs have slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to make vaccine passports compulsory in nightclubs and other 'crowded' venues from September as England's so-called 'Freedom Day' descended into an 'absolute shambles'. At a Downing Street press conference last night, Mr Johnson - who is self-isolating in Chequers after he was 'pinged' by the NHS Covid app - announced that proof of double-vaccination will be a 'condition of entry' at clubs just hours after they reopened for the first time in 16 months. He declined to specify which other venues will be targeted and even failed to rule out extending the scheme to other hospitality venues, including pubs. The policy is a major reverse-ferret, with Cabinet ministers Michael Gove and Nadhim Zahawi previously denying there were plans to introduce so-called 'Covid status certification' and Downing Street calling such a move 'discriminatory'. Night-time economy bosses have reacted angrily to the plans, calling the move 'yet another chaotic U-turn' and a 'bad idea', with eight in 10 nightclubs warning they do not want to implement vaccine passports amid concerns the requirement will damage their trade even further.
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Furious hospitality chiefs have slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to make vaccine passports compulsory in nightclubs and other 'crowded' venues from September as England's so-called 'Freedom Day' descended into an 'absolute shambles'. At a Downing Street press conference last night, Mr Johnson - who is self-isolating in Chequers after he was 'pinged' by the NHS Covid app - announced that proof of double-vaccination will be a 'condition of entry' at clubs just hours after they reopened for the first time in 16 months. He declined to specify which other venues will be targeted and even failed to rule out extending the scheme to other hospitality venues, including pubs. The policy is a major reverse-ferret, with Cabinet ministers Michael Gove and Nadhim Zahawi previously denying there were plans to introduce so-called 'Covid status certification' and Downing Street calling such a move 'discriminatory'. Night-time economy bosses have reacted angrily to the plans, calling the move 'yet another chaotic U-turn' and a 'bad idea', with eight in 10 nightclubs warning they do not want to implement vaccine passports amid concerns the requirement will damage their trade even further.
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