@LadyofTheManners
Yet a wedding with over 100 in a lockdown area meant no fines
Seems like the police pick and choose who to fine.
The North West covers a large area and different police forces. Weddings in Oldham, restaurants in Blackburn and gardens in Swinton will be being dealt with by different institutions essentially.
The Chief of GMP explained the position on the child's birthday party (and offered the figure of under twenty fines for over a hundred events to be dispersed) because it was less about a couple of young children having jelly and ice cream outside in the afternoon, with adults maintaining distance, but an excuse for a gathering that went on late, involved alcohol and meant adults were not minimising any risk. He explained that another example involved a terminally ill child, which was treated completely differently.
They've got to make a judgement. It's not a victimless crime, because we need a joint effort to keep transmission low. And it's not good enough to say that it makes no sense when other interactions are allowed. We can only afford so many interactions, so it must be the necessary ones where people ordinarily attempt a polite distance from others, not the ones where people forget themselves.
Anyway, the different laws (ie. Max two households inside across England, no mixing indoors or private gardens in GM, no mixing even outdoors in parts of Pendle...) apply, so of course everyone should follow them for thr benefit of everyone else.