Partly because Boris Johnson still finds it impossible to answer a straight question, but mostly because even he doesn’t seem entirely sure. What mattered was that he had now decided that people should only travel to amber list countries if it was absolutely essential. 02:03 PMQs: Do not visit amber list countries for holidays, says Johnson – videoOK, said the Labour leader, trying his best to catch up. So why, if the government didn’t want people travelling to amber countries, had it just made it easier for them to do so? And what was the precise difference in the advice for travelling to and from red list countries?

Source: The Guardian May 19, 2021 16:25 UTC