During his opening remarks at this year’s ITT Conference on Sunday (12 September), Freudmann also called PCR testing a "pointless exercise" and quoted data from the Office for National Statistics which claimed a quarter of those instructed to do so did not quarantine upon returning to the UK.
"I could complain about the complexity of the rules," he added. "I could complain that the amber category is a complete waste of time and I could complain that with one of the fastest vaccination programmes in the world, the UK should be leading the world in opening up to foreign travel, instead of squandering our advantage... but I won’t."
