Irish Examiner view: Recklessness of Boris Johnson in easing pandemic restrictions

Scientists warned that Britain's PM's plan to ease England’s pandemic restrictions on Monday is a threat and will encourage new variants

UK prime minister Boris Johnson is unlikely to have many scientists on his guest list for a summer barbecue. Picture: Matt Dunham/PA

If there is to be a high summer barbecue at Chequers this weekend, as there may well be, it is unlikely that the guest list will be overpopulated by scientists. 

The host, UK prime minister Boris Johnson, who looks like a man who might throw a good party, seems unlikely to extend an 11th-hour invitation to many as more than 1,200 scientists yesterday warned that his plan to ease England’s pandemic restrictions on Monday is a threat and will encourage new variants.