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surely evidence of that nature is what drove the traffic-light restrictions on the UK's international borders.
The political awkwardness, of course, is implementing and policing such a ban between UK nations and regions. Advice is one thing, but introducing legal restrictions that cannot or will not be enforced further erodes credibility and confidence.
Agree with all of that. The only thing I'd add is that this is only one of the political awkwardnesses, namely the one seen from Westminster's point of view. The symmetric one, seen from the Welsh point of view is that similar erosion in credibility and confidence - and indeed much anger - can be achieved if you have told your people that people in county A with an infection rate of 100/100k cannot go to county B because they would risk increasing the virus circulation in the - so far healthy - county B, whilst the same county B is in fact patronised by hundreds of neighbours from county C with an infection rate of 600/100k because a different government competent for regulating county C is not interested in limiting domestic circulation.
I think that is why Mr Drakeford says that he first wanted to give Mr Johnson one last chance to find an approach which will protect county B, without which he will unilaterally use his powers to restrict entries which would likely be perceived as a "war of the nations".