AIBU to feel gaslighted by the government and BBC?

[Bavarois]

Another photo has appeared, showing the Tories having a 'work meeting' (garden party) on 15th May 2020. The BBC report states 'The 15 May photograph shows a gathering of staff in the Downing Street garden... At that time, gatherings of more than two people were banned in outdoor public places in England. However, because the picture appears to show a private garden, that restriction would not apply. Later on in the pandemic, gatherings were banned in private gardens too.'

We were in LOCKDOWN. We weren't allowed to leave our house for anything other than work, medical supplies, or exercise. Now I'm in Scotland so I might be remembering things slightly differently as our rules were slightly different, so I looked it up. Guardian article from 28th May - 'Johnson said: “We will now allow people to meet in gardens, and other private outdoor spaces'

How can they just lie and lie? And even the BBC?! Shouldn't we be able to trust at least them? It's despicable.

@CovoidOfAllHumanity Wasn't this whilst workplaces had to be Covid secure to go back to?

In fairness I actually don't think this was the case, I'm trying to remember. I'm NHS too and masks were brought in much later than March 2020. We weren't even wearing them in clinical areas at the start! Mental when you think back. Then it was red areas only... That went well. We were instructed to remove masks outwith clinical areas and weren't masked up in break areas. I think distancing came later too although I can't remember the timeline. I wish I had kept a diary but I couldn't face it at the time.

I enjoyed reading all the snarky Twitter comments today about the PM receiving "moral support" from his wife at this al fresco, no stationery or laptops but plenty of cheese n wine, meeting. On the same day I had to attend one of many hospital appointments for a high risk pregnancy, expecting to be told my baby had died or would need to be delivered imminently. My husband provided moral support from the hospital car park and the medical staff offered sympathetic expressions above their masks. I don't think I could feel more angry or more powerless at the moment, although I said the same about Cummings' little jaunt to Barnard Castle and Matt Hancock's indiscretions and they only keep disappointing me.