Okay, UK. Time to put up, or shut up: A very rightfully frustrated Egyptian government has renewed calls for the UK government to relax its ban on direct flights to Sharm El Sheikh after working closely with UK security officials for nearly two years to improve safety measures at its airports. Despite repeated and condescendingly positive remarks from UK officials and nearly every other European country having resumed flights to the resort, Theresa May’s government continues the ban. “The airport has passed every test set for it by British security officials, and it is now time for the government to lift this ban and allow British tourists to visit this popular destination,” a senior Egyptian government official tells The Telegraph. “If it is safe for British holidaymakers to travel to Tunisia, then it is just as safe for them to travel to Sharm El Sheikh,” the official added. We get Putin’s realpolitik approach (you give me the nuke plant, I’ll give you your tourists back), but from an ally such as the UK, the situation has become simply ridiculous.