British Ministers Pressed Over Whether People Should Report Neighbors for ‘Rule of Six’ Violations

British Ministers Pressed Over Whether People Should Report Neighbors for ‘Rule of Six’ Violations
Home Secretary Priti Patel arrives at Downing Street in London, on Sept. 8, 2020. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Mary Clark
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British government ministers were pressed by the media on Monday and Tuesday over whether people in England should report their neighbors to the police if they thought they were breaking the government’s new “rule of six” regulations to restrict social gatherings.

The “rule of six” became law on Monday amid the ongoing CCP virus pandemic. It makes, with some exceptions, gatherings either indoors or outdoors of seven or more people illegal in England.