Nicola Sturgeon BANS Boris Johnson's Stay Alert slogan in Scotland as his lockdown exit road map descends into shambles with the First Minister again warning that mixed messages will cost lives
- Scotland to ignore PM's 'vague' 'Stay Alert, Control the Virus, Save Lives' slogan
- Sturgeon said it would keep the previous 'Stay Home' advice for the time being
- Told Sky: 'I have to make judgements about what is right for Scotland'
- Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford is also maintaining 'Stay Home' advice
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
Nicola Sturgeon tore into Boris Johnson's chaotic new lockdown plans today, insisting that they would not be used in Scotland.
The First Minister said she would ignore the Prime Minister's 'vague' new 'Stay Alert, Control the Virus, Save Lives' slogan in favour of the previous 'Stay Home' message.
It was the latest sign that Mr Johnson's attempt to keep the four nations of the United Kingdom in sync over coronavirus was in danger of breaking down.
Last night Ms Sturgeon's Welsh counterpart Mark Drakeford said the 'stay at home' message had not changed in Wales either.
Speaking to Sky News today Mrs Sturgeon denied a rift within the UK, saying she was speaking from a legal rather than political position.
'The Prime Minister last night, apart from things like border control, was talking about lifting restrictions in England. I have to make judgements about what is right for Scotland,' she said.
'I, at this stage, think it would be too risky to ease restrictions because the virus, while we have made progress against it, is not sufficiently under control yet.
'That progress we have made is fragile and I think it is really important to err on the side of caution.'
Speaking to the BBC about sending people back to work, she added: 'If - given the state of the evidence in Scotland and the state of the virus in Scotland - I was to do that now in Scotland, then yes I think that would potentially put lives at risk.'
Dominic Raab was accused of 'going rogue' after a disastrous Monday morning media round where he contradicted Boris Johnson's lockdown speech
The First Minister said she would ignore the Prime Minister's much-criticised new 'Stay Alert, Control the Virus, Save Lives' slogan in favour of the previous 'Stay Home' message.
Grilled by Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain today, Ms Sturgeon countered suggestions by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab that people would be allowed to see their parents living elsewhere as long as they stayed two metres apart.
Grilled by Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain, Mrs Sturgeon countered suggestions by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab that people would be allowed to see their parents living elsewhere as long as they stayed two metres apart.
She said: 'That is not the situation in Scotland. The situation in Scotland, apart from that one change around exercise, hasn't changed.
'The advice is stay at home, stay away from people in households other than your own.'
'Now, I haven't seen my parents for weeks and weeks and weeks, I miss them dearly. My husband and I haven't seen my 90-year-old mother-in-law for weeks, who's very vulnerable. These are really difficult things for everybody, but there's a reason for that and that's for the protection of older people.'
She added: 'He's taken decisions that he thinks are right for England.
'He's the Prime Minister of the UK, but in terms of easing the lockdown restrictions or changing the message, that is for England.'
It came as Mr Raab was accused of 'going rogue' after a disastrous Monday morning media round where he contradicted Boris Johnson's lockdown speech where the Prime Minister said millions of people should head back to work from this morning.
The Foreign Secretary has created an ocean of confusion after he insisted the government is not urging workers to return until Wednesday - when most were already on their way by road or public transport.
The number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus in Scotland today rose about 13,000, meaning it accounts for around 6.5 per cent of the UK's total
Mr Raab also said that people can meet two relatives such as parents in parks while maintaining social distancing - when Downing Street was briefing last night that it was only one and Mr Johnson failed to mention family or friends in his speech to the nation at all. He also got in a muddle and suggested that pubs could open as early as June - when the PM said it would be no earlier than July.
Downing Street has already raced to repair some of the damage and clarified that Britons shouldn't meet both their parents in the park - insisting it should only be one person.
Mrs Sturgeon said: 'If you live in England, you should take the advice from the Prime Minister and it's for the Prime Minister to set out clearly why he thinks these decisions are right…
'The state in Scotland is as such that I think the stay at home message right now is the one we must stick to.
'My responsibility is to do what I think is right for Scotland. I think every leader, including the Prime Minister, has an obligation to be very clear in the messaging they're giving.
'I've been very clear. I think 'stay alert' is very vague compared to 'stay at home', but I've said all along the virus doesn't respect borders.'
Welsh political leaders have also put distance between their own administrations and Mr Johnson.
People will be able to exercise more than once a day and garden centres are set to reopen in Wales from Monday.
But last night Mr Drakeford said: 'This evening, the Prime Minister has set out the minor changes which are proposed to the lockdown rules in England over the next three weeks.
'I set out the modest changes to the stay-at-home regulations we are making in Wales on Friday. These will come into force tomorrow afternoon.
'Here in Wales, we will change the regulations so people can exercise more often and allow garden centres to open, if they can comply with social distancing.
'Our advice has not changed in Wales.'
He said people should remain at home wherever possible and stay local and alert when working, shopping and exercising.
Mr Drakeford said Mr Johnson's 'roadmap for the future' is at an early stage as it depends on how coronavirus behaves in the coming weeks and months.
He repeated that schools in Wales would not 'return to normal' on June 1.
The starting point for lockdown fines in England will rise to £100 from Wednesday.
The first fine will be lowered to £50 if paid within 14 days, according to the Home Office.
Fines will double for each repeat offence, up to a maximum of £3,200.
Existing legislation known as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 will be updated from Wednesday to reflect the changes coming into force.
It is not yet clear if the same changes to fines will be adopted in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
You CAN go on holiday to France: PM's 14-day quarantine plan for travellers entering UK falls to pieces as Macron wins agreement that it will NOT apply to people coming back to Britain from France
British tourists will be able to enjoy holidays in France this summer after they were exempted from tough quarantine rules.
The UK Government yesterday confirmed it will force anyone flying into the country to remain in isolation for 14 days to stop new coronavirus infections.
France threatened at the weekend to enforce 'tit-for-tat' action against British travellers, meaning anyone from the UK would have been placed in quarantine on arrival in France.
But Boris Johnson yesterday phoned French President Emmanuel Macron and agreed a mutual exemption from the measures for holidaymakers from both countries.
People travelling between Britain (left, Boris Johnson) and France (right of right, Emmanuel Macron) will not face the two-week quarantine announced by the UK government last week
The two leaders said in a joint statement: 'The Prime Minister and the President agreed to work together in taking forward appropriate border measures.
'This cooperation is particularly necessary for the management of our common border.
'No quarantine measures would apply to travellers coming from France at this stage. Any measures on either side would be taken in a concerted and reciprocal manner.
'A working group between the two Governments will be set up to ensure this consultation throughout the coming weeks.'
UK airlines last night threatened to ground their fleets in response to the Government's quarantine scheme, which they said would effectively kill off any hopes of a resumption of international travel.
The Airport Operators Association, representing Britain's airports, said it would have a 'devastating impact' on the industry.
Under the Government's plans, all people arriving at airports, ports and on Eurostar trains will be required to provide an address at which they will immediately self-isolate for 14 days to ensure they are coronavirus-free.
Britain on Friday said from June all arrivals in the UK - including returning Britons - would be quarantined for 14 days and face £1,000 fines or deportation if they do not. Pictured: Terminal 2 arrivals at London's Heathrow Airport on Saturday
The authorities will conduct spot checks, with punishments of up to £1,000 fines and deportation for those breaching quarantine.
The plans mean that any UK traveller wanting to go on a fortnight's holiday to countries other than France will have be away from their place of work for four weeks as they will need to quarantine for two weeks on their return to Britain.
Tim Alderslade, chief executive of industry body Airlines UK, whose members include British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Ryanair, easyJet and major tour operators TUI and Jet2, said: 'We all – including Government – need to adapt to the new normal but closing off air travel in this way is not the way to achieve this.
'Ministers are effectively telling people they can no longer travel for the foreseeable future and airlines will respond by grounding their operations.'
Airlines are seeking an extension of the furloughing scheme to October plus 'holidays' on making Air Passenger Duty and other Government charges.
Meanwhile, Virgin Atlantic has appointed advisers in case it needs to go into administration after the Government turned it down for a £500million bailout.
The airline is making 3,150 staff – a third of its workforce – redundant, and is still trying desperately to shore up its finances.
Experts say this does not mean insolvency is inevitable but is something that they are legally obliged to line up.
The travel industry reacted with horror at the news of the two-week quarantine, with one company boss warning it could 'kill it off completely'. Pictured: British Airways aircraft in Bournemouth Airport this week
Virgin Atlantic's chief executive Shai Weiss yesterday told The Sunday Times he was '100 per cent certain' the airline can survive.
Of the quarantine scheme proposed over the weekend, Karen Dee, from the Airport Operators Association, said: 'Quarantine would not only have a devastating impact on the UK aviation industry but also on the wider economy.
'If people have to quarantine for 14 days, they will be much less likely to want to travel, so there will be a dramatic impact on us at a time when we are already seeing passenger numbers decline by about 98 per cent.'
Pilots' union Balpa questioned the 'scientific basis' for the proposed quarantine rules and warned the industry would be in a 'death spiral' without Government support.
A Government spokesman said: 'The aviation sector is important to the UK economy and ministers are in regular communication with its senior representatives to discuss the challenges... and ways we can support.'
All travel into France is currently heavily restricted, with only essential travel permitted and an international travel certificate required to cross the border.
Limitations expected to stay in place until at least June 15th.
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