It must be absolutely gutting for those that couldn't be with dying loved ones or attend funerals while they were ****ing it up in Downing Street.
I worked through much of the lockdown and spent time ****ing it up at home, maybe I should hand myself into the police. When the home and the workplace overlap the issue becomes clouded, at what point does a few drinks with work colleagues at the end of the day become a party? I don't doubt some of the gatherings broke the rules, that's why fixed penalty notices were issued, the attendees broke the law, Johnson included. Whether or not he deliberately lied to Parliament is another matter, I'm not totally convinced it was deliberate.
Johnson is guilty of having shoddy advisors and running a loose ship, he needs to tighten it up and bring in some discipline, none of this detracts from the fact his leadership at times has been nothing short of brilliant, the vaccine rollout, taking the country out of lockdown by accepting covid as endemic rather than pandemic and focussing on booster jabs rather than locking down yet again, last but not least the way he's led Europe in the response to Putin.
At least half of Parliament are remainers and will not rest until they succeed in bringing Johnson down, a larger percentage of the press are remainers and will not rest until they succeed in bringing Johnson down. That means he's got a pretty tough job on his hands, I think he's doing OK and for that reason I'm prepared to forgive the odd aberration.
Incidentally, including Johnson and Sunak about 400 work at 10 Downing St. None of them were allowed to visit dying loved ones in care homes or hospitals or attend funerals if the maximum number of attendees had been reached.