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Originally Posted by jfman
We might, and it’s definitely part of the answer. However these aren’t mutually exclusive options.
The Labour Party are cynically undermining the public health response to try and get public support. Unfortunately, managing the pandemic means making unpopular choices. There’s no going back to normal regardless of how much anyone wishes it to be so.
Nobody leaving the UK should reasonably expect to return and not have the possibility of quarantine given in the 7-14 day period of a holiday much can change in that time at your destination.
Messing up border control speeds up a second lockdown. If we want to avoid that then we need to throw everything at our disposal at controlling this.
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Compared to the sacrifices made by the NHS and key workers, foregoing an overseas foreign holiday is the least anyone can do. The depleted UK tourism industry can also do with our spending power.