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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
I certainly buy that.
There is a piece of subtlety that I haven't yet seen picked up by the press. Starmer was adamant (like Boris) that it was a work event; however, buy saying he'll resign if fined, shows that he really shouldn't have been so adamant. In other words the usual slimy politician at least to a degree.
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I don't think it's much of a contradiction. It was clearly initially a work event. The question is how much did it stop being a work event and start becoming a social event? I can certainly see how the lines could be blurred for someone to be pretty certain it's a work event but by the law, which he voted for, it wasn't.
When you're working long hours away from home then work does blend into food. You and your colleagues might break for pizza or whatever whilst still semi-working. To me that's work but would I have been fined in that scenario? If so, then so should he.