Some social distancing and mask-wearing rules here to stay, Raab warns

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Some social distancing and mask-wearing rules will stay in place as life returns only “close to normal” in June, Dominic Raab has suggested. “We want to get to a position, at the end of June, where we can get life back as close to normal as possible, but they’ll still need to be some safeguards in place.” When asked to explain what he meant, the foreign secretary added: “It will be around distancing, maybe there’ll be something around masks, but I don’t really want to pre-judge. Asked if Mr Johnson should resign if rules were broken – the same demand he made of Nicola Sturgeon over the Alex Salmond controversy – Douglas Ross had replied: “Of course.” However, Mr Raab said the prime minister’s fate was “hypothetical speculation”, while insisting he had “followed the codes of conduct”. Mr Raab repeatedly referred to lifting “almost all social restrictions” and said the government would continue to be “evidence driven”.