Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:00am
The UK government and the devolved governments in NI, Scotland and Wales all have the same policy on overseas travel, that is to advise against it and impose testing requirements for those who do travel. You either have to accept the cost of doing it or stay in the UK. I know it is popular to make Boris the villain but in this case Boris, Mark, Nicola and Arlene are, unusually, all in sync.
The UK has spent billions supporting working people in furlough schemes, billions supporting small businesses with interest free loans, billions supporting the covid vaccination program, billions treating covid cases, is it unreasonable to expect that UK citizens should perhaps spend some of their money they have saved during the last 15 months in the UK? Remember that the money that the UK has spent is our money, the taxpayer, at some stage that has to be paid for, most likely in increased taxation. Better to minimise that amount as much as possible.
A lot of countries are after the UK tourist pounds, hence the Spanish, Portuguese and French governments welcoming UK tourists even though they bring the threat of passing on the delta variant. So I believe the UK are trying to keep people in the UK this summer as much as other countries are trying to tempt them abroad.
Aitch.