Theresa May leads Tory backlash over airport testing farce: Former Prime Minister wants end to 'dragging feet'... as BA plans to cut 6 in 10 flights
Theresa May yesterday led a Tory backlash over the failure to introduce virus tests at airports. The former prime minister said Britain is ‘lagging behind’ the rest of the world and accused No10 of ‘dragging its feet’ on plans to reopen the skies and save the economy. Her intervention came as British Airways announced plans to cut 60 per cent of flights until Christmas, blaming the disastrous 14-day quarantine rules. Theresa May yesterday led a Tory backlash over the failure to introduce virus tests at airports. She is pictured above speaking in Parliament And in another crippling blow, the International Air Transport Association warned Britain is set to lose its ‘coveted’ position as the third-biggest global aviation market unless immediate action is taken on testing. IATA chief executive Alexandre de Juniac said: ‘820,000 jobs will be vaporised by quarantine and they may never come back. The answer is a Covid-19 testing regime that manages the risk to keep people safe from the virus