Nightmare for Cornwall

I disagree Ellianne
Businesses, hotels, pubs and shops will see their footfall drastically reduced. Parking even for residents will be restricted and the likes of Air BnB will be unable to take bookings because of security restrictions. Locals may be bemused, but after the year they have had, can hotels, pubs, and shops afford* to lose a sizeable tranche of their business?
From the same article
However, the summit preparations, with road closures and other restrictions, have left some locals unimpressed.
“ It shouldn’t have been done now because of Covid and they should have just held it on Zoom and done it that way,” said Susan Mountain, selling wetsuits on the beach front
^ “At this time of year, it’s going to be a great disruption to locals and holidaymakers,” she told Sky News^
And as for local support and emergency services? My friends son is based at Poole Hospital , but being transferred to Cornwall to head up the Ambulance services.
Yes it may be the safest place in the country, but at what cost? .

Pity this 'ring of steel' hasn't been moved further up the coast near Dover.

And there is only one hospital in the entire county!

And Johnson travelled to Cornwall by plane! How ridiculous is that - to talk about climate change!

I assume all the G7 attendees with their entourages have been fully vaccinated too along with all the suppliers, back room staff, press and so on. I wonder if there’s a specific vaccine passport in use along with the necessary security badge.

I hope all the delegates are required to take tests before and during their stay in Cornwall.

It is ridiculous
I honestly can't see how it can be justified

On the plus side though the G7 summit will showcase Cornwall to the whole world won’t it?

Cornwall is one of the poorest counties in the country, relying heavily on its tourist industry so a few days disruption is nothing compared with the future potential benefits.

It’s a case of looking at the long term prospects.

I’m afraid I look at it from a very simplistic view. Why have people travelling from far afield while the pandemic is still flourishing? But yes the vaccination thing is particularly wrong.

What about environmental issues? Why can’t they use video conferencing ? I despair about the ability of politicians to think

While I think the whole idea is pretty stupid during a pandemic, on the above points MawBe I might just have to disagree with you.
It is only for a short period of time, local businesses are profiting and Devon & Cornwall police are well prepared and pretty efficient on their patch with the help of the special services and MoD and other services. As for the residents, most of them appear bemused but accepting. At the moment it is probably the safest place in the world!

Just read this- hmm, not impressed. I should have thought vaccinating all the support and emergency services was a priority, PLUS , although nobody has mentioned them, the staff at the hotels involved and their families and contacts.
Around 11,000 police officers will be on duty, although concerns have been raised over thousands of unvaccinated officers gathering and potentially spreading the Indian variant.
John Apter, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said yesterday that officers felt “betrayed” over the Government decision not to prioritise officers for vaccines.
He told delegates at the federation’s annual conference: “We have thousands of colleagues from all over the country coming together to police the G7 summit, officers from where the Indian variant is thriving, young officers who, by age alone, will not have been vaccinated. How can that be right?”