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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.
"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.
Iran has agreed to release the crews of the MT Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon, which it seized in May in response to the confiscation of oil by the United States from an Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece.
The crew member is the first to return home from the total of about 48 seafarers - Greeks, Filipinos and a Cypriot - who are expected to be gradually released and replaced in the coming days, a second Greek official told Reuters.
By some local accounts, he arrived to the region by private 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.
The Prime Minister's father revealed he will use the 'Stanley Johnson loophole' to travel to Greece and rafina to Trikeri airport taxi cost visit his holiday let while calling for his son to 'make the country an easy destination again' amid the amber list chaos.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are both set to shun foreign holidays this summer and instead favour 'staycations' in the UK, sources suggest. Pictured: Mr Johnson on holiday on the Greek island of taxi prices Trikeri in 2016 - when he was Foreign Secretary
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, 80, plans to stay on the Pelion peninsula with his wife at the beginning of September to manage his holiday home, taxi service Trikeri greece which he says is a 'legally acceptable' excuse even if government policy advises to 'avoid non-essential travel'.
His trip to Greece last year sparked criticism from MPs, taxi Trikeri airport to piraeus price 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.
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 his privately-owned farmhouse in Oxfordshire.
Mr Johnson has opted for luxury overseas holidays in the past, including spending Christmas in the Caribbean island of Mustique. It is there that he is believed to have proposed to have proposed to his now-fiancée Carrie Symonds (pictured together)
Health Secretary Sajid Javid is thought to be among the few who backed the proposals, Katigiorgis escorted tours 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.
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'.
The Prime Minister's father continued: taxi fare piraeus to Trikeri airport '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.
Currently, taxi from Trikeri to delphi Greece is listed as an amber country, taxi service Trikeri greece 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.
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.
