Boris Johnson had the opportunity yesterday to apologise for the pain that was caused by Partygate.
He could have shown some remorse for ignoring the rules that the vast majority of the country followed, often at great personal cost.
Instead his evidence was defensive, evasive and insulting. His claim it was important for morale that he attended what were clearly illegal leaving parties was deeply offensive to key workers who toiled through equally long hours in far more gruelling circumstances.
