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MPs and medical experts warn that ‘freedom day’ is an ideological move to make people accept more C-19 deaths

BORIS JOHNSON’S bonfire of lockdown restrictions on “freedom day” is an ideological move to force people to accept more Covid-19 deaths, Labour’s left and medical experts warn.

A cross-party group of MPs including Labour’s Richard Burgon and the Greens’ Caroline Lucas joined leading health figures at an emergency virtual summit today to slam the Prime Minister’s plans for July 19.

The event – organised by The Citizens campaign group – came after The Lancet published a letter from more than 100 scientists and doctors from around the world accusing ministers of conducting a “dangerous and unethical experiment.”

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