Originally Posted by KARFA

I think from a purely practical point of view (and I am desperately trying not to be political) it would have been better if at least the international travel rules were set on a UK wide basis. At various points the four parts of the UK have had different rules in terms of entry and I think this has caused unnecessary confusion and not resulted in any positive benefits.

Whilst there are differing levels of approval towards different leaders' handling of the last 2 years, I would be more interested in whether those different approaches have been better for outcomes - both in relation to health and balancing against the other wider societal considerations.

Local restrictions were tried throughout 2020 when areas of high infection occurred, so it is hard to suggest we should have always had uniform domestic restrictions within the UK. However, I do think the various points when some parts of the UK have made it a offence to cross from one part to another were unnecessary and have been corrosive to the unity of the UK.