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Boris Johnson today slapped down Michael Gove after he lashed out at 'selfish' vaccine refusers.
The PM insisted he would not use the jibe and getting jabs should instead be seen as a 'positive thing to do'.
Pointing to plans to require proof of vaccination for entry to nightclubs and events, Mr Johnson said individuals would be 'helping' themselves as well as society.
The rebuke came after Cabinet Office minister Mr Gove stepped up his rhetoric despite a gathering Tory mutiny over the prospect of demanding evidence of jabs, with a vote on the cards for September.
Keir Starmer appears to have softened his opposition to the measures by suggesting he could get on board if a negative test can be used as evidence as well as vaccination documentation.
On a visit to the Lighthouse testing lab in Glasgow, Mr Gove warned those who decline to be jabbed are 'putting other people's lives at risk'.
'Ultimately, if you can be vaccinated and you refuse to, that is a selfish act,' he said.
'You're putting other people's health and lives at risk, you should get vaccinated.'
On a visit to the Lighthouse lab in Glasgow yesterday, Michael Gove (left) lashed out at 'selfish' vaccine refusers. But Boris Johnson (right) said he would
