last week that helen mcnamara, the government head of propriety and ethics, who should have been enforcing that, was fined for a party taking place in the former cabinet secretary s office. the interesting question around whitehall, how did this culture gets so messed up, if you like, that nobody was saying or not enough people were saying, hey, we re doing the wrong thing here? the wrong thing here? we ve got to a state now, the wrong thing here? we ve got to a stage now, certainly the wrong thing here? we ve got to a stage now, certainly in the wrong thing here? we ve got to a stage now, certainly in the the wrong thing here? we ve got to a stage now, certainly in the most - stage now, certainly in the most recent discussions around partygate, the cabinet minister saying that people like getting terribly worked up people like getting terribly worked up about this, making a mountain out of a mole hill. if it happened, it was entirely understandable, people under great pressure,
according to the met, has forced the government to contradict itself in a rather convoluted exercise of self justification. rather convoluted exercise of self-justification. rather convoluted exercise of self-justification. yes, it s very difficult. you self-justification. yes, it s very difficult. you can self-justification. yes, it s very difficult. you can see self-justification. yes, it s very difficult. you can see why - self-justification. yes, it s very difficult. you can see why to i self-justification. yes, it s veryj difficult. you can see why to an extent people who were going into the office anyway, relatively few people going into offices where they worked, people working in shops, in factories, in hospitals, were going into work. you can see you might get into work. you can see you might get into saying, well, we can t go out and celebrate that somebody is leaving in the pub like we would normally so why don t we get in a few bottles of wine? then you do that. but
down there? have you encountered any expressions of concern or are people unaware of it? i expressions of concern or are people unaware of it? unaware of it? i think people have heard, unaware of it? i think people have heard. they ve unaware of it? i think people have heard, they ve come unaware of it? i think people have heard, they ve come down - unaware of it? i think people have heard, they ve come down here i unaware of it? i think people have heard, they ve come down here to windsor castle. i ve met people from manchester and birmingham who were coming here today for a visit and they heard about the news on the way down. they have expressed concern but i think there also very sensible about it. i had one lady say to me, we had covid too, we had mild symptoms, not the queen has contracted covid and we wish her all the best now the queen has contracted covid. they are wishing her a very speedy recovery. so many people around the country are impacted by covid and theyjust r