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I need to set up distancing measures at the property because they're taking it very seriously here.' Mr Johnson said on Wednesday night: 'I'm in Pelion on essential business trying to Covid-proof my property in view of the upcoming letting season.
But he recalled speaking to a Greek journalist who said the country's government had banned 'direct flights', private taxi Vergina greece prompting him to stop over at the Bulgarian capital of Sofia before taking a 'more-or-less connecting flight to Athens'.
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'.
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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.
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.
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As a Greek news website branded Stanley Johnson's trip 'unbelievable', MPs urged Boris Johnson to explain why his father appears to be bound by a 'different set of rules' to those imposed on ordinary holidaymakers.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid is thought to be among the few who backed the proposals, taxi from Dion to Dion 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.
Currently, Greece is listed as an amber country, Dion airport to city taxi cost meaning visitors must take a Covid test within three days before travelling back to England and private day tours in Dion greece quarantine for 10 days upon their return, booking tests on day two and best day trips Vergina day eight.
More than 400,000 sunseekers are thought to have had their Greek holidays ruined by government delays in relaxing the global travel warning, along with Greece's decision to ban direct flights from the UK until July 15.
The Prime Minister's father revealed he will use the 'Stanley Johnson loophole' to travel to Greece and Dion transport visit his holiday let while calling for his son to 'make the country an easy destination again' amid the amber list chaos.
Mr Shapps said a decision on whether to add Greece to the list would have to wait until at least July 15 when the government in Athens will decide whether to lift its restrictions on travellers from the UK.
Speaking in the Commons, Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael said: 'This is simply further evidence that when it comes to following the rules, it is one rule for the Conservatives and one rule for everyone else.
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 socially distancing - not everyone will get a holiday this year.
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.
Although Mr Johnson insisted he 'totally understood' if people felt the need to go abroad, the intervention will heap pressure on MPs and ministers to follow suit. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is also expected to take his holiday in the UK.
He has a variety of options, including the PM's grace-and-favour homes Chevening and Chequers - where Miss Symonds isolated while pregnant during the pandemic - and taxi service Dion greece his privately-owned farmhouse in Oxfordshire.
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.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are both set to shun foreign holidays this summer and instead favour 'staycations' in the UK, sources suggest. Pictured: taxi fare piraeus to Dion airport Mr Johnson on holiday on the Greek island of Trikeri in 2016 - when he was Foreign Secretary
And experts have predicted holiday sales will soar today after the amber watchlist plans were dropped, Dion greece taxi fare to airport giving more confidence to British holidaymakers that they will still be able to travel this summer.
By some local accounts, he arrived to the region by best private tours in Vergina greece car after documenting his controversial journey from the UK on social media, sharing a video taken from a plane and a selfie where his face was covered with a white mask.
