Boris Johnson Apologizes for Getting His Covid Rules Wrong
- PM confused over regulations for socializing in the north east
- Government in talks with Tory rebels over new Covid laws
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Boris Johnson apologized after wrongly explaining his own government’s coronavirus restrictions, in a gaffe that will fuel growing criticism of his response to the pandemic.
“Apologies, I misspoke today,” the U.K. prime minister said on Twitter. It was the third time in three hours that government spokespeople had failed to be clear on rules being introduced at midnight Tuesday to combat the disease in northeast England.