The market will decide, Boris has cleverly left it to individual venues. I predict large scale boycotting by the general public which is ridiculous when the economy needs to get going.
Letting the market decide is the right thing to do. They know their operations/ target market best and can reverse a decision in a heartbeat if it impacts on their business whether it be because of a loss of profit or because of problems with outbreaks. Unless the government is going to issue a blanket decision that every business must insist on its patrons having a vaccine they would get themselves back in to the whole “is a scotch egg a meal” nonsense as they tried to derive a policy on which establishments must insist on vaccines or not.
I disagree that it would necessarily lead to a boycott. I have a feeling that all those “strong” arguments against being vaccinated, may fall away for many if they were told they can’t go to the pub or have their two weeks in Ibiza.
Can we also stop banging on about what is fair? Covid doesn’t care about fair. Unless we want to risk seeing a third wave when we open up and if we want to see businesses having some kind of recovery at this delicate stage of the pandemic, it makes absolute sense for the first few months to restrict non vaccinated people from gathering in large groups. It isn’t forever, and also worth bearing in mind that quite a large proportion of those vaccinated are under 50, many of them the young people who have actually sacrificed something by working on the front line as NHS workers and carers. I’m happy enough that they can get out to go for a nice meal and a drink before those who have been vaccinated.