Levelling Up the Playing Field

It's well known by now that laws are for the little people, while the magnificent British sense of fair play continues to balance the scales by ensuring that the penalties of the law are applied except when they aren't. Fishy Rishi, who showed his mettle as the National Johnson's houseboy by breaking his government's own pandemic restrictions, has further demonstrated his concern for public safety by having himself filmed in a moving car with no seat-belt. A police escort was present at the time, but it appears that no arrests were made, and Fishy Rishi is doubtless justified in his belief that extruding a spokesbeing to wheedle about a "brief error of judgement" constitutes an acceptable substitute for paying the fine in mere money.

Update Lancashire constabulary have now fined Fishy Rishi, thereby marking him as something of a recidivist when it comes to breaking his own government's laws. Fortunately, the chair of his party is himself a penalty-notice veteran of some considerable standing, so the Sunak agenda for integrity, professionalism and accountability remains just as convincing as ever.