2nd

We are told that a second wave could be on the way in Europe. Sounds a bit like the politicians being extremely keen to be seen to be on the front foot to me, but no doubt they have a considerably fuller picture than my idle speculation. As for the decision to decide to insist on an immediate introduction of two weeks of self isolation for all returning travellers from Spain, the evidence behind that does look pretty shaky. Yes, there seems to be an uptick in cases in the north-east region, but to make it a blanket decision covering the whole country, including the holiday islands seems heavy-handed to say the least. What of all of the people already on holiday, who were expecting to be able to get back to work on return? What of the travel companies, trying to get back to a sense of normality? What of all of the people wondering about booking a summer holiday, whether to Spain or to anywhere else, now too nervous to go ahead because they can't trust the government not to change the rules whilst they're away?