that belief, what was in my head was based on my understanding of the rules in the guidance. that did not mean that i believed that social distancing was complied with perfectly. that is because i and others did not believe it was necessary or possible to have a two metre or one metre electrified force field around every human being and indeed, that is emphatically not with the guidance prescribes. this morning more than 100 pages of evidence was published by the mp�*s investigating mrjohnson�*s claims that he was assured all rules had been followed. the most senior official in government, simon case, was asked if he gave mrjohnson any assurances that covid rules were followed at all times in number 10 in relation to gatherings covered in the sue gray report. to which the cabinet secretary replied simply with "no. " and the principle private secretary to the pm,