The UK Government is begging Britons to open their wallets, so Boris
Johnson is doing the same.

His Government has started paying 50 per cent of diners' restaurant
bills to encourage them to spend, ahead of a feared second wave of COVID-19.

A fellow diner, Poppy Green, said she never expected the Prime Minister
would be paying half her restaurant bill.

"Good on him! Who would have thought? A conservative prime minister.
[But] I agree. Well done, Boris."

The scheme is available at more than 76,000 restaurants in the UK and
diners don't need to do anything to get their discount.

Instead, the restaurant charges half-price and the Government has
promised to pay the balance within days.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-...fears/12518918