As soon as I saw the title of this thread I knew it would be someone grumbling about the cost of bringing Britons home from far flung places.
What is wrong with so many people? Why are they always looking for things to criticise others about?
Nobody's perfect and most people have done unwise or ill thought out things at some time in their lives. If you had a son, daughter, grandchild, mother, father, etc, etc. marooned in another country - particularly at this frightening time - would you be so damning of them or would you want our government to help?
As other posters have already said, events re the virus moved very quickly from initially being a matter of some concern but not unduly alarming, to being a full blown emergency affecting virtually the whole world.
annsixty I'm pretty sure that if someone lived in an area prone to flooding they would want to get home insurance. However, home insurance generally can be quite expensive and in parts of the country that are more known for flooding it can be extremely expensive. If, as has happened with some areas over the last few years, flooding has occurred on several occasions, premiums are increased significantly, together with excess rates and for some areas people can no longer get insurance. Thank goodness there are people who do not feel the need to judge and who are kind enough to step in and help.