So, how should we feel about rules / guidelines / instructions?
Are they black and white, or is it necessary to apply judgement, and make the best of them according to your own circumstances?
Maybe these aren't even the right questions at a time like this, when deciding how best to apply a set of rules can be a matter of life or death, can make the difference between whether you even get to say goodbye to a loved one.
In any case, one thing is clear. Lots of people are angry for lots of different reasons, and now they've found someone to be very angry at.
Having been all over the news for several days now, and showing no sign of going away, it's difficult to know where we go from here. I remember in my younger days feeling surprised at what seemed to me at the time minor offences (even by others) resulting in ministerial resignations being done as the honourable thing. Whilst Mr Cummings is an advisor rather than a minister, it seems like the days of the honourable resignation ("I realised that I had become the story, and a distraction from the important work of government, and therefore in the circumstances, I regretfully tender …") are rather long gone.
It'll be interesting to see what happens next ...
(Note - for the record written on Tuesday into Sunday's post - worth acknowledging, as some investigators are also suggesting that Mr Cummings may have gone back and edited some of his own previous blog entries to make it look like he was rather more prescient on coronavirus!)