Desmond Swayne Soundboard
Sir Desmond Angus Swayne is a British Conservative politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of New Forest West since 1997. Swayne was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for political and parliamentary services. See also: Swayne, New Forest West (UK Parliament constituency), Gillian Keegan, European Research Group, Rory Stewart, and Suella Braverman.
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A matter of our prejudice.
All those, of course, speaking in their own private capacity, get them out there, twisting the fear lever. What about the the the Health Protection Agency? What, what? Stalinist minds thought up th...
And we are typically capable of organising our lives. And making those decisions for ourselves.
And we have to balance that against the known costs and damage to enterprise, economy and society.
But I'm not clear as to what I'm being asked to apologise for.
Do we hide behind our masks?
Do we require people to be vaccinated as a condition of keeping their jobs?
I certainly regret the fuss that they've caused and being at the centre of a media storm, when I would much rather the focus of today's news being on AstraZeneca and its spat with the European Union.
I've already answered your question, even if you didn't like the answer.
So it comes down to letting loose the dogs of war. Get the fear factor into it. Get the members of the officials, the members of SAGE, the members of independent Sage of Spy M.
That the situation has changed and changed dramatically as a consequence of the new variant.
That's the situation that we have delivered.
The question is whether the the measures before us today are proportionate actually comes down to a matter of opinion.
We decide what our risk appetite is and what we're prepared to encounter and what we're prepared to not. Notwithstanding the carnage on our roads, certainly killing more people than COVID at the mo...

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Desmond Swayne Soundboard

Sir Desmond Angus Swayne is a British Conservative politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of New Forest West since 1997. Swayne was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for political and parliamentary services.
See also: Swayne, New Forest West (UK Parliament constituency), Gillian Keegan, European Research Group, Rory Stewart, and Suella Braverman.