I can only presume that those who think this doesn’t matter and blown out of proportion didn’t think the rules mattered in the first place, despite them having the backing of law and widespread public campaign. I would include Johnson in that.
Problem with that is, there is a widespread belief in this country that laws do matter and when these are part of a framework of tackling a crisis, even those who may disagree will still, largely, obey these laws at a personal cost.
So that leaves us with people who agreed and obeyed feeling like the law is being treated as a joke not applicable to everyone, those who disagreed and obeyed but perhaps not 100% feeling like their actions were turned into criminality when it appears that our leadership were exempt for some inexplicable reason, and those who think the whole thing was always ridiculous and the evidence at the time was insufficient for them personally to abide by at the time and continues to be a irritant unworthy of any respect despite how many others lean (will of the people be damned).
To ignore public opinion and dismiss it as hysteria and pathetic is betraying an inclination to believe that the individual/individuals are superior in some way. Despite the fact that the Houses of Parliament are servants of the public.