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Can Boris beat the vaccine passport rebels?

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

No prime minister wants to be dependent on the opposition to get the government’s business through the House of Commons. But it is likely that Boris Johnson will be in this position when it comes to ‘Covid status certificates’, other-wise known as domestic vaccine passports. More than 40 Tory MPs have already signed a pledge to oppose them, and the government’s majority is 80.

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