Around 100 fines have now been handed out for government gatherings that broke lockdown rules. Ministers will probably appeal against them on the grounds that technically there was only one party, which lasted from the day the lockdown began in March 2020 until last Tuesday.
Maybe there was the odd moment when the number of people getting hammered in the Downing Street garden dwindled to 150, but then it took off again so there should just be one fine.
In any case, Jacob Rees-Mogg assured us the fines are a “non-story”, especially as the laws were “too restrictive”.
