Piers Morgan questions easing restrictions for Christmas after other religious festivals were sacrificed

He's got a point folks

Good Morning Britain co-host Piers Morgan has questioned the wisdom of lifting lockdown restrictions for the Christmas period after the same wasn't done for other religious festivals in the United Kingdom. Morgan's comments came on Wednesday's edition of the ITV morning show, during which he responded to reports that Downing Street was considering relaxing lockdown rules over Christmas to allow people to see family and friends. More than two weeks into the second national lockdown, Tuesday saw the confirmation of 598 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period; the highest daily death toll since May. Morgan's passionate statement came after he read a comment from a viewer who said that there would likely be "five days of utter madness just because it’s Christmas - we had lockdown for other religious festivals". https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1328957510762500096?s=20 “Yes we did actually,” he replied. “Why should the christians get it easier? Seriously, why should we? Why should we be the ones that have to have our festival saved when we didn’t do that for other religious festivals in the last few weeks?” It was then pointed out by Susanna Reid that Diwali, which is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs, took place during lockdown last weekend. Morgan responded, saying: “It’s a good question. We’re all in this together, or we’re not. “I don’t think the entire health of the nation should rest on whether we can gorge together on turkey for a couple of days. Because personally, I think we have to be slightly selfless about this.” Speaking to BBC Breakfast, business secretary Alok Sharma has said it is “too early” to say whether restrictions could be eased for Christmas: