Government is not learning from mistakes during this pandemic - YEP letters

I open by congratulating our government with regard to the ongoing performance relative to the Covid vaccination operation which is superb.

Sadly, that is where the praise stops as up to the commencement of the vaccination procedure the front bench approach from the outset of the pandemic has been shambolic.

There has been criticism on a national scale, coming from all directions because of indecisions, reversal of decisions, lack of information and clarity of the same etc.

The Prime Minister appears weak in supporting wrong decisions and those who make them, yet refuses to deal with incompetence which is clearly evident.

The inadequacies of those on the front bench have been very evident to those with a modicum of common sense.

Now we see the latest, ie quarantining of airline passengers arriving from Red Zone countries but no mention of anyone arriving on our shores by ship (cruise or otherwise), Channel ferries, private sailing vessels, the Channel Tunnel or light aircraft, etc.

Should those individuals be covered by the same landing restrictions?

If not, why not?

Do they not create a risk if arriving with a potential virus / infection?

What is to stop a would-be traveller to Britain gaining entry by travelling from a Red Zone country to a non-Red Zone then completing their onward journey without the need for quarantining?

Thousands will undoubtedly attempt the process with some being discovered, but with the majority likely being successful.

The whole situation comes across as too little too late. It is a knee-jerk reaction to what should have been in place early last year.

Borders should have been closed, as opposed to bowing down to pressure from the travel and airline industries.

It is appreciated those industries suffer but is it not more important to save lives first?

Our government keeps adopting a “shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted” approach and don’t seem to learn from mistakes.