Priti Patel, British Secretary, during an interview with Sky News, said that police should only get involved if people are breaking Christmas bubbles to have " raves". She said, "Their role is to enforce against the egregious breaches, the raves, the house parties, anything basically that is in breach of the rules that would effectively lead to the spread of the virus."
Her comments sparked quite a reaction from social media users as they were seeing bashing her for making such a statement. The current rules allow three households to form a festive bubble between December 23 and 27. In Wales, it is restricted to two. The government has been urging people to have a low-key Christmas.
In the interview, Patel also talked about she would not visit her parents during the holidays as they live in another part of the country. Her comment about involving police came in contrast with her statement she gave on BBC Breakfast.
" Any individual that saw any laws being broken would take that upon themselves,' she told BBC Breakfast. If I saw somebody flouting coronavirus regulations and the laws, of course, I would look to inform the police about that. The public are part of this … we do see the public and the police working together, " she said.
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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has allowed five-day ease on COVID-19 induced lockdown. The UK government has also directed the masses to create Christmas bubbles where three houses can mix together. He said, "Have yourself a merry little Christmas but this year, alas, preferably a very little Christmas."
Priti Patel is UK’s first Home Secretary of Indian origin, she succeed Sajid Javid. 47-year-old Patel was first elected as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament from Witham in Essex in 2010.
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