UK Lockdown in Ruins as Boris Johnson Gives BLM Protesters Green Light to Continue Protesting

The United Kingdom's lockdown is in ruins after Boris Johnson effectively gave Black Lives Matter protesters the green light to continue protesting, despite such protests currently being illegal due to coronavirus regulations still being in place.

At Prime Minister's Questions earlier today, Boris Johnson stated that he was appalled and sickened by the death of George Floyd and that he understood the anger felt by many in the US as well as elsewhere around the world. However, he refused to condemn the protests that have taken place across the UK despite them clearly breaking social distancing guidance as well as the government's own coronavirus law.

Then during the government's daily coronavirus briefing, he added that people in the UK had the right to protest and encouraged them to protest peacefully and to ensure that they were complying with the government's social distancing rules.

Many people across the UK have been following the government's instructions to stay at home and to avoid family members since late March. However, scenes of thousands of protesters shoulder to shoulder has severely undermined the lockdown and Boris Johnson's lack of condemnation of such protests has left many now wondering what is the point.

Not only that, but violent clashes between protesters and the police will do nothing to quell the anger felt by hardworking and compliment people across the nation who have made enormous sacrifices to their way of life, only to have the UK government openly encourage people to break the rules so they can avoid being seen criticising the Black Lives Matter movement.

These are views also echoed by many in America who have had to deal with the mainstream media attacking protests against state lockdowns as well as those who have taken advantage of a loosening of rules by attending beaches and the like, only for the same media to be fully supportive of tens of thousands of protesters and rioters taking to the streets throughout the USA.

It would seem that a Black Lives Matter protest is more important to the UK government than enforcing its own laws.