Originally Posted by
MikeManx
I thought they might start to do that.
Of course the PCR test will tell them which country you had it done in, and therefore where you had been the previous 72 hours.
However you don't need either a PLR or PCR if you flying in only from Ireland (CTA) without having originated elsewhere, so there will still be challenges for Border Force as some travellers will quite rightly be able to state that they don't need either.
CTA is a little more complex and anyone not born on british isles is not entitled to it. So permanent resident of uk with say german passport arriving from DUB still does need a passport to come to London (officially that is). Unless one has multiple passports and can somehow hide the DXB stamps I would not advise this route. (if one really wanted to cheat the system, one would take a train to belfast and then a domestic flight - if they still exist, i hear of LBA demise much to
KARFA disappointment
