WALKER WAGS FINGER AT BORIS JOHNSON AFTER SPOTTING HIM STROLLING THROUGH PARK

Boris Johnson, who in a tweet today urged Brits to stay indoors to reduce the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), strolled through St James' Park in central London on his way to work

A walker wagged his finger at Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister took a walk in a park during coronavirus lockdown.


The walker spoke to the Prime Minister, 55, in St James' Park, central London this morning.

The man is seen jabbing his finger in the direction of Mr Johnson, who it's understood was out walking to work.

It is unclear what the man said, but a woman in the background is seen smiling at the incident.

Mr Johnson begged Brits to stay indoors during the last days of full coronavirus lockdown with measures expected to be eased in a speech tomorrow evening.

"Thank you for all you are doing to protect our NHS and save lives. This bank holiday weekend, please stay at home, so we don't undo everything we've done so far," he tweeted.

The leader left for St James' Park and was snapped dressed in a suit and holding a reusable coffee cup.

A second tweet today from the official Downing Street account said: "If you are leaving the house this weekend you need to keep two metres apart from others."

Mr Johnson, who was in a serious condition in hospital with Covid-19 recently, will address the nation with plans on how the lockdown will be eased.

However, photos taken at seasides in Brighton, East Sussex, and Southend, Essex, among other places show people sunbathing in today's sunny weather.

The Coastguard has said that on Friday it had the highest number of call-outs since lockdown began, with 97 incidents, 54 per cent more than the average of 63 recorded for the previous month.

It reflected accusations that the government is sending mixed messages following a flurry of reports it is preparing to ditch its "stay at home" slogan. Yet, speaking at this afternoon's Downing Street briefing, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps stressed that the advice has not changed and insisted the guidance was for people to remain indoors.

"Only travel when you need to. Be considerate to others and let's play our part to get Britain moving safely again to whenever that is," Mr Shapps said.


"Preventing overcrowding, which could lead to a second spike and more deaths, will be the responsibility of each and every one of us.

"Whilst it's crucial that we stay at home, when the country does get back to work we need to ask those people to carry on cycling or walking and for them to be joined by many others as well."

He also unveiled a £2 billion plan cash boost to revamp cycle routes.

The minister said that social distancing would mean space on public transport would be dramatically slashed to a tenth of pre-lockdown levels as passengers would have to observe the two-metre rule.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has already said the Tube is running at a fifth of its overall capacity and it would take four months to return to normal.