The surge in people travelling from India before the red list kicked in several days after the announcement was astronomical. They also continued to have people from India queuing among everybody else at customs, even after it was fully on the red list, because they never thought to have red list passengers from any country, who have to go into the quarantine hotels on arrival, remain separated from other passengers. They’ve literally only just stopped that happening in the last week or so. Forget India, all red list passengers for the last several months have been mixing freely with everybody else at customs. They rarely have any idea of the necessary practicalities and logistics, or the realities of the measures that they put in place. They only care about headlines.
The Cornwall situation is a case in point. The world’s media was camped out all over Falmouth, let alone the people flocking to the area around the resort where the summit was being held. As a result, they’ve sent thousands of people from all over the world into the part of England with the lowest rates, which has been the least affected throughout, and now cases are soaring by more than 2,000%. All so Boris can show the other big boys and girls the lovely sea views that he used to enjoy as a child, and Carrie can host a beach party. They didn’t even think about the viral impact on the area.
EDIT: Just found out that they also brought in thousands of police officers from all over the country, including a number of hot spots, and then put them up on cruise ships. You know, the floating Petri dishes. Marvellous.