Builder Boris bulldozes ‘blockers’
BORIS JOHNSON accused Labour of failing to get behind the country’s economic revival in Commons clashes yesterday.
The Prime Minister said the Tories are the “builders and they’re the blockers” after Sir Keir Starmer dismissed his flagship infrastructure plans.
Mr Johnson warned there is a “very serious” risk of job losses in the coming months but rejected Labour calls to extend the furlough scheme beyond October.
He said: “The best single thing we can do is get our economy back to health by getting our people back into work and getting the virus defeated and under control.
“And the best thing the Opposition could do is stop equivocating – doing one thing one week and one thing another week – and decide that they emphatically support ending the lockdown and emphatically support kids being back in school rather than being bossed around by the unions. We are the builders, they are the blockers.We are the doers, they are the ditherers. We are going to get on with it and take this country forward.”
Mr Johnson faced repeated calls to protect theatres and other cultural centres under threat because they cannot reopen.
Tory Nickie Aiken, whose Cities of London and Westminster constituency covers the theatre district, called for venues to open “as soon as it is safe to do so”.
Mr Johnson said: “The show must go on.We want to get life for theatres and for theatregoers back to normal as fast as we can.
“But to do that, we have to defeat this disease.”