Agreed - I went to a post office in Durrington yesterday and with 10 people in the queue, 3 people were wearing these lanyards. I struggle to believe that 3/10 people at that time really had some medical condition that absolutely meant they could not wear a mask. Coupled with 2 50+ year olds...
That isn't strictly true. You can still get back in to the UK from South Africa now, via indirect flight routings.
There is a suggestion from Matt Hancock we may see further restrictions on indirect routings, and then any UK residents still there may have to be repatriated at some point, but we...
But flying indirect via Qatar or similar and into the UK means you can get around it and get in scot free.
People who were arriving from South Africa were also pretty much being waived through recently, just reminded to ensure they quarantine.
There was a thread on Twitter of a UK resident...