We are all in it together.
That has been the official refrain since the early days of the pandemic, back when we first squared our shoulders, started stockpiling loo rolls and began spying on our neighbours with vigour, thermal binoculars and a time-stamped electronic notebook to hand.
Or was that just me?
And we are still all in it together except when it comes to the last packet of pasta on the supermarket shelf.
Or non-observance of curfews when no one is looking.
Or, above all, being a government minister and/or adviser.
Today, being a member of the crony-demic gang seems to mean that you can ignore all of the rules all of the time, even the ones you have devised yourself.
Man left in pram as a baby has emotional reunion with birth mum
stokesentinel.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stokesentinel.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Long Lost Family viewers are left in tears after man, 57, is reunited with his birth mother, 77
dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Long Lost Family: Man, 57, returns to the street where he was abandoned in a pram
dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Derbyshire man abandoned in pram as a baby has emotional reunion with birth mother
derbytelegraph.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from derbytelegraph.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.