On the one year anniversary of the arrival of the Covid virus in the UK, the government has introduced strict quarantine measures to stop the virus arriving again. The shock discovery that the virus mutates in other countries, as well as our own, has prompted the government to incarcerate travellers as they step off their plane.
Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing has added the responsibility of ‘housing people in hotel rooms against their will’ to his portfolio. This week, he said: ‘There will be a time when we will look back and say, with hindsight, that there are things the government could have done differently. But that time is not now’.
With the foresight of hindsight, a senior government Minister has shown perfect near-sightedness about our situation.
Some British holiday-makers may be delighted to discover that they have an additional 10 days off work. Many are well known for stretching their vacation to the limit.
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