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"I don't know what the reaction of the British public (has been), I came here to have a quiet time to organise the house," he said in comments to local reporters carried by Sky News, referring to measures to make the property COVID-19 secure for lettings.
The scenes come just months after the Prime Minister was met with a furious backlash after his father jetted to his four-bed home in taxi service Thessaloniki greece - ignoring Foreign Office guidance which stated no one should travel unless it was essential.
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LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday defended his decision to fly to Greece even though at that time the government advice was for Thessaloniki escorted tours UK nationals to avoid all but essential international travel.
His trip to Greece last year sparked criticism from MPs, with Labour's Rosena Allin-Khan saying at the time: 'Most people have been following the guidelines and Thessaloniki transport socially distancing - not everyone will get a holiday this year.
The Prime Minister's father revealed he will use the 'Stanley Johnson loophole' to travel to Greece and visit his holiday let while calling for Thessaloniki escorted tours his son to 'make the country an easy destination again' amid the amber list chaos.
Currently, Greece is listed as an amber country, meaning visitors must take a Covid test within three days before travelling back to England and quarantine for 10 days upon their return, booking tests on day two and day eight.
Stanley, 80, plans to stay on the Pelion peninsula with his wife at the beginning of September to manage his holiday home, which he says is a 'legally acceptable' excuse even if government policy advises to 'avoid non-essential travel'.
The Prime Minister's father continued: 'Ironically, in March this year Parliament approved the "Stanley Johnson loophole" by deciding that, even if government policy is to "avoid non-essential travel", travelling abroad for the purpose of managing a holiday home is now legally acceptable.
Bosses at more than 300 travel firms have written to the premier urging him to boil down the scheme to just a red list - containing the countries with the highest Covid rates or worrying variant outbreaks.
Stanley Johnson, athens greece taxi prices 79, who just months ago flew to his Greek villa in brazen defiance of the pandemic travel warnings, was spotted without a face covering as he popped into his local newsagents in West London on Tuesday for a newspaper.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid is thought to be among the few who backed the proposals, athens transport believing the scheme would have given holidaymakers a fair warning that they could face an expensive quarantine hotel stay on their return to the UK.
And experts have predicted holiday sales will soar today after the amber watchlist plans were dropped, giving more confidence to British holidaymakers that they will still be able to travel this summer.
But he recalled speaking to a Greek journalist who said the country's government had banned 'direct flights', prompting him to stop over at the Bulgarian capital of Sofia before taking a 'more-or-less connecting flight to Athens'.
