Update: there was no party 
“It was not a party” update:
- cheese and wine
- not socially distanced
- “business meeting”
- cheese and wine
- not socially distanced
- “business meeting”
I know I mentioned this before but this keeps bringing back the utter distress of my 7 student clients who got £10,000 fixed penalty notices for house parties. Families paying life changing £ they couldn't afford, regulators + student authorities disciplinary processes triggered
For many of them, they didn't know or only vaguely understood the laws, the police (who I don't blame) did what they were told by politicians to do. I can't imagine seeing the laughing and joking of people in No. 10 will make them feel.
And then there are the millions of people who scrupulously followed the rules as best they could, amongst the inconsistencies and ambiguities
A number of the students' fixed penalty notices were reported in the press I assume to shame them and make an example.
The Prime Minister has been very clear he believes all guidance was followed. I assume he has had legal advice as to whether any criminal laws were broken.
That legal advice should be published. It is time for the government to come clean on this.
That legal advice should be published. It is time for the government to come clean on this.
I have an inkling that the PM has been advised that the law didn't apply to 10 Downing Street. If that is the case (a) that itself is a scandal, (b) how long have they thought that for and did they act as if it didn't apply deliberately?
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