UK slams lockdown gates on all British holidaymakers in Spain

"This is your captain speaking. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday in Spain. But just to let you know, the Government has suddenly announced that ALL of you will have go into lockdown in your homes for two weeks as soon as you return. Happy holidays!" Tens of thousands of Brits are either already on the Spanish beaches or en route to their holiday hotels and the Boris government in the shape of the uninspiring Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has declared an instant self-isolation edict for the lot of them. No time to cancel holidays. No time to change the paid-for holiday. No time to try and come back before the midnight deadline. No proposals for employed Brits in Spain to be guaranteed pay when they return while they sit around for two weeks with their bosses fuming. I would say the Raab announcement was a totally unthinking, over-the-top, to-hell-with-you-people enjoying your hols piece of political shambolic decision-making. OK so there have been some lockdowns in Catalonia but this has been going on for some time. Like they have in Leicester and elsewhere in the north of the UK. But suddenly out of the blue the government decides to impose an instant quarantine for Brits in Spain. Why wasn't it decided weeks ago or why wasn't it at least considered weeks ago when thousands and thousands of families were planning their summer holidays? Boris or one of his ministers had actually said, yes go on your summer hols. Enjoy yourselves. Measured decisions are required in a pandemic, not panic decisions. For once the Labour opposition is right. It's a shambles.