You say Partygate, I say Beergate – let’s call the whole thing off | Simon Jenkins

Enough with the point-scoring – Brexit, Northern Ireland and the cost of living crisis need our undivided attention

Partygate should be declared over, done with, expiated, spent. All known “criminals” who consumed a can of beer or glass of prosecco at the wrong time or place should be amnestied. Yes, it was outrageous. It was hypocritical and sickening to millions. Sinners sinned on all sides. But as the pandemic passes into history, let history be its judge. There are critical issues now on the ...