Just like the old days ....

Easiest thing is vaccinate people here then we don't care who comes in to our country.

At the moment we have 10 million of the most vulnerable now protected and in the next 2 weeks we will have all the top 4 groups of vulnerable people protected.

If people social distance and stick to our lock down rules as they come over here it shouldn't be a problem, bearing in mind a lot of people coming here are bringing goods, products and essential items anyway.

We had this with the proposal for testing for people on arrival, but the problem with that is, what do we do with a plane full of people when only one person tests positive ? Does everyone have to wait in arrival lounges in quarantine until the last person is tested and then if someone is positive do we put the entire plane full of passengers in hotels ? How do we keep families together ? How do we protect the vulnerable ? Considering one plane lands every about 5 minutes at Heathrow it would be an impossible task, especially as testing isn't as accurate as we would hope.

Easiest answer to it is let people come here but make sure its only essential travel to keep the numbers down and have a covid safe policy and method on planes etc to reduce the risk of infections. Which is what we have done, basically.

Or just shoot them like Mags says

I believe that's what most other countries are doing.

Or we could shoot them, like Mags says!

Your second point is possibly valid though I would have thought every hotel needs a ventilation system but the first is not, ...

Apparently no Hotels have volunteered to sign up to be covid quarantine hotels according to James Cleverley.

I must admit, I can see their point.

I believe that's what most other countries are doing.

Or we could shoot them, like Mags says!

I am Meg not Mags there is a difference

Curiously, someone on BBC QT last night said that hotels have been offering to help for months but that the gov hadn't responded. Wonder where (s)he got her facts from??

No idea but if I had a hotel I wouldn't want it turned into a hospital ward.

I believe that's what most other countries are doing.

Or we could shoot them, like Mags says!