This whole thing is such a farce.
I flew back into Heathrow yesterday and there were queues everywhere and people all over each other. Passport control was a shambles in terminal 5 and I waited ages too. They have less flights then ever. How is this possible?
What made me laugh was that no one checked my form or tested me for any symptoms. I literally walked out the airport scott free. It's been like this through the whole pandemic.
When I got the National Express up the M1 to get my car from the office, they took my temperature before I got on and socially distanced the bus really well. They made the border force look like a complete joke.
On a side note, I was supposed to be in Mallorca but after that got binned off we switched to Portugal. My friends were adamant because it had only just come off the list, but I warned them at the time I thought it was a bizarre decision. The very same day Austria got added to said naughty list but had less cases and a lower trend. It didn't make any sense. I told my mates we should do Italy but they decided this dickhead with a few spreadsheets knew less than the government. They felt pretty fucking silly when Portugal passed the 20 cases threshold whilst we were out there. Luckily then the government did another u-turn and pussied out of putting it back on the list because it would make them look even more incompetent.
I've been to the netherlands in the last few months too and it amazes me how well everyone generally behaves outside the UK. Everyone sticks to the rules. Here you see so many twats flouting them it is actually unreal.
Sorry, massive monologue. I just cannot believe how useless these guys are. Again and again and again.