It was back to the daily grind for the great and the good of Westminster yesterday — and indeed, the cabinet, who were determined to show us how it’s done when it comes to maintaining a fully Covid-compliant workplace.
Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, led the charge by managing to break protocol before he’d even got into the cabinet meeting by shaking somebody’s hand on arrival, and obligingly doing so on camera. (He later apologised.)
Boris Johnson demonstrated the importance of following the evidence when he claimed “huge numbers” had returned to work without taking the trouble to provide a clue as to how he had reached that conclusion.
Gavin Williamson, everyone’s favourite education secretary, took bold action in the age of mask-wearing by opting