Across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

So there goes a holiday plan then, right?

The Sexia State for Health, Matt Hancock, yesterday announced perhaps the most stringent crackdown yet on our borders,

threatening 10-year prison sentences, 10,000 pounds and quarantine restrictions so severe that they will cost individuals 1,750 pounds,

and will ensure they are locked up in solitary confinement in a hotel room for 10 days.

Do you know, it's funny, isn't it? Because around about this time last year, I started to ask

whether it might be a good idea to shut down the borders of this country. And I was told in

no uncertain terms, not only by doctors, not only by scientists, not only by behavioural

scientists, that that wouldn't be worth doing. Because the reason is,

you don't really catch people by testing them at airports. You don't really stop the disease

from spreading when it's already in the country. So what the heck is Matt Hancock playing at?

Don't worry, of course, there are some exceptions as usual, so it's not really a quarantine at all.

We'll be asking travel guru Simon Calder what it means to the travel

industry, presumably not very much good news, I'm afraid. I've got a list here of all the

exceptions for people coming into the country, right? So if you are one of these, an offshore

oil and gas worker, an OPCW and IAEA inspector, a postal worker, a quality assurance

inspector for human and veterinary medicines, a registered health or care inspector, a postal worker, a quality assurance inspector for human and veterinary

medicines, a registered health or care professional, a regular worker abroad, a regular worker in the

UK living abroad, representatives of a foreign country or territory or British overseas territory,

Stephen, Masters, Inspector, Surveys and Ships, you get the idea, right?

Right, so there's plenty of people who can come in and don't have to quarantine.

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