You say “As was laboriously explained, the Cummings family had driven from London to County Durham so they could self-isolate on a country estate in an empty cottage away from the main house ” thus the lockdown restrictions were fully observed.“
Yes but as others “laboriously explained” the rules were that specifically no-one was supposed to go ANYWHERE once they had symptoms, so he shouldn’t have left his London home in the first place, and he shouldn’t have returned to his office after having gone home to be with his wife who had symptoms.
You say “As was laboriously explained, the Cummings family had driven from London
to County Durham so they could self-isolate on a country estate in an
empty cottage away from the main house ” thus the lockdown restrictions
were fully observed.“
Yes but as others “laboriously explained” the rules were that specifically no-one was supposed to go ANYWHERE once they had symptoms, so he shouldn’t have left his London home in the first place, and he shouldn’t have returned to his office after having gone home to be with his wife who had symptoms.