No more status quo: PM Johnson vows to transform Britain after coronavirus crisis

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to transform the UK rather than settle for the ‘status quo,’ by building more new homes, improving education, fighting crime and boosting the green economy

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson, under fire over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, vowed on Tuesday to transform Britain rather than settle for the “status quo” by building more new homes, improving education and boosting the green economy.

But Johnson offered few clues on funding after huge budget-busting expenditures to combat the pandemic, and opposition parties criticised the speech for being the “usual bluster” with scant detail on how he would protect jobs or get control over the increasing number of coronavirus infections. Britain has recorded the highest COVID-19 death toll in Europe.

“The kind of seditious propaganda that you’d expect from people who don’t want this government to succeed, who wanted to stop us delivering Brexit and all our other manifesto pledges,” he said, adding he was sticking with a diet after losing 26 pounds. To try to turn the tide, he vowed to curb violent crime and protect the justice system from “lefty human rights lawyers”, while also accusing his political opponents of trying to rewrite history, saying he was proud to sing “Rule Britannia”.

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