Frankly this RED List is something of a sop to the right wing media.
Ah, so this is a right wing thing??? Those MP's considered the most right wing of the current compliment are the ones calling loudest for society to be opened up. The most ardent calls for the world to be locked down and borders closed indefinitely are coming from other quarters. Perhaps it is wise to look with more impartiality to dilemmas of this sort, rather than automatically blaming "the right wing" for any things you may disapprove of.
Whatever the reasoning may be, it will be interesting to learn why the busiest UK airport outside London (and in the immediate term, second busiest in the UK) is excluded from these quarantine hotel plans at present.
How many people from the North West even know of Paraguay or French Guiana ,or Eswatini ?
Probably a similar proportion as you would find amongst Londoners?