British PM apos;s Father Defends Trip To Greece Despite COVID-19 Advisory
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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 UK nationals to avoid all but essential international travel.
They heard how Bretherton - who denies two counts of rape - allegedly played the Guns ‘n Roses song ‘Welcome to the jungle' at his Kensington home before ‘going in for the kill' and raping the ‘unworldly' university graduate.
Hospitality venues are completely booked out for the next two Fridays and employers say while the office Christmas party will make a welcome return after a two-year hiatus due to Covid, they are also worried.
Police said the plane was ordered to fly back to Athens as part of an information inquiry but following checks on the passengers and SKOPELOS THESSALONIKI TAXI the plane, they did not find the person the information was about or VOLOS LARISSA TRANSFER anything else suspicious.
In an interview which was recorded at Kensington Police station in 2018 the woman revealed how she had urged Bretherton to ‘slow down' as he continuously ‘shoved his hands down my pants' and ‘fondled my breasts'.
Earlier on Thursday, another Emirates flight to Dubai was not allowed to take off from Eleftherios Venizelos and all passengers were thoroughly checked also for security concerns but nothing suspicious was found, SKOPELOS ATHENS TAXI police sources added.
But in the hour-long recording played today to a jury at Inner London Crown Court the woman told how she was forced to ‘let him do what he was doing' after the young lawyer loosened his grip and she was able to ‘gasp a bit of air'.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid is thought to be among the few who backed the proposals, VOLOS LARISSA TAXI 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.
"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 woman, who cannot be named, told how she feared corporate lawyer Andrew Bretherton would ‘suffocate' her in the bedroom of his ‘small flat in a grand building' after he pushed her face into the pillow with his ‘semi-professional tennis arm'.
Greek authorities were tipped off by U.S.
authorities about a "suspicious" passenger and just after 2000 GMT the plane, escorted by two fighter jets, landed back at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens for security checks, police sources said.
ATHENS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Greece found nothing suspicious on an Emirates plane which was flying to New York from Greece and was forced to return to Athens International Airport after a security alert, police said on Thursday.
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.
Stanley, 80, plans to stay on the Pelion peninsula with his wife at the beginning of September to manage his holiday home, VOLOS LARISSA TRANSFER which he says is a 'legally acceptable' excuse even if government policy advises to 'avoid non-essential travel'.
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 his son to 'make the country an easy destination again' amid the amber list chaos.
The Prime Minister's father continued: VOLOS LARISSA TRANSFER '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.
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'.
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 VOLOS IGOUMENITSA TAXI socially distancing - not everyone will get a holiday this year.
Currently, VOLOS ACHILLION TRANSFER Greece is listed as an amber country, meaning visitors must take a Covid test within three days before travelling back to England and VOLOS PATRAS TAXI quarantine for 10 days upon their return, booking tests on day two and day eight.
