The UK government’s threat of a 10-year jail term for those who lie about their travel history in violation of COVID-19 travel rules has been met with widespread criticism, including from the ranks of the ruling Conservative Party. The government will be “coming down hard” on people who provide false information on the passenger locator form, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday in Parliament. “Anyone who lies on a passenger locator form, and tries to conceal that they’ve been in a country on our red list in the 10 days before arrival here, will face a prison sentence of up to 10 years,” he said. This announcement triggered immediate condemnation from Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK. “This is out of control. 10 years in prison for a lie goes too far, we must resist this tyranny,” he wrote on Twitter. Lord Sumption, a former Supreme Court judge, also questioned …