PETER HITCHENS: Were holiday-wrecking quarantines worth it? Even the Government haven't a clue!

This is Peter Hitchens��� Mail on Sunday column

As the Government wrecks another few thousand holidays with sudden quarantine, you might assume that it takes this sort of thing seriously, and keeps close track of it.

After all, you don���t force people to abandon holidays they have saved up for all year, and stampede them into dashing for the nearest port or airport, or expect them to spend money they haven���t got on cruelly inflated ticket prices so they can meet a 4am deadline, just on a...