Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

At least Thomas Cook’s fall allows ministers to look in control

issue 28 September 2019

It’s not obvious that the state has a moral obligation to repatriate holidaymakers whenever a tour operator goes bust, as Thomas Cook did on Sunday night. Being briefly stranded in a sangria-fuelled resort is not like being left behind in a war zone, after all. But when large numbers of tourists are involved such situations will swiftly become consular crises if government does nothing to help.

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