The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has slammed HM’s Government claiming they had failed “to secure our borders”.
His comments come at a time of some reports circulating Government ministers are pushing for a temporary closure of British borders during the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty, the Mayor of London said: “I have little doubt that when there is an inquiry about how the Government has conducted itself during this pandemic, one of the failings will be the Government’s failure to secure our borders.
“Even now, we are 11 months on [and] it’s still possible to come to the UK [and] London from many parts of the globe and simply jump on the tube and go about your business. That cannot be right.”
He added: “Now we’ve discovered that there is this particular strain of virus.
“But you don’t necessarily need to come directly from Africa to have this virus. You could go to a third country…”
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