@Dillydollydingdong
I'm bored with the whole issue of Partygate. I don't care whether Boris had parties - it depends what you call them. I call them work events and I don't understand how the addition of cake turns them into parties. Let's just get on with more important things - including the 100,000 Russian soldiers currently threatening the Ukraine.
It's not just cake though. I think when you factor in the amount of booze that appears to have been sloshing around, it's clear that on many occasions there can't have been a lot of work being done.
"Some of the most shocking claims centred around an apparent culture of alcohol use within No 10, not least the “wine fridge” installed in an office, and the evocative image of an official being dispatched to the local Co-op to fill a suitcase with wine during a boozy leaving party.
Sue Gray’s report was quietly damning on this:
"“The excessive consumption of alcohol is not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time."
And if "work" was being done, I'd be pretty concerned about the standard of that work. It's over 30 years since I worked in an environment where booze in the office was permitted, and for the past 15 years I've worked in environments with a "no alcohol in working hours" policy, which includes lunchtimes.
I think people are entitled to be angry when the people in charge exhort us to follow rules they can't be arsed to follow themselves, especially when they're the ones that made the rules.