The lack of anger with government over their roadmap delay as a direct consequence of not placing India on their travel red list is quite astonishing.
Everyone knew that India should have been on the red list far sooner than it was, but as a nation we have somehow become used to accepting what the government says and does, and then we pay the price. The trade deal that was on offer and the governments attempts to secure it have cost the hospitality industry the freedom to trade.
After months of investment to reopen partially outdoors, then partially indoors, now sees the ability to open and trade fully lost. All because the government delayed placing India on the travel red list.
That error of judgement is why today your hospitality business is unable to plan to operate fully from next week. And you are expected to cover the cost of that error, not the government. No new funding to cover the cost to businesses of continued trade restrictions has been announced.
The lockdown and vaccination strategy deployed by government was doing its job well. All indicators were on track to enable hospitality and the rest of the UK to get back towards some semblance of normality. India was not placed on the red list, the Indian Delta variant B.1.617 entered the UK, and here we are. Be angry.
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