Because COVID-19 is not contagious if you’re a senior business executive, right?
The Government has announced that senior executives can temporarily leave quarantine in England if they are undertaking business activities which will bring 'significant economic benefit' to the economy.
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— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) June 29, 2021
Do you know what is “likely to be of significant economic benefit to the UK”? OPENING UP EVERYTHING:
New: senior executives can break quarantine if they are “undertaking business activities which are likely to be of significant economic benefit to the UK” https://t.co/dRe3H4ux2W
— Paul Kelso (@pkelso) June 29, 2021
From the UK notice:
Who is exempt
Certain senior executives that are performing activities which would be more likely than not to bring ‘significant economic benefit’ to the UK are exempt. Read the regulations for a full definition of a ‘senior executive’.
The exemption covers 2 types of senior executives (where they are undertaking qualifying activities in England). These are:
- multinational executives – executives based overseas who are part of multinational firms and visiting their UK based subsidiaries or branches
- international executives – executives of overseas companies normally based overseas who are seeking to undertake exempt activity in England related to either:
- making a financial investment in a UK based business
- establishing a new business within the UK
You do not qualify for the exemption if your activities can be done remotely (for example by telephone or email) or can be done by anyone other than you who would not need to leave self-isolation.
You are considered to be bringing ‘significant economic benefit’ if the work you are doing has a greater than 50% chance of creating or preserving at least 500 UK-based jobs in either:
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an existing UK-based business which has at least 500 employees
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a new UK business within 2 years of the date you arrive in the UK
It’s funny how this works:
I didn't realise the rich couldn't spread coronavirus. https://t.co/7aEdpVMuWh
— Marie Rimmer MP (@MarieRimmer) June 29, 2021
“We’re all in this together,” our better love to tell us over and over again as they exempt themselves from the same guidelines everyone else has to live by:
We're all in it together…
It can't be one rule for them and one for the rest of us. https://t.co/fj8JMjefUe
— Steve Rotheram (@MetroMayorSteve) June 29, 2021
And, apparently, you can’t get COVID-19 if you’re traveling to a global warming conference:
Latest: UK government has quietly exempted travellers attending the Climate Change #COP26 conference, Global Education Summit & ‘related events’ from both quarantine and testing — 😳
(This is in addition to exempting 3,000 UEFA ‘VIPs’ from quarantine too)
Wow. #OneRuleForOne… pic.twitter.com/s4NGkHNufy
— Alex Macheras (@AlexInAir) June 23, 2021
It‘a extraordinary that UK will attempt to maintain its position that passengers must quarantine after travel (even fully vaccinated) while simultaneously exempting thousands of top-tier friends, their families, delegates, ‘VIPs’ and more from the so-called ‘strict border policy’
— Alex Macheras (@AlexInAir) June 23, 2021
Just this morning, UK government minister said “people who are important” avoid UK’s ‘mandatory’ passenger quarantine, testing, etc.
This is definitely a policy driven by – checks notes – public health, right? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/X3UMUghsvQ
— Alex Macheras (@AlexInAir) June 23, 2021
On Sunday, there was a major protest over continued closures in the nightlife industry, so maybe — maybe — people are finally fed up:
Amazing Support Today for Save Our Scene “Freedom To Dance” supported by #letusdance – Please share and support and if attending be safe and remember we are marching in response to Government marginalising our Industry! @saveoursceneuk pic.twitter.com/csFK0UIA8z
— NTIA (@wearethentia) June 27, 2021
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