Breaking Rules?

[lady-janine]

Rachel Johnson seems to be bending the lockdown rules a bit.

I don't intend to break them but others probably will be encouraged to do so. What do you think?

(sorry I can't do a link)

[Mamyalynne]

https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/31/boris-johnsons-sister-rachel-flouts-lockdown-stay-second-home-12782842/

[lady-janine]

Thank you Mamy.

[douglas9401]

Optical issues or childcare woes maybe?

Who are we plebs to judge the entitled?

[Mamyalynne]

You're welcome, you'll forgive me if I refrain from comment,I try to steer clear :-)

[lady-janine]

That's fine. Just that this sort of action leaves so many confused and I can almost understand.

[SlackAlice]

This quote from the link says it all

‘The story Boris is trying to avoid is of one rule for the elite and another for the rest. First his friend Dom and now his sister have been caught bending the rules, if not breaking them.’

[Bobbisox1]

I quite like her on the pledge but you’d have thought she would have realised what her actions would cau?

[gness]

Worse than confused, LadyJ is that so many will see it as a "what's sauce for the goose" situation and that's going to be bad in both the short and long term.

[cassa333]

I posted this one one of the other virtue signaling posts as well so I might just as well recycle it here.

The good and the great are just like the rest of us. They flout the rules because it’s not convenient or for whatever reason.

In a perfect world we would all be perfect. But the world isn’t and we aren’t.

The only other thing to say is.... That’s life, get over it.

[sunny-dave]

It's already taking the (ahem) 'mickey' to have a London home, but choose to designate your Exmoor farm as your main residence, when your work is in London - but (strictly speaking) that is legal as long as you stick to your decision.

It's taking the (ahem) 'mickey' a bit further by then 'needing to stay in London because it's a bit late to travel home (whew - 7pm) after your show'- but (strictly speaking) that is legal as long as you get home asap the next day without any social contact.

It's taking a huge steaming stream of 'mickey' to then hang around the next day for a spot of tennis and socialising with your chums - and that is very much not legal.

Once again it's one nice 'instinctive' rule for me and much harsher rules for the plebs.

[ and, yes, I also unreservedly condemn the assorted Labour idiots who are rendering the rules unenforceable by their own actions - SKS should sack the lot of them ]

[pixie374]

I'm going to stick with what I believe to be safe, no matter what anyone else does. I think most people will decide for themselves. So, no, I don't think adults will be "encouraged" unless they were planning to anyway.

[jackthehat]

In fairness, anyone 'encouraged' by these antics probably had one foot out of the door already...

I just hope they have the wherewithall to cope with their own or their family members infection as a consequence without recourse to finger-pointing or blame-shifting.

[diddlydo]

In today's Downing St briefing, they were again at pains to insist that the rules are for "everyone". Hmmmm.

[naomi24]

//In fairness, anyone 'encouraged' by these antics probably had one foot out of the door already...//

I agree. The attitude ‘Well if she can do it so can I’ seems pretty self-defeating. Stupid actually.

//I just hope they have the wherewithall to cope with their own or their family members infection as a consequence//

Someone who had become infected during the course of their working day would take the virus home to their family - wherever they live - although travelling by train rather than confined as the sole occupant of a car for the duration of the journey could prove rather more dangerous.

[TheWholeTruth]

I really couldnt care less if she did or didnt....
Every day since this started I've seen hundreds breaking the rules one way or another...
All the self righteous virtue signalers are way beyond boring now and just use any excuse to jump out of their armchairs and get offended for all to see...

[TheWholeTruth]

"In today's Downing St briefing, they were again at pains to insist that the rules are for "everyone". Hmmmm."

why dont you worry about your own sad bitter life instead of wasting effort and energy on others ?...truly pathetic...

[TheWholeTruth]

How many of you can say with 100% honesty that you have never ever broken one single law in your entire life...none of you

[diddlydo]

The Whole Truth - my life is far from sad and bitter - unlike yours. In case you're wondering, I haven't broken a single rule of lockdown and that's what is so important.

[Bobbisox1]

[cashier]

There are no rules for lockdown, only guidelines.