and are you really asking the public to believe that you had no idea what was going on under your own roof? the british public, notwithstanding the point that you make, can see the vital importance of the medical information that we are giving. the usually icy cool professor whitty seemed angry too, but pleaded with you to separate political shenanigans from protecting health. people get very angry, including colleagues and friends when they feel that it's unfair. and the prime minister said that in the house of commons and he said it today. that's quite different from people, ithink, wanting to actually know what's going on and then make decisions. and i think those two need to be separated. the reason for that outrage is apparent and toe—curling confirmation in a practice press conference that there was a party in downing street last christmas when socialising was banned for all. this fictional party