The idea that any of his actions were necessary is ludicrous, he, by his own admission, didn’t explore childcare options in London and by not doing that it disqualifies any subsequent action as being necessary, he contributed to his wife’s article detailing their lockdown experience which seems to have been totally overlooked and his reasoning behind his journey to Barnard Castle on his wife’s birthday is utter nonsense, he fancied a trip out so he went, if as he says he was still ill and showing symptoms such as impaired vision he should have continued to self isolate, a lot of the messages from the Government have been opaque but on this matter it was a crystal clear do not leave home if you or anyone in your household is suffering symptoms, in her article his wife discusses the differing symptoms and experiences her friends experienced and yet they decided it was ok to drive.