Johnson not to offer UK ‘grand reopening’

Bloomberg

Boris Johnson’s government said any changes to the UK lockdown will be limited when the prime minister addresses the nation on Sunday, with the rate of coronavirus infections ruling out a major kickstart of economic activity.
“There will be no grand reopening of the economy,” Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told the BBC. Instead, the government is adopting a more “nuanced” message to encourage businesses back to work, even as it still wants “people to stay at home as much as possible,” he said.
The cautious approach will potentially anger members of Johnson’s Conservative Party pushing for a swift end to the lockdown that has damaged Europe’s second-biggest economy. But as the government adopted a new mantra — dropping its “stay home” message in favor of “stay alert” — the opposition Labour Party accused ministers of causing further confusion after a slew of newspaper headlines this week about a significant lifting of social-distancing rules.
“We need absolute clarity from Boris Johnson,” Labour’s health spokesman Jonathan Ashworth told Sky News when asked about the government’s new slogan. “There’s no room for nuance in this.”