Climate tsar Alok Sharma has tried to defend his globetrotting amid anger at the revelations he escaped hotel quarantine after visiting ‘red list’ countries. Despite visiting six countries on the UK’s travel ‘red list’ – Qatar, the UAE, Bangladesh, Turkey, Bolivia and Brazil – Mr Sharma was given a ministerial exemption from hotel quarantine each time. Days after returning from Bangladesh, Mr Sharma met Prince Charles indoors without wearing a mask – then visited a primary school. Ordinary travellers face fines of up to £10,000 for breaking travel quarantine rules. Not all of Mr Sharma’s 30 known visits abroad were return flights from the UK as, on occasion, he has gone to a cluster of countries on one trip.

Source: Daily Mail August 08, 2021 23:25 UTC