Covid rule breaking really is a virus – and one that seems to infect Tory ministers.
Now Gavin Williamson has been accused of holding a Christmas bash when he was Education Secretary, at a time when parties for ordinary folk were banned.
The drinks and canapes for a couple of dozen in his Whitehall department may also help explain why serial liar Boris Johnson ludicrously claims rules were followed at last December’s infamous Downing Street party.
The grotesque picture emerging is of an elite deciding rules are for the ruled not the rulers.
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Williamson’s legal bullying of local authorities to keep open schools while his lieutenants were breaching social mixing rules is another example of distasteful Tory arrogance.
Which other Cabinet Ministers thought they were above the rules? We have a right to know.
What a failure
The Afghanistan catastrophe, with people we failed to evacuate subsequently murdered by the Taliban, was a far bigger shambles than it appeared in the summer.
Whistleblower Raphael Marshall’s revelations are utterly damning.
They show the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office chaotically failing both Britain and her helpers in Afghanistan.
The then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who put his sun lounger holiday above saving lives, should have quit in disgrace.
Where is he now? Elevated to Deputy Prime Minister with the cosy post of Justice Secretary.
Now the full horror of what took place during his final months at the Foreign Office has emerged, will he resign? Don’t hold your breath.
He’s got it gong
To cut a long story short, Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley might be wrong that female stars will lose out when the Brits end separate prizes for men and women.
It could be the girls picking up most of the gongs with superstar singer Adele proving women can hit the right note.
