Slow Lockdown Exit ‘Hammer Blow’ to Economy: UK Conservatives

Conservative MP Steve Baker leaves an event where Boris Johnson was announced as the new leader of the Conservative Party, in central London, on July 23, 2019. Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images

Some British lawmakers in the ruling Conservative party have criticised the government’s plan to take the country out of the ongoing CCP virus lockdown, saying its slow pace will cause unnecessary further damage to the economy.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday set out his “roadmap” out of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus lockdown, which includes four stages with five weeks in between.