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Originally Posted by Carth

To much of the general public it always has been 'much ado about nothing', however it's been a nice little earner for clickbait article writers, a Godsend for political activists, and an ongoing filler item for news channels that couldn't be bothered to find other subjects for their 'experts' to discuss

My God! A serious post on the subject from my good friend Carth!

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Have to disagree - I know lots of people who couldn't visit relatives in care homes, didn't visit friends/families because it was stressed how important it was to keep to the rules, and they are (mostly) pissed off that there seems to be one rule for selfish gits and other rules for everyone else.

Anyhoo, might just head out and break the law - not knowingly, of course, just for a few minutes - I mean, the laws are so stupid and there are so many of them, and they are so confusing.

Or, seeing as according to some on here and in the tabloid press, we shouldn't investigate "crimes that happened in the past", and we no longer need to worry about "crimes that didn't take long" and "crimes when there is armed conflict going on anywhere in the world" either, I might join the police - sounds like an easy life.

That's a really silly point to make. I'm sure that Boris thought he could do what he did and that he wasn't breaking any laws - at the time. The "fog of Downing Street" and all that. This is not a normal workplace and little or no allowance has been made for that.

But once Boris was on the rack in Parliament he should have taken a different, non-defiant line. He didn't and, and, having had time to reflect before being questioned, he came out with the wrong line and is now paying the price.

Truth has not been his strongest point.

The penalty notice is neither here nor there; it could have been a speeding fine, for example, and his government promulgates such laws.