Were members of the public being fined for taking part in the war?
Were members of the public told time and time again there was no war and such a thing did not happen?
Were members of the public imprisoned (let go) for joking about the war that never happened?
Downing Street was a workplace and a workplace that had to be kept going.
The idea the rules were ever going to apply to Downing Street was silly and frankly Boris should have said so, that was his big mistake.
Then Downing Street was no Covid safe haven, frankly the very best place to catch it.
I work in Telecoms, basically I made my own rules, when to work at home and when not to.
I was even stopped by the police driving to Yorkshire, as soon as I told them my job it was, "Fine Sir, no problem."
I drove on the M1 without any other car on the road and I came back over the Humber Bridge to be told, by the toll keeper, I was the only vehicle on the bridge.
My decision and sod the rules some things had to be kept going and the people that kept it going weren't like me, they were mostly the supermarket workers and the bus drivers, some of whom lost their lives doing so, including the two old ladies that ran our local Post Office.
I was safely well out of it, obeying the rules and mostly working from home, the rules were for the lucky ones.